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At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo

Dec. 10, 2024 09:18 AM EST

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,...

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

Nov. 25, 2024 07:10 AM EST
CAIRO (AP) — Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist vessel sank in the Red Sea.

Egypt's president says his country has proposed a 2-day cease-fire in Gaza during which 4 hostages would be freed

Oct. 27, 2024 12:30 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president says his country has proposed a 2-day cease-fire in Gaza during which 4 hostages would be freed.

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

Oct. 21, 2024 07:50 AM EDT

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...

Part of a memo authorizing probe of election interference remains secret. A judge wants to know why

Oct. 18, 2024 14:38 PM EDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge is pressing the U.S. government to explain why a portion of the memo authorizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of foreign election interference and former President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign remains classified seven years after it...

Egypt increases fuel prices by 10% to 17%

Oct. 18, 2024 06:42 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt raised fuel prices Friday by between 10% and 17%, a move likely to impact the cost of both goods and services. The Egyptian government said in a statement on Facebook that the decision was made in order to “reduce the gap between the selling prices of...

Nile basin nations say water-sharing accord has come into force without Egypt's backing

Oct. 14, 2024 20:43 PM EDT

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A regional partnership of 10 countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources from the Nile River basin has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt. The legal status of the “cooperative framework” was formally confirmed...

A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast

Oct. 14, 2024 15:07 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — A bus carrying university students crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others, the health ministry said in a statement. Students from the Suez-based Galala University were on board. Local media reported...

A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast

Oct. 14, 2024 14:59 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — A bus carrying university students crashes, killing 12 and injuring 33 in Egypt's northeast.

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

Oct. 13, 2024 04:49 AM EDT

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...