Israel-Gaza live updates: 28 premature babies to be transported from Gaza to Egypt Monday, November 20 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip,... Read More.
Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 American aid workers cross from Gaza into Egypt Wednesday, November 1 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip,... Read More.
Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden says humanitarian aid will flow from Egypt to Gaza Wednesday, October 18 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured since the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities.Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation against Hamas. In Gaza,... Read More.
Couple’s elderly parents who were caught in Sudanese conflict crossfire now in Egypt Wednesday, April 26 by ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Family members of two U.S. citizens who were trapped in Sudan and had to endure major obstacles to leave the country are grateful they're now in Egypt.Imad, a Bay area resident who asked ABC News not to disclose his full name,... Read More.
‘No other alternative’: Egypt worries as climate change, dam project threaten Nile water supply Wednesday, April 19 by ABC News(CAIRO) -- By 2025, Egypt is projected to be a water-scarce nation as climate change and a major dam threaten its source of survival.Egypt has long been called the "gift of the Nile" as it has historically depended on the river for survival. But over... Read More.
Egypt unveils hidden tunnel inside Great Pyramid of Giza Thursday, March 2 by ABC News(CAIRO) -- A nine-meter long hidden passageway was discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister announced on Thursday.The function of corridor inside the Pyramid of Khufu, the largest of the Great Pyramids of Giza, was not immediately known... Read More.
Egypt discovers 4,300-year-old tombs in ancient burial ground Thursday, January 26 by ABC News(CAIRO) -- Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues a series of discoveries in the ancient burial ground.The tombs date back to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom (2686-2181 B.C.), officials said in Saqqara,... Read More.
Greco-Roman funerary building, mummy portraits discovered in Egypt Thursday, December 1 by ABC News(FAYOUM, Egypt) -- A huge 2,300-year-old funerary building and a number of mummy portraits were discovered in Egypt's southern province of Fayoum, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Cairo, the country's antiquities ministry said on Thursday.The building and the paintings, which are famously... Read More.
Biden to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he heads on post-midterms trip to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia Thursday, November 10 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is set to meet with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday while the two are in Bali, Indonesia, for the annual summit of leaders from the "Group of 20" industrialized nations. This will be the first time the two... Read More.
Families of imprisoned activists urge more pressure on Egypt during COP27 Thursday, November 10 by ABC News(LONDON) -- Family members of activists imprisoned in Egypt called on the United States and British governments to exert more pressure on Cairo to free their loved ones before the COP27 climate summit began in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh.Egypt's human... Read More.
Biden heads on post-midterms trip to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia Thursday, November 10 by ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is set to depart Thursday for a three-country tour to Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia as he pivots to foreign policy following his party's surprising electoral successes.The president plans to make a quick stop in Egypt for the annual United... Read More.
UN climate summit COP27 set to gather in Egypt amid year of climate and energy crises Sunday, November 6 by ABC News(SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt) -- Negotiators from around the world are gathering in Egypt this week for this year’s biggest international climate summit, called COP27.The United Nations recently warned the world is far from its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer... Read More.