The World Bank said Wednesday it has agreed to provide Egypt a partnership agreement worth 7 billion U.S. dollars to support the country’s reforms and sustainable growth. The World Bank’s board of executive directors approved [Read More]
The visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Egypt marks the start of normalizing ties between Cairo and Ankara after a decade of strained relations, experts said. Cavusoglu held talks on Saturday with his [Read More]
At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed on Tuesday in Qalyub, a city in the Qalyubia Governorate about 23 km north of Egypt’s capital Cairo. Egypt’s Health Ministry [Read More]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani here on Sunday to discuss issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, the two leaders agreed that sustained coordination is a must [Read More]
A cargo ship was refloated after being stranded in Egypt’s Suez Canal for two hours, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced on Sunday. Four SCA tugboats succeeded to refloat the MSC-ISTANBUL cargo vessel which went [Read More]
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday, in the first visit by a top Egyptian diplomat to Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war about 12 [Read More]
A joint Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission uncovered 32 limestone tombs dating back to the Roman, Persian, Byzantine and Coptic eras in the central province of Minya in Upper Egypt, according to a statement of the Egyptian [Read More]
Iranian foreign minister on Wednesday said Tehran welcomes the normalization of relations with Riyadh and Cairo within the framework of its policy of strengthening ties with Muslim countries. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks at a [Read More]
Uzbekistan and Egypt have signed contracts and agreements worth 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in various fields, the Uzbek presidential press service said Wednesday. The deals, covering energy, textile and agricultural sectors, were signed during the [Read More]
After more than three years of renovation, Egypt has announced the completion of the first development phase of the iconic Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC). Entitled “Transforming the Egyptian Museum of Cairo,” the EMC development [Read More]
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