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A freighter ran aground in the Suez Canal in Egypt on Monday, local media reported, citing the canal service company. “M/V Glory ran aground while joining a southbound convoy near Alaqantarah. Suez Canal Authority tugs are currently attempting to refloat it,” the company said on Twitter. According to the Canal …

Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced plans to raise fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal by 15% in 2023. According to Ossama Rabiee, Chairman and CEO of SCA, transit fees for bulk carriers and tourist vessels will see a 10% increase. He also stated that the increase is inevitable …

Authorities in Egypt announced the release of 46 activists, many of whom have been held for several years in pre-trial detention. They include a prominent left-wing lawyer, Haytham Mohammadain, accused of being a member of a terrorist group – a blanket charge leveled at critics of the government, the BBC …

An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing at least 41 people, Reuters agency reported. Most of the victims are children and have suffered from smoke inhalation. The blaze started just before 9 a.m. in the Abu Sifin church …

Egyptian court has called for a legal amendment to allow live broadcast of the execution of Mohammed Adel for the killing of a female student, local media reported. The case sparked outrage in Egypt after video footage went viral last month showing Mohammed Adel stabbing Nayera Ashraf, who rejected his …

Egyptian authorities on Monday suspended hot air balloon flights over the pharaonic sites of Luxor, one of the country’s most touristic cities in the south, after an accident which left “only two minor injuries”. “While a group of hot air balloons were in flight, one of them collided with another …

Two women died in shark attack while swimming in the Egyptian Red Sea, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Authorities discovered the body of a Romanian tourist in her 40s hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead, two sources told Reuters According to the …

Authorities in Egypt arrested three men after one of them was allegedly filmed singing and dancing in a mosque, according to the AFP news agency. The clip later went viral. In the video, the accused man is singing along to what locals call a mahraganat song. It is a type …

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former presidential candidate, to 15 years in prison with hard labor for spreading false news and joining a terrorist group. The politician was convicted along with an interim leader of the proscribed Muslim Brotherhood group, Mahmoud Ezzat. He is …

An Egyptian delegation will travel to India the first week of April to facilitate wheat imports as part of efforts to secure supplies and alleviate shortages at one of the world’s largest importers of the staple, Reuters reports, citing Indian government sources. Egypt, often the world’s biggest wheat importer, is …