Egypt’s Ministry of Environment has completed the first phase of a national program to monitor sharks using satellite tracking, the first of its kind in the Red Sea region. The initiative, announced on 28 June, was led by an Egyptian team from the ...

  When Hadi Birajakli, a Syrian multidisciplinary artist now based in Cairo, began writing his latest song Safer (2025), one word came to him first: safer, Arabic for “to travel.” But for Birajakli, who left Syria for Cairo in 2012 amid the ...

Egypt will be hosting its first official G20 meeting in early September to focus on the critical issue of food security.  This agreement was finalized during talks between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and South African Foreign Minister R...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a report by Haaretz alleging that soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were ordered to shoot at unarmed Palestinians near humanitarian aid distribution points in Gaza, calling the claim...

Following a report of a collision on Friday, 27 June, on a regional road near Ashmoun in Egypt’s Menoufia Governorate, security forces and ambulances were dispatched to the location to find a wrecked transport truck and a microbus, leaving nineteen...

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations development programme (UNDP), launched the 2025 Egypt Refugee and Resilience Response Plan (ERRRP) on Tuesday, 24 June, Egyp...

Discover the perfect 3-day Cairo itinerary covering the Pyramids of Giza, Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, Coptic and Islamic Cairo, and more. A must-read travel guide for first-time visitors to Egypt’s bustling capital. The post The Best 3-Day Cair...

In a recent phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday 25 June, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi emphasized the critical need to preserve peace amid escalating tensions in the region. This dialogue came on the heels of a ...

Discover Mima’s, a bold new food truck in Cairo’s Heliopolis that reimagines the humble meatball through Lebanese and Egyptian flavors. Founded by former finance executive Mariam Safa, Mima’s is redefining street food with heart, heritage, and ...