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Ever Given ship finally leaves Suez Canal after compensation agreed

Suez Canal authorities have released the Ever Given shipping vessel that blocked the crucial east-west waterway for nearly a week in March.

Italy

Giulio Regeni: Italy awaits court hearing on student's murder case

Italy is investigating four high-ranking Egyptian security officials in the 2016 kidnapping, torture and killing of an Italian student doing doctoral research in Cairo.

World News

Egyptian mediators trying to firm up Israel-Hamas cease-fire

Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip beginning to assess the damage from 11 days of intense Israeli bombardment.

Egypt

Egyptian authorities impound Suez Canal vessel amid financial dispute

Egyptian authorities have impounded a massive cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month amid a financial dispute with its owner, the canal chief said.

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Egypt

Fuel tanker's crash with a bus kills 20 in Egypt

20 people have been killed and 3 injured in a road accident involving a fuel tanker and bus in southern Egypt.

Travel News

Uncovering lost Egyptian city 'the most important discovery' since King Tut's tomb

Archaeologists have found the largest ancient city ever discovered in Egypt, dating back more than 3000 years, just prior to the reign of the most famous pharoah, Tutankhamun. Dubbed 'The Rise of Aten', the city was found during excavation works near the southern city of Luxor.

Egypt

Train driver's negligence caused deadly Egypt crash, prosecutors say

Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month.

Destinations

National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation opens fully to the public

Visitors browse exhibits at Egypt's new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in the Fustat district of Old Cairo, after the museum opened fully to the public.

World News

Suez Canal clears backlog of ships 5 days after Ever Given dislodged

The last 61 ships stranded by the grounding of a massive container vessel passed the canal on both sides on Saturday.

Egypt

Who built the Suez Canal, and why? | Euronews answers

Sorry, France, but Napoleon wasn't the first person to have the idea...

World News

Ever Given: 'Lessons need to be drawn to improve safety,' says expert

It's not clear when normal traffic will resume as at least 367 vessels, carrying everything from crude oil to cattle, have backed up as they wait to traverse the canal.

Egypt

Eight people arrested in Egypt over deadly train crash

At least 18 people died after two trains collided on Friday in the southern province of Sohag.

Egypt

At least 18 people killed in building collapse in Cairo

It was not immediately clear what caused the building's collapse in the Egyptian capital.

Egypt

Suez Canal remains blocked amid efforts to free stuck vessel

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday in the narrow canal that runs between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt

More than 200 ships are now waiting to get through the Suez Canal

Experts warn that moving the Ever Given could take over a week.

Egypt

At least 18 people die as two trains collide in southern Egypt

Egypt’s Railway Authorities issued another statement saying the accident happened when someone activated the emergency brakes of a passenger train.

World

Suez Canal: Owner of wedged container ship apologises

12% of global trade passes through the canal and older channels have been opened to try to deal with the backlog of traffic. It is thought that a gust of wind caused the ship to get stuck.

Germany

Former press officer for Angela Merkel convicted of spying for Egypt

Federal prosecutors said he had begun spying in July 2010 on instructions from the Egyptian embassy in Berlin.

Sweden

Egyptians rejected asylum in Sweden and fearing persecution back home

A number of Egyptian asylum seekers - some facing life imprisonment in Egypt - are making a last-ditch attempt to avoid deportation following decisions made by Sweden’s asylum agency.

Egypt

Shipwreck near Alexandria kills at least nine people

Rescue workers in Egypt were still searching for at least five people missing after a boat sank in Lake Mariut near Alexandria on Monday night.