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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2026 10:38:32 PM
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, called for an end to weapons flows to “illegal entities” in Sudan on Monday, as he met his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, in Madrid for talks on regional conflicts and bilateral ties.
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Sports
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Egyptian Football
5/18/2026 10:16:00 PM
Follow Ahram Online's coverage of the Egyptian Premier League – Relegation Group (Round 11) of the 2025–2026 season (17–18 May).
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Opinion
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5/18/2026 9:50:37 PM
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” With this celebrated observation, borrowed from Winston Churchill, the young Egyptian-American researcher Mohammed Soliman opens the introduction to his important book, West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2026 9:11:14 PM
House of Representatives Speaker Hisham Badawi backed the nomination of Libyan parliament speaker Aguila Saleh for the presidency of the Asian-African Parliamentary Council (AAPC) during talks in Cairo on Monday focused on ties between the two countries.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/18/2026 7:22:47 PM
Egypt’s state-owned airport holding company, the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, said it had fully implemented a digital management system aimed at reducing reliance on paper documents and moving operations to an integrated electronic platform.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
5/18/2026 6:57:23 PM
The Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the world's leading Sunni Islamic institution, confirmed on Monday via its media centre that the personal status draft law has not yet been submitted to the institution and that Al-Azhar did not participate in drafting it in any way.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
5/18/2026 6:43:46 PM
Egypt’s General Authority for Land and Dry Ports (GALDP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local firm Sky Ports to finance, design, construct and operate and maintain a dry port and logistics zone in Borg El Arab city, the Ministry of Transport stated on Monday.
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Business
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Tech
5/18/2026 5:59:01 PM
Egypt is adjusting its target for outsourcing exports to reach $6 billion, compared to the previous goal of $9 billion, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Rafaat Hindy, stated on Sunday.
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
5/18/2026 5:52:25 PM
Liverpool supporters are set to bid farewell at Anfield on Sunday to departing Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah and Scotland defender Andy Robertson, according to a statement on the club’s official website.
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Sports
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Africa
5/18/2026 4:56:56 PM
The draw for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers will be held Tuesday at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo ahead of next year’s finals in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/18/2026 4:45:28 PM
EgyptAir is expanding air links between Egypt and the United States with plans to launch new direct flights to Chicago and Los Angeles in May and June, as part of efforts to meet growing travel demand and strengthen tourism and economic ties between the two countries.
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
5/18/2026 4:19:00 PM
Follow Ahram Online’s coverage of Egyptian footballers competing across European leagues during the 2025/2026 season.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/18/2026 3:21:17 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is celebrating International Museum Day, observed annually on 18 May, through a wide-ranging programme of temporary archaeological exhibitions and interactive cultural activities hosted by museums across Egypt.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/18/2026 3:21:02 PM
Tarek Dahroug, Egypt’s ambassador to France, and his wife Alia El-Seirafi participated in a high-level event on women’s empowerment, gender equality, and education organised by the Better World Fund on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival, in the presence of diplomats, ministers, artists, and cultural figures from around the world.
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Egypt
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Health
5/18/2026 2:49:29 PM
In light of the growing global and regional attention to prostate cancer as one of the key health challenges facing men, Bayer highlighted the importance of raising awareness of the disease, encouraging early diagnosis, and keeping pace with scientific developments that contribute to improving patient care and supporting their treatment journey.
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Business
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Energy
5/18/2026 2:24:39 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reviewed on Monday Egypt’s renewable energy expansion plans, including solar, wind, and energy storage projects with a total capacity of more than 7,000 megawatts, as the government aims to raise the share of clean energy in the country’s electricity mix to 45 percent by 2028, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.
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Advertising
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Sponsored
5/18/2026 2:10:55 PM
Queen’s University Belfast welcomed a senior delegation from The British University in Egypt to campus this week, developing collaboration between the two institutions through the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
5/18/2026 1:50:01 PM
Egypt is marking International Museum Day on 18 May by opening several of its museums free of charge to Egyptian visitors, turning the annual occasion into a nationwide celebration of culture, education, and heritage.
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Opinion
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5/18/2026 1:20:32 PM
Egypt’s participation in last week’s ministerial meeting of BRICS in New Delhi was about far more than diplomatic symbolism.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/18/2026 12:58:04 PM
The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) dispatched its 198th “Zad Al-Izza” convoy to the Gaza Strip early on Monday, carrying 3,849 tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, including food, flour, medical supplies, relief items, fuel, clothing, and tents, the organization said.
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