What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack

CAIRO (AP) — Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five people and wounded hundreds, saying only that he is a Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany for nearly two decades and that he acted alone. Local media...

Egypt's prime minister briefly pauses a news conference after feeling dizzy

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prime minister was forced to briefly pause a televised news conference on Wednesday after experiencing some dizziness, a government spokesperson said. Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, 58, was speaking at the new administrative capital in Cairo during his...

At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo

CAIRO (AP) — An apartment building collapsed on Tuesday in Egypt’s capital, killing at least eight people, authorities said. The Health Ministry said in a statement that the collapse of the six-story building in Cairo’s western neighborhood of Waili also injured three people,...

FIFA gives Club World Cup new opening day for Messi, Inter Miami. MetLife also gets both semifinals

ZURICH (AP) — The 2025 Club World Cup will now kick off one day earlier with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami opening the monthlong tournament on June 14, and ending with a week of games at MetLife Stadium near New York. FIFA published the 63-game schedule Saturday for the first...

Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist vessel sank in the Red Sea

Officials say Qatar has decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel

Crowd in Egypt attacks a railway guard after 2 children are run over

CAIRO (AP) — Angry residents attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo on Monday after a train ran over and killed two children, officials said. A crowd descended on the intersection near the town of Bilaydah in the city of Al-Ayat, where a train earlier killed...

Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials in Cairo

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials Thursday in Cairo during the first such visit by a top Iranian official to the North African nation in around a decade. Araghchi held talks with his Egyptian...

A grand museum displaying Egypt's ancient treasures is opening for a trial run

CAIRO (AP) — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials said Tuesday The museum, a mega-project near the famed Giza Pyramids which...

Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people

CAIRO (AP) — A locomotive crashed into the tail of the Cairo-bound passenger train Sunday in southern Egypt, killing at least one person and injuring multiple others, authorities said. It is the second train crash in a month in the North African country. The collision occurred in...