NewsFeed An Israeli attack on a tent camp in Gaza City has killed at least six Palestinians and wounded a dozen more, including children. Hamas condemned it as ‘a massacre of women and children’, accusing Israel of undermining ceasefire-related talks in Cairo. Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
Archaeologists excavating an ancient cemetery in Cairo have found a cache of burial objects that could shed new light on funeral practices in one of Egypt‘s most important religious centers. According to Heritage Daily the discovery was made at the Banhsi Cemetery in Ain Shams, a district built over parts of ancient Heliopolis, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The site forms part of the sprawling necropolis of Heliopolis, the city that served as the center of the cult of the sun god Ra for centuries. Related Articles An Egyptian team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities uncovered the objects beneath a mudbrick tomb containing human remains. The group of items appears to have been deposited as part of a burial and includes a copper mirror, alabaster vessels that still contain traces of their original contents, and a vessel carved from black obsidian. The cache also contained blue faience vessels, miniature ritual jars, amulets shaped like a duck and the Atef Crown, decorative stones, and several pairs of earrings believed to be made of gold. …
Egypt races to salvage Gaza ceasefire as Israeli attacks and displacement threats push deal to the brink of collapse. Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026 Egypt has launched an urgent diplomatic intervention to rescue a fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement that is on the brink of collapse. The government warned Israel against expanding its occupation in Gaza, which would undermine efforts to end the war amid of wave of deadly air strikes. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list According to an Egyptian intelligence official who spoke to Al Jazeera, Egypt has also invited a senior Hamas delegation, led by chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, for urgent talks to salvage the peace process. The source described contacts between the parties as intense, saying Cairo was racing to arrange negotiations before the end of the week in order to prevent all-out war in Gaza. The diplomatic moves come in the wake of renewed Israeli military attacks on Gaza and statements from top Israeli officials that threaten to unravel months of diplomacy. At least 141 Palestinians have been …
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he asked Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to join the Abraham Accords en masse to normalize relations with Israel as he tries to negotiate an agreement to end the war with Iran. Pakistan rejected the proposal. None of the other countries has so far publicly reacted to Trump’s demand and a positive response was unlikely when the public mistrust of Israel in these Muslim nations remains high over the scale of its military offensive in Gaza. Trump said he spoke on Saturday to leaders of those countries, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which have already signed the accords, a set of agreements to normalize relations with Israel. “I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. …
NewsFeed A small boat believed to be part of the Global Sumud Flotilla that was carrying aid for Gaza has washed ashore in Alexandria, Egypt. Activists were intercepted and detained by Israeli forces in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea last week. Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
CAIRO, May 21 : Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed has been left out of Egypt’s preliminary squad for next month’s World Cup but uncapped teenager Hamza Abdelkarim, who plays for the Barcelona under-19 team, was included. Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah will captain the squad and combine with Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush to lead the attack at the World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Coach Hossam Hassan will drop one player to reduce the squad to the FIFA-mandated 26 players after Egypt take on Russia in Cairo on May 28 in their last home friendly before heading to the United States. Mohamed was a surprise omission even if he has struggled for form with only four goals in 24 matches this season for Nantes as the French club were relegated from Ligue 1. Abdelkarim, by contrast, has been in great form for the Barcelona youth team and is one of the most promising forward talents in Egyptian football. Egypt will play Brazil in a friendly in Cleveland …
Orfi, 18, beats compatriot Nour El-Sherbini in a five-set thriller to win the PSA World Championship title in Giza. Egypt’s Amina Orfi has rewritten squash history in her sensational title-winning run at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships 2026, beating world number two Nour El-Sherbini in a thrilling five-game final to become the youngest women’s world champion. Eighteen-year-old Orfi defeated compatriot El-Sherbini 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12 in Saturday’s final in Giza, Egypt. At 18 years and 10 months, Orfi is not only the youngest women’s champion but also the first player to hold both world junior and senior PSA championship titles at the same time. The PSA is the global governing body for men’s and women’s professional squash circuits. “I’m speechless,” Orfi said after bagging her 12th PSA title. “I worked so hard to get here and had so many tough losses this season.” Orfi denied the 31-year-old El-Sherbini her ninth world title, the first of which she won at the age of 20. The final produced the eighth-longest women’s match of all …
An Egyptian archeological mission has made several new discoveries this season while excavating at the Abu El-Naga necropolis near Luxor. The announcement was made by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Among the most important finds of the season was a cache of ten well preserved, painted wooden coffins that had been hidden in the shaft of the courtyard of the tomb of Baki. The coffins, featuring brightly painted scenes and hieroglyphic inscriptions, were likely moved from their original burial sites, during a period of instability, leading to some damage to the mummies inside.. Related Articles Four of these coffins date to Egypt’s 18th Dynasty (c. 1550–1292 BC), including one coffin bearing the name of Merit, chantress of the god Amun. An additional coffin from the later Ramesside period ((c. 1292–1077 BC) is inscribed with the name of Padi-Amun, a priest in the Temple of Amun. The remaining coffins belong to the Egypt’s Late Period (664–332 BC). In the same courtyard, the team also uncovered the tomb of a purification priest of the Temple of …
EXPLAINER Delayed for years, the congress is seen as a pivotal moment for Palestinian leadership consolidation amid war and succession talk. The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) is convening its eighth general congress on Thursday, May 14. While officially a routine organisational event, the gathering is taking place at one of the most volatile junctures in Palestinian history. Here is what you need to know about the congress and why it is being described as a “quiet battle” for the movement’s future. What is the Fatah General Congress? The congress is Fatah’s highest decision-making body. According to its internal bylaws, it should meet every four years to elect its top leadership: the 18-member Central Committee and the 80-member Revolutionary Council. This 8th congress was originally due in 2021 but has been delayed for five years. The previous meeting, the 7th congress, took place in 2016. Approximately 2,580 members are participating across four locations – Ramallah, Gaza, Cairo, and Beirut – to overcome the geographical fragmentation of the movement. Why is there talk of ‘engineering’ the …
A meeting of BRICS foreign ministers kicked off in the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday, with the Iran war likely to cast a shadow on the two-day event, which coincides with United States President Donald Trump’s state visit to China. In his opening remarks on Thursday, India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called for “safe, unimpeded maritime flows” through international waters, as the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas passes, remains under blockade. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi called on fellow BRICS member states to condemn the US and Israel over what he called their “unlawful aggression” against Tehran. This meeting comes as the economic bloc of leading emerging economies has faced divisions over the war in Iran. Host India has to walk a diplomatic tightrope between Iran and fellow BRICS member UAE, as well as Israel. Here is more about the foreign ministers’ meeting, who is attending and why it matters. What is BRICS? BRICS is a grouping of major emerging economies seeking to coordinate security and economic policies …
