Egypt

An Egyptian antiquities official says archaeologists have unearthed what could be the world’s oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt.

The Al-Ula declaration resolves all of the outstanding issues that Qatar and other Arab nations had, said Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, Saudi’s foreign minister.

Authorities say the father of a woman whose body was found in late 2019 in a New York City park has been charged in her murder.

Outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette visited Abu Dhabi to discuss regional energy security with counterparts from the UAE, Bahrain and Israel.

Israel has charged past the U.S. and New Zealand to emerge as the world’s best place to be a woman entrepreneur after Covid-19 shook up the annual rankings.

Flags outside Marlborough City Hall flew at half staff, and traffic signs offered condolences to the family of a Massachusetts soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash this week while on a peacekeeping mission in Egypt. Gov. Charlie Baker said in a tweet on Sunday that he and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito “are deeply saddened to learn of the…

An Army officer from Massachusetts is one of five American soldiers who died this week in a helicopter crash on an island off the coast of Egypt, military officials said Saturday. Chief Warrant Officer Marwan Sameh Ghabour was 27. Ghabour grew up in Arlington, but lived Marlborough, where on Saturday flags outside City Hall flew at half mast and intersection…

Chief Warrant Officer Marwan Sameh Ghabour died while on a multinational peacekeeping operation in Sinai, Army officials said.

The 28-year-old Marwan Sameh Ghabour was killed in a crash on Thursday, but few details are known about the incident.

Egyptian antiquities officials have announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast necropolis south of Cairo

The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. One American peacekeeper was badly injured.

After Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted last week that the pyramids were built by aliens, Egypt’s former minister of antiquities and leading Egyptologist confirmed that they were in fact built by Egyptians.

A Brooklyn man was indicted Monday for allegedly smuggling hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts through JFK International Airport earlier this year. The United States Attorney’s Office says Ashraf Omar Eldarir arrived at the airport on Jan. 22 with three suitcases of what he claimed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection as goods valued at about $300. But when agents opened…

The U.S. State Department says an American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to the United States.

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The U.S. State Department says that an American schoolteacher imprisoned in Egypt for nearly a year without trial has been freed by Egyptian authorities and returned home to the United States

Egypt has held a full-honors military funeral for former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted from power in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising

Egypt’s state TV says former President Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, has died at 91

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s former autocratic leader of 30 years, died at the age of 91, according to local media. Mubarak is best known as the stabilizing force against Islamic militarists as well as the catalyst that ignited the 2011 Arab Springs revolt against his rule.