Sources: Al Arabiya
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a train collision in Minya Governorate, Egypt. 2024-10-13
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeastern Turkey and Syria, killing eight people and injuring 600 others. The earthquake is also felt in Lebanon and Egypt. This aftershock comes fourteen days after the main earthquake killed more than 47,000 people. 2023-02-20
A tricycle falls into a man-made channel in Itay El Barud, Egypt. Eight children die and four people are rescued. 2022-04-30
A court in Ismailia grants the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority's request to seize CS "Ever Given" pending payment of a compensation claim of over US$900 million. 2021-04-13
American computer company IBM announces plans to acquire American software company Red Hat for US$34 billion. 2018-10-28
Greek offshore gas extraction firm Energean, which is already developing gas fields off Israel, is revealed to be contemplating an initial public offering to raise US$1.5 billion in order to develop Gaza Marine, a gas deposit off Gaza. Shell, who own a 55% stake in Gaza Marine, have been attempting to sell their share as ongoing conflict prevents production. 2018-06-25
Tests, by a team of international archaeologists, of mummified legs found in QV66 in Egypt's Valley of the Queens indicate they most likely belong to Queen Nefertari, Pharaoh Ramesses II's first and favorite wife. 2016-12-5
Indonesian authorities reveal that the crashed plane was transporting US$470,000 in cash for the poor. 2015-08-17
The Egyptian government closes the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and will set up a buffer zone after a series of attacks which were reported to have been launched using smuggling tunnels from Gaza. 2014-10-26
Egypt's election council claims that 98.1% of voters supported the new military-backed constitution with a 38.6% turnout. 2014-01-18