Cairo, Egypt
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Cairo, Egypt, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 30 stories have been published about Cairo, Egypt which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Cairo, Egypt, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 30 stories have been published about Cairo, Egypt which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Latest News Stories
Archaeologist · CairoArchaeologists unearthed a Sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, antiquities authorities said Monday.
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue
59% Center coverage: 115 sources
Middle East · CairoAt least four people, including three police officers, were killed, officials and state-run media said. The attack also wounded 12 others, mostly conscripts, according to a casualty tally document. The IS group claimed responsibility for the attack. Egypt has been battling the IS extremist group in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
Islamic State Claims Attack on Police in Suez Canal City
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Middle East · JerusalemThe African Union has said that Israel's observer status at the bloc was suspended which is why it was not invited to attend the weekend summit. The news comes after Israeli ambassador Sharon Bar-li was removed from the African Union's annual summit in Ethiopia on Saturday as she attempted to attend using a non-transferable invitation.
African Union says Israel’s observer status suspended
Coverage: 4 sources
Middle East · CairoEgypt’s top religious institution on Wednesday called on Muslims all over the world to boycott Swedish and Dutch products over the desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in the two European countries.
Egypt’s religious body calls for boycott over Quran burnings
58% Left coverage: 12 sources
Benjamin Netanyahu · CairoEgypt and Israel reached a historic peace accord in 1979. Relations have generally been cool between the countries, though behind-the-scenes security cooperation remains strong. The two Middle Eastern countries also signed a deal with the EU in June to increase liquified natural gas sales to European countries.
Egypt's leader urges caution for Netanyahu's new government
50% Left coverage: 8 sources
Bashar Al-Assad · CairoEgypt’s foreign minister has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country. Sameh Shoukry is Egypt’s most senior official to visit Syria since 2011.
Egypt's top diplomat in Damascus, meets with Syria's Assad
46% Left coverage: 11 sources
Europe · CairoEgypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head to Turkey and Syria Monday morning. The trip aims to show "solidarity with the two countries and their brotherly peoples" The 7.8-magnitude quake that struck on February 6 killed more than 46,000 people in both countries.
Egyptian foreign minister to go to Turkey, Syria for first time in decade
53% Right coverage: 15 sources
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi · CairoPublic protests are rare in Egypt where President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has overseen a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent. A series of video and other social media posts by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Ali led to scattered street demonstrations in September 2019. The case stemmed from the 2019 protests in the port city of Suez.
Egypt hands out life jail terms in trial over 2019 protests
46% Center coverage: 11 sources
