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The United States has returned an ancient coffin to Egypt after an investigation determined the object had been stolen from the country back in 2011. The antique was in exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which had acquired it from a global art trafficking network. As reported by BBC News, […]

Donald Trump left a room full of American and Egyptian officials stunned at last month’s G-7 meeting when loudly said “Where’s my favorite dictator?” while waiting for the Egyptian president. A report Friday from the Wall Street Journal recounted the incident during last month’s meeting of world leaders in France, where Trump met with Egyptian […]

A new report by The Intercept claims that Google is re-staffing its office in Cairo, Egypt, in the wake of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seizing power in 2014 and a string of abuses by his government aimed at dissidents and activists. The government reportedly fuels these abuses using both mass and targeted internet surveillance, as […]

Facebook announced Thursday that it removed inauthentic accounts, pages, and groups that were affiliated with the Saudi government, according to a report from CNN. The pages had ties to people affiliated with the Saudi Arabian government and attempted to prop up the current regime and attack its enemies, per CNN. In a statement from Facebook […]

South Africa can fairly be called lucky to still be playing in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, sneaking through thanks to the newly-expanded, 24-team format that includes a Round of 16. That means out of the six groupings, the third-place teams with the four best records advance to the next round. On that third-place […]

The 2019 African Cup of Nations host and tournament favorite Egypt enter their final Group A match knowing that their spot in the quarterfinals is already booked, but the Pharaohs remain intent on topping the group and keeping their spotless record when they take on Uganda in the group stage finale. But Egypt’s Mexican coach, […]

After a dispiriting and shocking defeat to 80th-ranked Uganda in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations opener, DR Congo Captain Youssouf Mulumbu felt compelled to apologize to the country’s fans, according to BeIn Sports. And now the Leopards, who came into the tournament with a realistic chance of going all the way, face potential elimination […]

The 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations continental championship gets underway on Friday, opening a revamped tournament that, as The Inquisitr reported, features some significant “firsts.” For the first time, the field is expanded to 24 teams from the previous 16, making the 2019 AFCON more wide open than ever before. Also, the […]

The 32nd edition of one of the most wide-open continental championship tournaments, the Africa Cup of Nations, kicks off in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday. The competition that has seen 14 different African countries take home the Cup is set to be bigger and more spectacular than at any point in its history. With a field […]

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, took to Twitter on Thursday to praise Egypt’s reform program on women empowerment. “Egyptian President Al Sisi delivered an important speech last weekend calling for major reforms aimed at empowering Egyptian women. We encourage & support these reforms, & look forward to working w/ the Egyptian government […]

On Sunday night, CBS News will air an interview with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on 60 Minutes — and the Egyptian government is not pleased. According to the Huffington Post, Egyptian officials reached out to the network and demanded that the interview never see the light of day. In an official statement by CBS, the […]

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef may be headed to prison for the next five years, all thanks to a controversial wardrobe decision. The actress is set to go on trial next month after being charged with public obscenity for a skin-baring dress she wore to a film festival in Cairo. As the New York Post reported, […]

First Lady Melania Trump made her way to Egypt on her current tour, and reporters got a chance to ask her a variety of questions about things that are happening back in Washington, D.C. Trump, who was photographed on her trip smiling broadly, took some time to answer questions about the Supreme Court nomination of […]

The BBC reports that while draining groundwater from the ancient temple of Kom Ombo near Aswan in southern Egypt, archaeologists found a well-preserved statue of a sphinx — the mythical being from Egyptian legend bearing the head of a man and the body of a lion. In ancient Egypt, the sphinx represented royal power. Sometimes […]

Reuters reports that a man was detained on Tuesday by Egyptian security forces after an explosive device detonated near the U.S. Embassy in central Cairo. According to sources, no casualties have been reported. A witness said she heard a blast and then saw a man with a backpack that had caught on fire close to […]

On Wednesday night, Israel launched more than 70 rockets towards the Gaza Strip in retaliation to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, reports The Telegraph. The air strikes left three Palestinians dead, including a pregnant mother and a toddler. The pregnant mother, 23-year-old Enas Khammash, and her 18-month-old daughter Bayan were killed after rockets […]

Seventy-five people have been sentenced to death for participating in a protest in 2013. According to CNN, the demonstration was in support of former President Mohamed Morsy. The court has now “referred their cases to the country’s Grand Mufti for a final decision.” In 2013, the removal of Morsy, who was a former Brotherhood leader […]

Thanks to the internet, there’s no shortage of people who want to band together for any common goal. This time, fans of the recently unsealed black sarcophagus want to do the unthinkable, which is to actually drink the red liquid that was found inside, according to the Verge. Scottish game producer Innes McKendrick started the […]

Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, to be built by Russia, will begin in the next two years, Reuters news agency reports. The announcement was made today by a Cairo official. The 4,800-megawatt capacity nuclear power plant will be situated in the north of the country, and up and running by 2026. This announcement […]

Egypt and Greece will fly to Switzerland for Tuesday’s international friendly face-off at Stadium Stadion Letzigrund, reports Goal. Fans can watch the Egypt vs. Greece game online through the live-streaming link provided below. Egypt is placed at 44th in the FIFA World rankings as they have managed 687 points in the process. The success story […]

A woman is said to have given birth in the Red Sea over the weekend, and photos captured by “stunned onlookers” have gone viral on social media. According to the Daily Mail on Tuesday, the woman and the newborn appeared to be “happy and healthy” after the water birth. Cetusnews also reported on Tuesday that […]

Hidden under the biblical prophet Jonah’s tomb in the ancient city of Nineveh, now modern-day Iraq, archaeologists have discovered tunnels that hold seven clay tablets from 2,700 years ago, which tell stories of the Assyrian “King of the World,” Esarhaddon. The tablets were found buried along four separate tunnels which had been dug by ISIS, […]

Kenya Moore has been keeping parts of her life secret from her Real Housewives of Atlanta fans. Kenya had been very open with her fans in regards to her relationships, including how Matt Jordan had been a domestic abuser, how Walter Jackson had left her behind, and how she had tried to date guys in […]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence discussed a two-state solution to the centuries-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The assurance was given by Pence to the Egyptian president in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump formally recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017. The four-hour meeting […]

In the morning of December 29, 2017, a terror attack was carried out outside the Coptic church in Helwan, south of Cairo. According to Egypt Today, there were around 10 people that died. Khaled Megahed, spokesman of the Health Ministry, said five were additionally injured from the incident. The attacker was allegedly supposed to detonate […]

It would be fair to say that President Donald Trump and Senator John McCain are not the closest of friends. Enmity between the two broke out during the presidential election campaign when Trump attacked McCain’s war record. Since then, McCain has become one of Trump’s most vocal critics. Even the briefest scan of President Trump’s […]

An ancient heretical Christian manuscript describing secret teachings that Jesus gave to his brother, James, has been discovered, and scholars are very excited at having located these Greek writings. These documents, which form part of the Nag Hammadi library, were written 1,400 years ago, left inside of a jar and were originally found in Egypt […]

More than 230 people were killed after suspected militants groups targeted a Mosque with bombs and gunfire in Bir Al-Abed, in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt during local Friday prayers. Egyptian media predicts that these numbers will still add up in the coming hours as the search and rescue operation ensues after the deadliest terror […]

Experts are reportedly baffled by the testimony of Boriska Kipriyanovich, a Russian prodigy from the city of Volgograd, who claims that he had lived on “war-ravaged” planet Mars long ago before being reborn on Earth. Scientists are reportedly baffled by the 20-year-old’s detailed knowledge of space and conditions on other planets because there is nothing […]

Facebook is well known for making decisions that users don’t always agree with, and one such choice was to deny the “pride reaction” for users in countries with anti-LGBT laws in place. The “pride reaction,” which will be in place for the entire month of June, or Pride Month, allows users to react to a […]

Qatar is being isolated as six nations have decided to cut their diplomatic ties due to suspicions of supporting terrorism. The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt made an announcement on June 5 that they are terminating all connections with the Gulf state. Yemen and Libya followed suit later and severed ties with […]

Archaeologists digging in desert catacombs in the Minya province of Egypt have uncovered a necropolis containing 17 mummies. A find such as this has never happened in that area, according to the Chicago Tribune. The archaeological site where the discovery was made is located in the collage of Tuna al-Gabal which is on the edge […]

Aya Hijazi, an American charity worker imprisoned in Egypt, returned home last week thanks largely to the efforts of President Donald Trump. Here is the shocking story of how she, her husband, and their fellow human rights workers were imprisoned in Egypt, but eventually freed thanks in large part to Donald Trump’s talks with Egypt’s […]

An explosion rocked a church in the northern part of Cairo, Egypt, on Palm Sunday killing over two dozen worshippers, according to several reports. Dozens were wounded in the bomb blast that appears to be a direct attack on Coptic Christians in the region, officials said. Just hours later, a suicide bombing reportedly took place […]

The UK has followed the lead of the United States and is now starting to ban passengers from carrying electronic devices like their laptops and cameras onto planes to and from specific Middle Eastern countries. The list of countries that will be affected by the U.S. ban includes Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, […]

United States President Donald Trump has been the center of controversy ever since he ran for office, and those who do not care for him may have a right to feel that if the latest bit of news on Trump is true. Obviously, Trump is a worry for many Americans and even those in foreign […]

Egypt and Cameroon will fight for the African Cup of Nations 2017 title as the continent gears up for the grandest match of all. 🇪🇬 vs. 🇨🇲 The #AFCON2017 final is set! Who lifts the 🏆? pic.twitter.com/E9xTnqYjde — B/R Football (@brfootball) February 2, 2017 Egypt, the seven-time AFCON champions, dumped Burkina Faso in the semi-final […]

Mysterious coffin-like (sarcophagi) granite boxes found inside a serapeum, located northwest of the Pyramid of Djoser in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Memphis in Lower Egypt, have been the subject of intense speculation since the archaeologist Auguste Mariette first discovered the serapeum in 1850. The lingering mystery of the stone boxes of the Serapeum […]

Thirty-six-year-old Eman Ahmed weighs 1,102 pounds (500 kg), making her the world’s heaviest woman currently alive today. The Egyptian woman has mostly been bedridden for the last two decades, and after suffering a stroke two years ago, she is unable to speak or move. However, a report from CNN says that Ahmed is due to […]

A video has surfaced showing a lion tamer being attacked and fatally mauled by one of the circus lions participating in a live show in Alexandria, Egypt, this week. The footage, although shaky, captured the moment the lion attacked and the subsequent attempts by other handlers to separate the lion from the injured man. The […]

It was while celebrating his eldest son’s lavish wedding that Nasser Hassan decided to top the evening, which included performances by a number of famous singers and belly dancers, with an announcement that his son Omar was engaged and would marry his cousin Gharam. The wedding was held in a province about 75 miles north […]

An Australian rock formation that has been discovered may be older than Stonehenge and Avebury in England and older even than the pyramids of Egypt. Stonehenge and Avebury’s rock formations were placed there over five thousand years ago, but the Wurdi Youang rock arrangement in Australia is thought to be 10,000 years old, according to […]

A newspaper columnist in Egypt has accused the United States of completely fabricating ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) and being complicit with other Western powers in orchestrating the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, in order to justify launching its so-called “War on Terror.” The column ran in Egypt’s state-run newspaper, Al-Ahram, and […]

After negotiating a $12 billion dollar loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared that he will not hesitate to muscle through tough reforms of which the loan is predicated. On Thursday a spokesperson for the IMF announced the organization was willing to disperse the three-year facility given the Egyptian […]

For many, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show really ended long before Trevor Noah took over last year, when Jon Stewart left the program. The Daily Show host was single-handedly responsible for boosting the careers of many who got their start on the show, who would later have their own major shows and/or become much bigger […]

Conspiracy theorists claim that grainy black and white footage from the 1960s shows Russian KGB agents recovering a 13,000-year-old mummified alien body from an ancient tomb called the “Tomb of the Visitor” in the Egyptian desert. The footage, according to conspiracy theorists, is a rare clip that captures the final moments of a top-secret mission […]

The Great Pyramid is slightly lopsided. A study on the original size of the Great Pyramid’s footprint, by Glen Dash Research Foundation and the Ancient Egypt Research Associates has revealed that the west side of the Great Pyramid of Giza is marginally longer than the right side. Architectural marvels which stand as an enduring testament […]

An Egyptian court has sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera journalists, to death, for passing documents concerning national security to the Qatar based TV network during the reign of the now ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera staffers to death for allegedly passing national security documents to Qatar https://t.co/AX5OSsTw8R — ABC News […]

The conspiracy theory blogosphere had come alive once again with a new bizarre “discovery.” A YouTube user claims to have spotted, on Google Earth, two 9-foot-tall giants, descendants of the Nephilim Anunnaki who allegedly built the pyramids, walking through the streets of a small town in Egypt near the site of the famous Giza Pyramids. […]

The Islamic State has vowed to destroy “ancient sites built by infidels” after showing video footage of the group blowing up a 2,500-year-old temple in Iraq. ISIS militants were filmed detonating bombs at the ancient temple of Nabu in Iraq which proceeded to reduce to rubble. Following the destruction of the ancient temple, the group […]