Offshore work in the West Nile Delta, Egypt. Photo: BP

BP starts gas production at Egypt's Fayoum-4 well two years ahead of schedule

New West Nile Delta well adds 80 million cubic feet per day as Cairo moves to offset years of output decline

MENA

What fans can expect from Shakira at the Pyramids

Music & On-stage

China's Xi Jinping to make first state visit to Egypt in decade

MENA

Questions abound about SpongeBob and his satirical take on Egypt

MENA

InterviewNew mother Gohar aims to dominate squash again - but it will take baby steps

Sport

Dubai's Parkin to expand into Bahrain and Egypt

UAE

The Middle Eastern journeys that inspired Agatha Christie's greatest mysteries

Travel
A man rests outside the hotel's arched stone entrance. Photo: El Quseir Hotel

How a tribal chief's house became a boutique hotel on Egypt's Red Sea

From Hajj pilgrims to Italian miners, the fascinating story of a seafront home in El Quseir, Egypt's oldest surviving Red Sea port

MENA

Gulf states push to break Iran deadlock and reopen Hormuz

Gulf

‘It was a disaster’: Egypt women's team reaches tipping point after Wafcon flop

Football

How burial trends in an Ancient Egyptian tomb changed over hundreds of years

MENA

Egypt erupts in fury over Ethiopia's plans for three more Nile dams

MENA

Israel condemned for obstructing peace effort in Gaza

MENA

Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s lost city of Masn

Culture
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile was opened last year. Reuters

Egypt erupts in fury over Ethiopia's plans for three more Nile dams

Cairo says it will not tolerate Ethiopian control of upstream river waters, hinting at possible military action

MENA

Israel condemned for obstructing peace effort in Gaza

MENA

Archaeologists may have found Egypt’s lost city of Masn

Culture

Salah debuts as substitute during 'sad and difficult' draw for Trabzonspor

Football

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