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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/5/2025 2:54:29 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, discussed the status of Saint Catherine Monastery in South Sinai with his Greek counterpart, Georgios Gerapetritis, in Cairo on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/3/2025 3:57:34 PM
As a Greek delegation prepares to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to resolve tensions over the fate of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Ahram Online examines how the controversy surrounding one of the world’s oldest Christian monasteries has moved from courtroom to foreign ministry.
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Egypt
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Society
5/17/2025 11:01:26 AM
Egypt had 26.5 million households as of 1 January 2025, with the majority—55.6 percent or 14.7 million households—residing in rural areas, while 44.4 percent or 11.8 million live in urban centres, according to a report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/14/2025 4:27:56 PM
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that, starting May 2025, the number of refugee families receiving regular multipurpose cash assistance in Egypt will be reduced due to a critical funding shortfall.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/4/2025 10:36:30 PM
Road accident fatalities dropped from 5,861 in 2023 to 5,260 in 2024—a 10.3 percent decrease, Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/28/2025 9:44:30 PM
The number of Sudanese nationals returning from Egypt has surged by 44 percent in just three weeks, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/28/2025 11:41:41 AM
Al-Azhar, the world's largest Muslim Sunni institution, strongly condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack that killed a Muslim worshipper inside a mosque in the town of La Grand-Combe in southeastern France's Gard region.
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Egypt
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Society
4/26/2025 8:16:00 PM
Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Saturday that the country’s annual unemployment rate fell to 6.6 percent in 2024, marking a 0.4 percent decline from 2023.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/21/2025 6:47:08 PM
The Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II, mourned on Monday the death of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, who passed away earlier that morning at the age of 88.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/15/2025 11:19:09 AM
Lawyers across Egypt launched the first phase of their escalation campaign on Monday against the Courts of Appeal Council's recent decision to impose new fees on digitization services, organizing a half-hour protest outside courts nationwide.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/12/2025 5:47:57 PM
The Egyptian government has revoked the nationality of a 22-year-old man from Luxor Governorate in Upper Egypt after confirming his involvement in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/6/2025 10:28:37 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Egypt on Sunday for a three-day official visit to discuss the recent developments in Gaza and ties between Egypt and France.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
3/23/2025 1:05:18 PM
Renowned Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass rejected viral claims of pillars and structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre, swiftly debunking the speculative research that gained widespread attention on social media.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/21/2025 2:13:56 PM
Egypt has categorically and unequivocally denied reports circulating in some media outlets suggesting that it is "prepared to temporarily relocate half a million Gaza residents to a designated city in North Sinai as part of Gaza's reconstruction efforts."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/4/2025 11:03:26 PM
The Extraordinary Arab Summit held in Cairo on Tuesday reasserted the united Arab position, rejecting any displacement of the Palestinian people, whether from Gaza or the West Bank, while supporting Egypt's Gaza reconstruction plan and calling for an international conference to recognize Palestinian statehood.
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Egypt
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Society
2/18/2025 10:34:56 PM
Mansoura University announced on Monday that a research team from the university’s Vertebrate Paleontology Centre has discovered a new species of predatory mammals that lived in Egypt 30 million years ago.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/11/2025 8:46:25 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's planned visit to Washington has been postponed until further notice, Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/26/2025 11:35:22 PM
The Egyptian embassy in Washington D.C shared an op-ed by the Egyptian ambassador to the United States, Motaz Zahran, which asserted that “Egypt cannot be part of any solution involving the transfer of Palestinians into Sinai”.
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Egypt
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Society
1/21/2025 10:53:19 AM
Jouger, in the heart of the Nile Delta, became Egypt’s top trending village this week as its locals could organize an eight-truck relief aid convoy for Gaza in 48 hours, following the announcement of a ceasefire agreement that halts Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian strip.
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Egypt
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Society
12/25/2024 8:31:50 PM
From football to economic news to the Israeli war on Gaza and its repercussions, it is that time of year when Ahram Online looks back at what Egyptians searched the most on Google in 2024.
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