The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Ismailia (Egypt) (AFP) - Suez Canal maritime traffic was "normal" Monday after a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. 

Officials said a cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and traffic was restored, avoiding a scene from 2021 that blocked traffic for six days.

Ismailia (Egypt) (AFP) - Suez Canal maritime traffic was "normal" Monday after a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. 

Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday voiced dismay and rejection of an assault by Egyptian policemen on several Kuwaiti students in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria. On Saturday, a quarrel had erupted between the students at a shopping mall in Alexandria. The Kuwaiti embassy in Cairo released a statement on Saturday…

The canal was blocked for almost a week last year when a ship ran aground in Egypt, disrupting supplies to UK retailers

Green hydrogen is all the rage these days. During November's UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany will invest more than €4 billion (144 billion baht) in developing a market for it.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Libya’s Presidential Council, headed by Mohammed al-Menfi, has joined the interim unity government in rejecting Egypt’s demarcation of the maritime borders. Abdullah al-Lafi, member of the Presidential Council, noted that the border demarcation was not “a matter of unilateral action, as it is regulated by stable rules in international law,…

Well-informed Egyptian sources emphasized Egypt’s adherence to balancing its national interests with its commitments to Gulf security, following Iranian diplomatic statements about Tehran’s rapprochement efforts with Cairo. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that Egypt was committed to balance its vision of regional relations and national interests with its core adherence…

Cairo (AFP) - Public anger has been growing for months in Egypt over a severe dollar crunch and soaring food prices.But for many a money-saving tip from a state body has been the last straw.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly on Tuesday said that the government had received a request from Elsewedy Electric to establish a new industrial zone in the New October City. He added that the government consented to the project and welcomed the private sector’s plans to accelerate the development process in…