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From Cairo to Luxor, Egyptologists are working alongside physicists and engineers to try to solve the secrets of the pharaohs. Using non-invasive exploration techniques which won’t damage the monuments, teams of researchers began scanning Egypt’s pyramids in October 2015. They are focusing on the Bent and Red pyramids at Dahshur, together with Khufu – also known as the Great Pyramid – and Khafre, built on the Giza plateau 4,500 years ago. Using infrared thermography, researchers […]
(Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned the U.S. ambassador to Israel to discuss the U.S. abstention in a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building. Separately, the envoys of 10 other nations were called in to the Israeli Foreign Ministry to be reprimanded on Sunday, and Netanyahu had more harsh words for Washington over Friday’s U.N. vote. An Israeli spokesman gave no details of when Netanyahu would meet U.S. […]
(Reuters) The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes in favor, prompting applause in the council chamber. The action by President Barack Obama’s administration follows growing U.S. […]
Sa patuloy na pakikipagkaisa ng mga kapatid natin sa Cairo GWS sa bansang Egypt-Distrito ng Africa sa mga aktibidad na inilulunsad ng ating Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ay hindi nila alintana ang mga panganib na kanilang nararanasan. Ayon sa mga kapatid, noong magkaroon ng rebolusyon noong January 2011 hanggang February 2012 ay lalong sumigla ang mga kapatid sa pagsamba. Kahit binabawalan sila ng kanilang pinagtatrabahuhan, maging ng mga awtoridad na lumabas ng bahay ay hindi napahadlang ang […]
by Maram MAZEN CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, the first claim for one of the worst attacks on the Coptic Christian community in recent memory. IS identified the suicide bomber who carried out Sunday’s attack by the pseudonym Abu Abdallah al-Masri in a statement circulated on social media on Tuesday. The bomber “got in between the […]
by Samer Al-Atrush / Mostafa Abulezz Agence France Presse CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – A bomb blast tore through a church near Cairo’s Coptic cathedral during a service Sunday, killing 23 people in the deadliest attack in recent memory on Egypt’s Christian minority. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing, but Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have been previously targeted by jihadists. At least 49 people […]
by Haitham el-Tabei Agence France Presse CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — In an endless cacophony of car horns, Mostafa Ekram each day confronts the frenzy of Cairo’s traffic jams: pedestrians darting out into the street, swerving tuk-tuks and even donkey carts. At the wheel of his SUV, in the heart of Egypt’s bustling capital, he doesn’t bat an eyelid as he narrowly dodges a black tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled vehicle, driving in the wrong direction. It’s an […]
CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) — A vintage biplane flew past and landed near Egypt’s iconic Pyramids of Giza on Sunday (November 13) on the second leg of a month-long journey through Africa. The biplane, from the 1920s and 1930s, is just one out of 12 others embarking on the journey, which began in Crete, Greece on Saturday (November 12). The landing represented the first time an aircraft was allowed to land at the ancient site. However the […]
EGYPT (AFP) — A year after jihadists bombed a Russian plane carrying holidaymakers in Egypt, tourism shows little sign of recovery in the Arab country grappling with an economic crisis. https://youtu.be/sUrSYM2-y5Y
(Reuters) — Twenty-six people were killed and dozens more injured after two days of heavy flooding hit several Egyptian cities on Friday and Saturday (October 28-29), Egypt’s health ministry said. The rain hit in the early hours of Friday (October 28) morning sweeping away cars and destroying houses. Seven people were killed in the Red Sea city of Ras Ghareb, health officials added. Authorities said two main roads in the city were closed due […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – The death toll from a migrant boat disaster off Egypt’s coast climbed to 133 on Friday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean. Survivors have said up to 450 migrants were on board the overcrowded fishing vessel that was heading to Italy from Egypt when it keeled over off the port city of Rosetta on Wednesday. “The death toll from the illegal migrant boat that capsized off the coast of Rosetta… […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — At least 27 people were killed in a bus collision and five died when a train derailed in separate accidents south of Cairo Wednesday during a busy holiday travel time. The bus collided with a truck in the southwestern province of Wedi El-Gedid, the Egyptian health ministry said. The number of passengers on the bus was not immediately clear. Traffic accidents are common in Egypt, where many of the country’s roads […]
