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World
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International
7/30/2026 1:09:04 PM
Firefighters in France on Thursday were hopeful a massive forest fire was no longer spreading, as Spain said there were "almost no flames" left near Madrid but a new fire broke out near the Portuguese border.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
7/30/2026 12:54:00 PM
Operations at Damietta Port are continuing normally without service disruptions after a fire broke out aboard two vessels on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the Damietta Port Authority on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Defence
7/30/2026 10:26:39 AM
The cabinet announced on Thursday that preliminary investigations found that a drone caused the fire that struck two vessels at Damietta Port on Wednesday after the blaze had been brought under control.
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Business
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Energy
7/29/2026 7:47:52 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum said a fire broke out on a regasification vessel and a storage vessel at the country’s Mediterranean Damietta Port on Wednesday, adding that no injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
7/29/2026 4:22:09 PM
Egypt’s General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) hosted a delegation from Emirati logistics and supply chain company DP World to discuss the firm's expansion plans in the Egyptian market, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
7/28/2026 9:41:18 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels said Tuesday that they had targeted a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles for allegedly violating a blockade on the kingdom's ports announced by the group last week.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
7/27/2026 8:07:44 PM
The internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Farrah El-Dibany will take on the role of Dalida in a new musical retracing the life of the legendary singer, whose identity was deeply rooted in both Egypt and France. The production mirrors El-Dibany’s own journey between the two countries.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
7/27/2026 2:23:00 PM
Egypt's Trans Cargo general cargo terminal at Sokhna Port has received its first commercial vessels since beginning operations, marking the start of cargo handling at the new facility as the government pushes ahead with plans to expand the country's port capacity and strengthen its role as a regional logistics hub.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
7/24/2026 2:50:21 PM
American firm Quantum Capital is planning to establish an investment portfolio in Egypt’s oil and gas sector, expanding its operations globally, according to a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on Thursday.
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Sports
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Africa
7/22/2026 6:51:40 PM
African football boss Patrice Motsepe offered an emphatic defence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday, portraying him as a devoted steward of the game and friend of the continent.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
7/22/2026 1:03:51 PM
PortCastelló aims to strengthen its role as a strategic logistics hub for trade between Spain and Egypt by building on steadily expanding commercial ties and offering new incentives to Egyptian exporters, Rubén Ibáñez, president of the Port Authority of Castellón, told Ahram Online on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2026 10:45:24 PM
Egypt on Tuesday reaffirmed its full support for Saudi Arabia following threats by Yemen's Houthi movement to impose a blockade on Saudi ports, while separately condemning an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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World
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Region
7/21/2026 10:42:06 PM
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would "take care of" the Houthi rebels if the group follows through on its threatened blockade of Saudi ports.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
7/21/2026 5:42:11 PM
David Tresilian visits the newly renovated house of French writer Pierre Loti, a 19th-century exponent of literary orientalism, in the French port town of Rochefort
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2026 1:24:28 PM
Egypt and Montenegro signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to expand cooperation in maritime transport and port management during Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović's official visit to Cairo.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/18/2026 6:58:49 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan agreed on Saturday to deepen economic cooperation by exploring a joint agricultural project in Tanzania, expanding Dar es Salaam Port and studying a direct maritime shipping route between Safaga and Dar es Salaam to boost trade and regional connectivity.
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World
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Region
7/16/2026 11:03:55 PM
A drone struck a ship off the port in Iraq's southern province of Basra on Thursday, a security official told AFP, while the country's oil ministry said an unspecified object fell near a tanker.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
7/16/2026 10:43:53 AM
Egypt Maritime Ports Company handled more than 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first half of 2026, up 22 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Transport said.
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World
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Region
7/13/2026 7:20:43 PM
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian ports and "taking over" the Strait of Hormuz, where it would levy charges on shipping.
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World
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War in Sudan
7/13/2026 6:35:04 PM
A court in Sudan's army-controlled city of Port Sudan sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia over charges of killing a regional governor and war crimes in Darfur, state media reported.
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