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The cargo vessel that blocked global shipping in the Suez Canal and is caught in a legal dispute in Egypt is fit to sail once approval is given, its technical manager said on Wednesday. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said on Wednesday…

At least 20 people have been killed and three others injured in a road accident in southern Egypt. In a statement, Assiut Governor Essam Saad said both vehicles caught fire. Authorities further said a bus overturned while trying to…

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities releases images showing the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor that archaeologists say is the "largest" ever found in Egypt and dates back to the golden age of the pharaohs 3,000…

The Egyptian government has agreed with China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine domestically, and could produce up to 80 million doses a year, the health ministry said on Thursday. The agreement could provide a…

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa from Saturday for talks on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Democratic Republic of the Congo officials said. The three-day…

The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lieutenant General Osama Rabie  on Thursday praised the salvage team who worked to free the colossal container ship wedged in the canal at a ceremony in Ismailia. He told the team that it was "a…

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned there would be severe regional consequences if Egypt’s water supply were affected by a giant hydropower dam being built by Ethiopia. Egypt, along with its southern neighbour Sudan, is…

The  Ever Given Ship stuck in the Suez Canal for almost a week has been refloated and the canal open for international trade. The Ever Given ship was successfully turned by an Egyptian crew in the Suez Canal early Monday morning, after…

The Suez Canal salvage teams were alternating for 24 hours between dredging and tugging on Sunday to dislodge a massive container ship blocking the busy waterway, while two sources said efforts had been complicated by rock under…

The company that owns the giant container ship stuck sideways across the Suez Canal said an attempt will be made to refloat the vessel by taking advantage of tidal movements later Saturday. Shoei Kisen said in a statement Saturday that…