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Egypt, Morocco, Algeria make World Cup history in knockout stage

Morocco has already secured its place in the next round while Algeria and Egypt seek to continue North Africa's World Cup campaign.

From (L-R) Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attend a meeting in Cairo on June 21, 2026.

Analysis

Why Turkey and Egypt are deepening military ties amid regional turmoil

Turkey and Egypt are expanding military cooperation as overlapping security challenges, from Libya and Sudan to Gaza and the Red Sea, bring the former rivals closer together.

Barin Kayaoglu

By Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

A fan waves a Pride flag before the game between the Seattle Sounders and the Portland Timbers at Lumen Field on June 3, 2023, in Seattle, Washington.

Culture

FIFA rejects Egypt, Iran objections, allows Pride flags at World Cup match

The Egyptian and Iranian football bodies previously raised objections over the match to FIFA.

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Culture

Egyptians hail first-ever World Cup win as Tunisia, Turkey exit

Hossam Hassan, the head coach of Egypt, celebrates after the 3-1 win during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G match between New Zealand and Egypt at BC Place Vancouver on June 21, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Interview

US-Egypt fund makes case for economic statecraft in hard power era

A worker counts banknotes after filling up the tank of a vehicle at a petrol station in Giza on March 10, 2026.

Cornelius Queen

Cornelius Queen

Senior Vice President of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund

Syria reports sabotage of undersea internet cable between Tartous and Alexandria: What to know

This photo illustration taken in Damascus on May 20, 2026, shows the X account of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on a smartphone displaying his tweet to President Donald Trump.

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In London, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics

Nada Shaker

In Cairo, reporting on culture

Supporters hope jailed activist will benefit from Egypt-Palestine warming

Egypt's increasingly harmonious ties with Palestinians are raising hopes that prominent activist Ramy Shaath will be removed from Egypt's terror list and released from prison.

Intel: Blinken tells Egypt that human rights are 'central' to US relationship

Secretary of State Antony Blinken also expressed concern over Egypt’s planned procurement of Su-35 fighter aircraft from Russia.

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta pushes birth control to stem overpopulation

Egypt’s top fatwa authority, Dar al-Ifta, launched on Feb. 17 a hashtag to promote birth control and family planning methods to give a boost to government efforts to control the rapid population growth by providing a religious cover.

Rescue divers conduct search operations for victims of a capsized boat in Lake Mariout, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Egypt's second city of Alexandria on February 23, 2021. - Nine people drowned and at least four were missing after the boat chartered for a family fishing trip capsized. State newspaper Al-Ahram said a six-month-old infant was among the family members drowned. Six survivors are receiving treatment in local hospitals while emergency teams have been sent to the lake to search for the missin

At least 9 dead after boat sinks in Egypt

A boating accident in Lake Mariout near Alexandria killed several family members Monday.

Egypt boosts ties with Burundi — with eye on Turkey

Egypt seeks to strengthen its ties with Burundi and the Nile Basin countries in a bid to curb Turkey’s expansion in East Africa, to protect its national security from any threats.

Indonesian Muslim students read from the religious academic books in an Islamic course at Al-Azhar mosque in the old city of Cairo on December 4, 2011. Al-Azhar mosque, which was developed into one of the oldest Islamic universities, pays special attention to the Koranic sciences and traditions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and all the modern fields of science. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Push to remove Quran from Egyptian textbooks faces backlash

Egypt’s parliamentary Defense and National Security Committee is discussing a plan to remove Quranic verses from the general curriculum and limit them to religious courses, part of a plan to fight extremism.

Volunteers riding in kayaks take part in a water-waste removal and cleanup campaign in the Nile river off the island of Manial in Egypt's capital Cairo on March 7, 2020. - Early one morning in Cairo, a flotilla of some 300 environmental determined activists paddle their kayaks across the Nile, fishing out garbage from the mighty waterway that gave birth to Egyptian civilisation but now faces multiple threats. In the past three years they say they have picked some 37 tonnes of cans, plastic bottles, disposab

Egypt forges ahead with campaign to make the Nile 100% plastic free

The VeryNile initiative has been working since 2018 to remove plastic waste from the Nile River and has launched a project to support the fishermen of Cairo by providing them with additional income and access to health services.

Biden to review Trump's freeze on aid to Ethiopia over Nile dam

The Trump administration froze some aid to Addis Ababa in August over its stance on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

'Hostage-like arrests' in Egypt target families of US-based activists, rights groups say

A coalition of human rights groups accused the Egyptian government of intimidating and harassing the family members of prominent activists living abroad.

Egypt uncovers brewery that served pharaohs

An American-Egyptian mission recently uncovered an ancient brewery that paints a vivid picture of beer in ancient Egyptian life.

Sudanese supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi protest following Friday noon prayers in front of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, on August 16, 2013, following the recent violence in Egypt. The demonstration comes after 578 people were killed on August 14, in clashes in the Egyptian capital Cairo as police cleared two Morsi protest camps and elsewhere in the country, in Egypt's bloodiest day in decades. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit

Egypt helps Sudan confront Brotherhood ideology through missionaries

Egypt sent a missionary convoy of imams and preachers to several Sudanese regions, most notably the Darfur region, where protests and violence broke out amid accusations by the Sudanese government that the Muslim Brotherhood and members of ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's regime were behind them.

This picture taken on June 19, 2020 from a ferry shows a view of the Hurghada Marina in Egypt's southern Red Sea resort city, with the Red Sea hills seen in the background. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt turns to Russia for help with desalination plants amid Nile dam crisis

Egypt is seeking to move forward in the implementation of new seawater desalination projects in cooperation with Russia, to cover its water deficit amid the stalling negotiations on Addis Ababa’s dam on the Blue Nile.