30 June, 13 years later

World

Trump threatens to knock out Iran bridges, power plant

US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to knock out one Iranian bridge or power plant in return for each attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, warning he was "not finished" with a war that has already cost Washington $37.5 billion.

Business

Egypt tops Africa in FDI for fourth year despite 67% drop

Egypt retained its position as Africa’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, attracting $15.5 billion despite a nearly 67 percent decline from the exceptional level recorded a year earlier, according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

War on Gaza

Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division

The Israeli occupation army is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it occupy from the rest of the Palestinian territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Strip.

Business

Egypt's planning, sports ministries prepare to launch 'Youth Economy' initiative

Egypt’s Ministries of Planning and Economic Development and Youth and Sports are planning to launch the "Youth Economy" initiative, a project aimed at expanding young people's participation in the economy, according to a joint statement on Tuesday.

Business

Egypt food industry exports surge 12% to record $6.8 bln

Egypt’s food industries sector grew by 12 percent year on year to record $6.8 billion in exports in 2025, up $711 million from 2024, and marking the largest annual increase in the sector’s history, the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade stated on Monday.

Business

Infographic: Understanding Egypt's external debt: Breakdown, trends, and repayments

Recent Central Bank of Egypt data underscores a shifting liability architecture, with total external debt reaching $163.9 billion in Q2 of FY2025/2026—a volume characterized by expanding government debt, concentrated multilateral funding, and a massive $9.5 billion quarterly debt-service settlement.

War on Gaza

Palestinian teen footballer dies after shot during Israeli settlers attack

A 17-year-old Palestinian footballer died on Saturday, a week after he was shot during an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to officials and relatives.

Arts & Culture

Egypt's electronic music boom: From underground to luxury resorts

Electronic music has moved from Egypt's underground club scene to the heart of its tourism and nightlife economy. Festivals, luxury resorts and beach clubs now regularly host internationally renowned DJs across electronic genres, while the global rise of melodic techno has helped bring the scene to a broader audience.

Egypt

Factbox| Egypt-Italy applied technology schools: Agriculture, irrigation, steel programmes

Egypt and Italy are preparing to launch dozens of applied technology schools in the 2026/2027 academic year under a broader partnership covering 89 schools through 18 cooperation protocols.

World

Mediator Pakistan says encouraging US, Iran to resume talks

Pakistan said on Thursday it would encourage the United States and Iran to stop violence and resume talks under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it helped mediate last month.

Business

Global economy has run out of 'fiscal ammunition' amid historic policy overhaul: IMF's Georgieva

Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), has warned that the global economy has exhausted the vital financial buffers that shielded it from recent consecutive crises, leaving nations dangerously exposed to a looming wave of sovereign debt defaults and geopolitical fragmentation.

Sports

Manchester United land Wales goalkeeper Darlow on a deal through 2028

Manchester United signed veteran goalkeeper Karl Darlow on Tuesday.

Arts & Culture

Tamer Hosny to headline celebration of Egypt’s national football team

Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny will headline a public celebration on Monday titled "100 Million Thanks" at Cairo International Stadium to honour Egypt’s national football team following its performance at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

War on Gaza

EU says donors are offering $1 bln to help Gaza early recovery

The EU said Monday that European donors are offering around $1 billion to support initial recovery efforts in war-torn Gaza, which has been devastated by more than two years of Israel's war on the territory.

Business

Egyptian pound holds near EGP 50/$1 at Sunday's close of trading

The Egyptian pound held close to EGP 50 against the US dollar at Sunday's close of business (COB), amid renewed regional conflict, according to Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) data.

World

OpenAI to launch GPT-5.6 after making 'many changes'

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was set to release its most powerful artificial intelligence model to the public on Thursday, with its chief executive saying the company made "many changes" to the system during a security review with the US government.

Sports

Newcastle sign Ajax teen Steur and move for 20-year-old World Cup star Manzambi

Newcastle sealed a deal to sign 18-year-old Ajax midfielder Sean Steur on Thursday and is reportedly moving in for World Cup breakout star Johan Manzambi.

World

Turkey rejects Israel’s F-35 claims as ‘disinformation’

Turkey on Tuesday rejected as "disinformation" Israel's claim that the sale to Ankara of US F-35 fighter jets and components would upset the regional power balance.

Business

Syria could offer 'alternative routes' to the Strait of Hormuz: TotalEnergies CEO

Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of French oil major TotalEnergies, said during a visit to Damascus alongside French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday that Syria could become an important transit country linking Iraq to the Mediterranean, offering "alternative routes" to the Strait of Hormuz.

World Cup 2026

Preview: 'Difficult but possible': Egypt seek glory against Messi's Argentina in World Cup last 16

Egypt face the biggest test of their World Cup campaign on Tuesday when they take on defending champions Argentina in ...

War on Gaza

Hamas dissolves Gaza governing body, prepares handover to National Committee

Hamas announced on Monday the dissolution of the Government Emergency Committee, which has overseen governance in the Gaza Strip, as part of preparations to transfer administrative authority to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).

World

Trump to meet Ukraine, Syria leaders at NATO summit: White House

US President Donald Trump will meet his Ukrainian and Syrian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, the White House said Sunday, as he seeks to make headway in addressing two key conflicts.

World

Lebanese president urges US to 'keep standing' by country

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework agreement with Israel aimed at ending Israel's war in Lebanon.

Business

Factbox| Egypt’s external debt grew 5.6% yoy to $163.9 bln at the end-December: CBE

Egypt's economic transactions with the rest of the world improved before the onset of the US-Israel war on Iran. External debt grew by 5.6 percent to $ 163.9 billion at the end of December 2025, up by $8.8 billion from $155 billion recorded at the end of December 2024, according to Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) data.

Egypt

President El-Sisi and top military commanders inaugurate Egypt's Strategic Command Headquarters in New Capital

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the Supreme Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces, joined by the country's top military commanders, inaugurated the new Armed Forces’ Strategic Command Headquarters in the New Capital on Saturday.

Business

Egypt approves 2nd tax reform package to spur investment, ease business costs: Finance minister

Egypt's parliament has approved a second package of tax reforms to reduce business costs, improve liquidity, and encourage investment, with the measures set to take effect immediately after their official publication, Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk stated on Wednesday.

Egypt

President El-Sisi swears in new heads of Egypt judicial bodies

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi witnessed on Tuesday the swearing-in of the new heads of judicial bodies, the Egyptian presidency announced.

Egypt

Egypt inaugurates upgraded manufacturing centres at Aircraft Factory on 30 June anniversary

Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), Major General Engineer Mokhtar AbdelLatif, inaugurated on Wednesday several upgraded manufacturing centres at the Aircraft Factory, coinciding with the anniversary of the 30 June Revolution.

Opinion

30 June: When Egypt reclaimed Islam

Tens of millions of people poured into the streets of Egypt on 30 June 2013 in order to reclaim the genuine meaning of Islam.

Al-Ahram Weekly

The path to the New Republic

THIS WEEK Egypt celebrated the 13th anniversary of the 30 June Revolution, a defining milestone in the nation’s modern political history.

Egypt

President El-Sisi receives Armed Forces commander-in-chief on 30 June anniversary

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received on Tuesday Lieutenant General Ashraf Salem Zaher, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defence and Military Production, the presidency said.

Egypt

30 June Revolution restored Egypt path toward the future: President El-Sisi

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi congratulated the Egyptian people on Tuesday on the anniversary of the 30 June Revolution, saying it embodied the people's will to preserve the state's identity and restore Egypt's path toward the future.

Egypt

Air Defence Forces continue modernization to protect Egypt’s skies: Commander Al-Toudi

Egypt’s skies are protected by air defence personnel at the highest levels of readiness and combat preparedness, Lieutenant General Yasser Mohamad Kamal Al-Toudi, Commander of the Air Defence Forces, said as the force marked its 56th anniversary.

World Cup 2026

Frozen dreams in Milan: How winter dashed Egypt 1954 World Cup hopes

In Egyptian football history, the ill-fated encounter with Italy during the 1954 World Cup qualifiers remains a striking ...

Egypt

Egypt economy overcame major challenges, bolstering private sector role: El-Sisi at Davos

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stated on Wednesday that the Egyptian economy has successfully absorbed and overcome major challenges over recent years, most notably the COVID-19 pandemic and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Al-Ahram Weekly

Analysis: National security threats after the 30 June Revolution

A new and comprehensive approach to national security was formulated after the 30 June Revolution that aimed to neutralise risks within and beyond the country’s borders.

Opinion

Without the 30 June Revolution?

What would Egypt have been like today in the absence of the 30 June 2013 Revolution

Egypt

INTERVIEW - ‘30 June Revolution gave Egypt a stable government; restored its proper place in region’: John Bolton

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 30 June Revolution, which ended the short-lived rule of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, veteran US diplomat John Bolton shared with Ahram Online his take on the significance of 30 June for the country and the region as well as his views on the prospects of larger Egyptian-US cooperation in finding peaceful resolutions for various crises in the region.