Mohamed Salah, centre, scores a late winner to give Egypt a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe in their opening Group B match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. AFP

Afcon 2025: Salah spares Egypt's blushes with late winner against Zimbabwe

Omar Marmoush also on target as Pharaohs come from behind to win 2-1 to set up top-of-the-table clash with South Africa

Football

Egypt-Saudi Arabia cross‑border power project nears completion

MENA

Egypt hunt for eighth Afcon crown with all eyes on superstar Salah

Football

Profit and perception: How Egypt is managing fallout from gas deal with Israel

MENA

Afcon: Morocco hunt for first triumph in 50 years as Salah shifts focus to Egypt

Football

Egypt says gas deal with Israel is 'purely commercial'

MENA

Afcon 2025: All you need to know about the tournament in Morocco

Football
An oil platform in Israel's offshore Leviathan gas field on September 1, 2021. Energy deals shorn of underlying political and territorial disputes would boost co-operation. AP

EditorialIsrael and Egypt's energy deal is important but issues remain

Such co-operation would be routine were Israel to end its occupation of Palestine, something that prevents the prosperity of the region from coming to fruition

Editorial

Israel’s $35bn gas deal to ease Egypt’s energy crunch and cut import costs

Energy

Break-up of Sudan is a 'red line' it will not stand by and watch, warns Cairo

MENA

UAE’s Amea Power partners with IFC for $700m Egypt solar and battery plant

Business

At least 14 Egyptians dead after migrant boat sinks off Greece

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on Egypt's restoration of two ancient statues

Cartoon

AD Ports seeks to buy controlling stake in Egyptian container terminal operator

Business
The migrant route across the Mediterranean attracts thousands of people a year despite extreme perils. AFP

At least 14 Egyptians dead after migrant boat sinks off Greece

Eighteen more, including 13 Egyptians, remain missing

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on Egypt's restoration of two ancient statues

Cartoon

AD Ports seeks to buy controlling stake in Egyptian container terminal operator

Business

Egypt restores colossal statues of pharaoh 3,200 years after earthquake

MENA

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