Egypt

Tutankhamun's tomb on brink of collapse amid widening cracks and soaring humidity

Researchers report that cracks formed after the 1994 flood have widened, letting rainwater infiltrate kv62 and fostering mold that eats away its 3300-year-old frescoes.

Mummy of pharaoh Tutankhamun in his tomb.
An Israeli soldier stands near military vehicles, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, at the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel October 12, 2025.

UK deploys small number of military officers to Israel following US request

EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends an Arab League summit, in Baghdad, in May. President Sisi, if you seek peace, if you seek to alleviate the suffering, open the gate from Gaza, the writer urges.

Should Israel be worried? Inside Sisi’s five-point plan to boost Egypt’s armed forces - analysis

Pyramids.

Spanish tourist rescued after fall 80 meters inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid


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Erika Kirk, wife of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, reacts during a ceremony held by U.S. President Donald Trump to posthumously award the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 14, 2025.

Hamas's two faces: Pledging peace to mediators publicly as it cements its power in Gaza - analysis

“We have a strong will to fully implement the ceasefire agreement,” Hayya said, furthering Hamas's message that makes it seem it is committed to US President Donald Trump’s deal.

 Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya. (Illustrative)

Netanyahu, Egypt's intel chief meet in Israel to discuss Trump's Gaza deal, aid flow

Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, arrived in Israel on Tuesday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service.

Hamas secretly planning role in Gaza’s future government, despite ceasefire deal - KAN

Hamas reportedly chose those who support the terror group and its principles when appointing half of the technocratic government anticipated to take over the Gaza Strip.

A HAMAS TERRORIST stands guard in Khan Yunis last week. As of the end of last month, over a dozen new anti-Hamas armed groups had emerged, reflecting a virtual collapse of Hamas’s monopoly on territorial control and security, the writer argues.

Lapid: Only Egyptian control of Gaza can stop Hamas from returning to power

“The only way to prevent Hamas from reasserting control over Gaza is to bring Egypt in properly, to lead the management of Gaza," Lapid said.

Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset plenum on October 20, 2025.

'Moses Maimonides': A Cornell professor’s look at the Rambam - review

Images in the book include a responsum in Maimonides’s own hand, signed “Moshe” by him. It is one of many such documents discovered in the Cairo 'geniza,' a storage of Hebrew and Aramaic documents.

Engraving Maimonides in ‘Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum,’ 1744 by Blaisio Ugolino.

Gaza's Rafah border crossing to remain closed, Netanyahu insists after Palestinian announcement

"Its reopening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfills its part in returning the hostages’ remains and implementing the agreed-upon framework," the Prime Minister's Office explained.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli forces in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, July 18, 2024

Egypt expected to lead international security force in Gaza along with Turkey and Azerbaijan

Turkey, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan are expected, alongside Egypt, to be the main contributors of troops inside the Gaza Strip, the Guardian reported.

Military personnel prepares humanitarian aid packages for Gaza before they are loaded into an aircraft, at a military airport in Cairo, Egypt, July 30, 2025.

After decades of anti-Israel incitement, Egypt must now try to reverse it for Trump - analysis

Successive Egyptian governments have nurtured anti-Israel sentiment through education, media, professional unions, and cultural institutions.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force

So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.

US President Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

Police fire at suspicious vehicle approaching Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv

No injuries have been reported, and the incident is being investigated.

View of a busy intersection with vehicles, a police car, a scooter rider, and pedestrians in the Ramat Aviv neighborhood of Tel Aviv, July 6, 2025