1stHeadlinesBreaking News Headlines
Egypt currently accounts for 20% of global date production and 25% of Arab production, Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem announced on Monday as the government outlined plans to update its sector strategy to boost exports and value-added manufacturing. The figures were presented during the 9th International Egyptian…
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Egypt, accounting for 37.3% of all cancer diagnoses among women. According to estimates from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Egypt recorded 26,052 new cases and 9,717 deaths in 2024, highlighting the significant health, social and economic…
Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has announced the offering of 400 ready-to-operate industrial units across 11 industrial complexes in 10 governorates, with applications open from October 15 to 29, 2026, through the Egypt Industrial Digital Platform. The fully constructed units are equipped with…
Local Development and Environment Minister Manal Awad travelled to Yerevan on behalf of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to take part in the “Leaders for Nature” biodiversity summit on October 16-17, ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP17. The summit brings…
Every journey leaves a different mark on me. Some trips end with beautiful photographs and passing memories. Others send me back with new questions about ourselves and the world. For me, travel has never been merely a movement across geography. It has always been another way of learning, and a chance to test ideas…
The Faculty of Engineering at Matareya, part of Capital University, has signed a cooperation protocol with the Association of Safety, Disaster Management and Firefighting Engineers (ASDFE) to launch a specialised professional programme to train certified fire protection systems inspectors. The agreement was signed by…
The Iran war was supposed to be a short, sharp strike that brought down the regime within a few weeks. Instead, the US finds itself enmeshed in a conflict that’s upending the world’s energy system. As oil and gas prices soar, there have been noticeable shifts toward clean energy, and it’s raised a profoundly weird …
It’s getting ugly out there. The worse GOP midterm prospects look, the darker the rhetoric from top Republicans becomes as they single out Democratic candidates as weird, threatening and antithetical to what it means to be and look like an American. President Donald Trump is mocking the name of Michigan Democratic…
Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say SpaceX has restricted Starlink internet services, disrupting military logistics and operations amid an escalating dispute with the Trump administration. Ukrainian authorities said they were caught off-guard by restrictions on the military-grade version of Elon Musk’s Starlink…
New York — Artificial intelligence chat startup Character.ai— which has faced a wave of claims that its app contributed to mental health issues and suicides among teens — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Character.ai lets users message with a range of chatbots, often modeled after celebrities and fictional…
Egyptian university students aged 18 and above can register for 12 months of free access to Google’s AI Plus plan under a joint initiative by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Google. Registration is open until 31 December 2026, and each student’s subscription begins on the date they sign…
Al-Azhar has strongly condemned the attack targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which left civilians and Umrah pilgrims dead and injured, stressing that attacks on civilian infrastructure and pilgrims visiting Islam’s two holiest mosques constitute a grave provocation to Muslims, a violation of…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty emphasized the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve de-escalation, contain regional tensions and prevent the conflict from widening, in a way that safeguards regional security and stability. In an interview with Sky…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty outlined Egypt’s efforts to de-escalate regional tensions and create conditions for an agreement between the United States and Iran, as well as the conflict’s economic repercussions for the global economy, supply chains and…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty said Egyptians living abroad represent an extension of their homeland and contribute their expertise and skills to enhancing Egypt’s image and standing internationally. Abdelatty made the remarks during a meeting with…
Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar discussed with his Indonesian counterpart, Budi Sadikin, ways to draw on Indonesia’s experience in health project financing and the pooled procurement of medical equipment, as the two countries explored broader cooperation in hospital infrastructure, medical technology, oncology…
Egypt has backed efforts to mobilise financing for a package of 36 projects in southern Nile Basin countries, covering hydropower, electricity interconnections, transmission lines, water supply and multipurpose infrastructure, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam said. Sewilam made the remarks…
In 2004, an office worker could sit with a single task for roughly two and a half minutes before glancing away. Today, that same worker lasts an average of 47 seconds before switching his or her attention, according to a 2023 University of California study that documented over two decades of workplace observation. The…
Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, spoke by phone with his Dutch counterpart, Dick Berendsen, on Monday, 13 October, to press for the release of an Egyptian citizen detained in the Netherlands and to demand stronger protection for Egypt’s embassy in The Hague, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said. Abdelatty asked the…
Two Egyptian truck drivers were killed, and a third was wounded in Khartoum, Sudan, after a gunman opened fire on them, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Monday, 12 October. Sudanese police said the suspect had been arrested and had confessed, telling investigators he acted to avenge his brother, who died in an alleged…
Egypt has arranged the safe passage of 15 Egyptian sailors stranded in Ukraine into neighbouring Moldova on Monday, 12 October, where they are awaiting the earliest available flight back to Egypt. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty directed the ministry’s Consular Affairs Sector and Egypt’s embassies in Ukraine and…
Forty hours of meticulous craftsmanship. Forty hours of weaving Egypt’s identity into every detail of a bag. Forty hours of creating a piece of Egypt to share with the world. This is how Egyptian luxury house Shahira Lasheen’s debut bag collection, which was launched in late September, can be summed up in just three…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced on 12 October that he secured around 20 agreements and memoranda of understanding during his Asian tour, which included South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia from 6 to 11 October, calling for Egyptian officials to move quickly to turn the agreements into projects…
Egypt and Indonesia have agreed to deepen cooperation in defence, trade, investment and other strategic sectors, while rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians and calling for de-escalation in the Gulf. The commitments were outlined in a joint statement following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s…