(260902) -- CAIRO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) (Photo by Xie Huanchi / Xinhua via AFP)

Egypt and China take united stance on Nile water, Palestine and Taiwan

Talks between Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Xi Jinping followed by signing of co-operation agreements

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Chinese military hardware on show in Egypt during President Xi's visit

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CommentBrics and the SCO offer a different vision of global power

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Ten Jordanians among 22 killed in bus crash in Egypt's south Sinai

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

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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

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Questions abound about SpongeBob and his satirical take on Egypt

The cartoon character and his undersea city have been recreated online with a political script - but who's really behind the Facebook groups that started the trend?

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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

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

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

Travel

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
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

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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

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