The foreign ministers of Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are set to convene in the Pakistani capital on Monday, 30 March, for emergency talks aimed at halting nearly four weeks of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, a senior Paki...

Egypt’s leading Sunni Islamic authority, Al-Azhar, has issued on Friday 27 March, a strong condemnation of the ongoing closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli authorities, describing the move as a grave violation of religious freedom and international...

Egypt’s cabinet has approved the state budget for the 2026/2027 fiscal year, according to a statement made by the Egyptian cabinet on Thursday 26 March. The budget, which was reviewed by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ahead of its approval, include...

Weather conditions are expected to improve across most parts of Egypt on Friday, 27 March, following days of instability, according to the Egyptian Meteorological Authority. The authority said temperatures will be relatively cool in the early morning...

Train and metro ticket prices in Egypt are set to increase starting Friday, 27 March, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Transport on Thursday, 26 March. The ministry announced a 12.5 percent increase in long-distance train ticket pri...

Egypt’s Minister of Labor Hassan Raddad issued three landmark ministerial decisions, according to an official statement on Wednesday, 25 March.  Published in the Official Gazette (Al-Waqa’i Al-Masria) supplementary issue No. 64 on March 18, the ...

  In a historic vote, the United Nations General Assembly has designated the transatlantic slave trade, and the racialized chattel enslavement of Africans, as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Egypt joined 122 other nations in voting in ...

As the Iran war exposes the fragility of maritime trade, the case for a physical link between Africa and Asia across the Red Sea has never been stronger. The post Does a Bridge Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia Make More Sense Than Ever? first appeared ...

  Egypt has delivered nearly 1,000 tons of life-saving humanitarian assistance to Lebanon, with the cargo ship docking in Beirut on Tuesday, 25 March. The urgent relief package, filled with food staples, warm blankets, temporary shelter kits, es...