The oil and gas discovery was made by a joint venture between Egyptian and Italian companies. Reuters

Egypt announces biggest Western Desert energy discovery in 15 years

Total reserves of latest find estimated at 70 million barrels of oil equivalent as Iran war drives global energy prices higher

Energy

Mediators 'finalising an agenda' for resumed US-Iran negotiations

MENA

ExclusiveAmina Orfi – Egypt's unapologetic squash world champion

Sport

Mohamed Diab brings Hollywood scale to Egyptian cinema with Asad

Film & TV

El Sisi opens new desert farmland with 'artificial river'

MENA

Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

MENA

AnalysisHow Egypt's balancing act aims to preserve relations and prevent war

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The Nilometer on Cairo’s Roda island was used for centuries to gauge the water level during the annual flood season. Hamza Hendawi / The National

Cairo's Nilometer measures mood of Egyptians gripped by threat of Ethiopia's dam

Egyptians no longer rely on the 9th-century gauge to check the river's water level - and whether they will have enough to eat for the next year. But its symbolic importance remains...

MENA

President Sheikh Mohamed and Egypt's El Sisi meet pilots keeping UAE safe

UAE

Remembering Hany Shaker, a balladeer caught between old and new music traditions

Music & On-stage

Hany Shaker, ‘Prince of Arab Song’, dies aged 74 in Paris

Culture

Derelict buildings becoming a blot on the landscape of Cairo's medieval quarter

MENA

UAE's Dana Gas receives $20m from Egypt to settle outstanding payments

Energy

Egypt concludes major war drills east of Suez that caused a stir in Israel

MENA
Houses more than 200 years old are disappearing, mostly because of neglect. Hamza Hendawi / The National
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Derelict buildings becoming a blot on the landscape of Cairo's medieval quarter

Historic area bejewelled by Mamluk and Ottoman monuments is increasingly scarred by demolition and disrepair

MENA

UAE's Dana Gas receives $20m from Egypt to settle outstanding payments

Energy

Egypt concludes major war drills east of Suez that caused a stir in Israel

MENA

Egypt secures Lebanon deal to legalise status of undocumented workers

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