EgyptAir has suspended all flights between Cairo International Airport and several Gulf cities, citing escalating regional tensions and the closure of airspace in multiple countries across the Gulf.
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Poland and France urged their nationals currently stranded in Israel to head to Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh for a safe exodus, as Israel's airspace is closed due to the current conflict with Iran.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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’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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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