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Some of seven surface limestone-built tombs, discovered in the Marina el-Alamein archaeological site, are seen west of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Egypt, in a photo provided on July 4, 2026. (Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry via AP)
July 4, 2026, 8:54 pm
Egypt says it uncovered lost Byzantine-era residential city in western desert
Discovery of well-preserved city and churches at Dakhla Oasis announced by Cairo alongside finding of ancient tombs in Marina el-Alamein, as Egypt looks to boost tourism
By Samy Magdy
Illustrative: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City on June 1, 2026, as the airport resumes operations following a phased reopening plan. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 12:18 pm
1 killed in Iranian drone attack on Kuwaiti airport; flights suspended
Several injured and severe damage reported as fresh missile exchanges in the Gulf test ceasefire and efforts to reach a long-term deal
By Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy
Hashem Abderaman sits in his bed next to his mother while receiving treatment at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
April 15, 2026, 6:12 pm
Sudan enters 4th year of civil war as UN official says ‘world has failed’ to meet crisis
Tens of thousands killed and over 10 million displaced, as deadly civil conflict between army and militia allegedly backed by UAE has no end in sight
By Samy Magdy and SAM MEDNICK
President Donald Trump, fifth left, attends a group photo session with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, fourth right, with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, third left, Kuwait's Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, second left, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, right, during the GCC Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 31, 2026, 10:08 am
Gulf allies privately pushing Trump to keep up war until Iran decisively defeated
Saudi Arabia and UAE leading calls to continue war, seeking end to Iran’s nuclear capabilities, support for proxies, and control over Strait of Hormuz; Oman and Qatar favor talks
By AAMER MADHANI, Samy Magdy, Matthew Lee and SAM MEDNICK
A photograph shows damaged military vehicles, reportedly sent by the United Arab Emirates to support Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist forces, following an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in the port of Mukalla, southern Yemen, on December 30, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
December 30, 2025, 6:49 pm
Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war, widen tensions in Gulf region
UAE-backed separatists have upended a years-old political arrangement among anti-Houthi partners in Yemen, after more than a decade of complex sectarian violence
By Samy Magdy
Illustrative: Frame grab from video shows United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council separatist fighters as they prepare to storm the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, in August 2019. (AP)
December 8, 2025, 5:18 pm
United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip on southern Yemen
Airspace briefly closed in what Yemeni official says was ‘Saudi message’ to Southern Transitional Council, whose UAE-supported fighters took over large oil-rich region
By Ahmed al-Haj and Samy Magdy
Visitors pose for a group photo under Hatshepsut statue, at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 2, 2025, 8:46 am
With pomp and fanfare, Grand Egyptian Museum opens as ode to ancient civilization
Museum, the biggest worldwide dedicated to a single civilization, will exhibit some 50,000 artifacts of pharaohs and Egyptian gods
By Samy Magdy
Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rest near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on October 28, 2025. (AFP)
October 29, 2025, 11:08 pm
Sudan’s RSF paramilitaries kill hundreds of patients at hospital in Darfur, UN says
Locals say rebel forces had ‘no mercy for anyone,’ reportedly killing some 460 patients and companions at a maternity hospital after capturing major city El-Fasher
By Samy Magdy
Visitors look at the tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 BC and 1350 BC, in the Valley of Kings in the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, October 4, 2025, as it opened to visitors for the first time in more than two decades. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
October 4, 2025, 8:03 pm
Egypt reopens Amenhotep III’s tomb after more than 20 years of renovations
Reopening of tomb in Valley of the Kings comes ahead of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s inauguration, as Cairo tries to revive tourism sector
By AHMED HATEM and Samy Magdy
Tourists visit the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt, November 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
September 21, 2025, 6:24 pm
Egyptians outraged after pharaoh’s bracelet stolen from museum, melted for gold
3,000-year-old bangle belonging to Pharaoh Amenemope was taken from restoration lab of Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which had no security cameras, sold to gold worker for some $4,000
By Samy Magdy
This handout image made available by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM), on September 2, 2025, shows people inspecting the debris after a landslide devastated the village of Tarasin in Sudan's Jebel Marra area (SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT/ARMY / AFP)
September 2, 2025, 12:15 pm
Over 1,000 killed in landslide on village in Sudan’s Darfur: ‘Only one person survived’
Sudan Liberation Movement-Army, the rebel group controlling the area, says village ‘completely leveled to the ground’; region is hub for displaced families fleeing fighting
By Samy Magdy
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, speaks during a rally denouncing Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 17, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
February 11, 2025, 12:15 am
UN suspends aid operations in Houthi stronghold after 8 staffers detained
UN pauses humanitarian work in northern Saada province, citing unstable security situation; 19 million projected to need assistance in Yemen this year
By Samy Magdy
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly speaks during the opening session of the Arab Economic Forum in Beirut, Lebanon, May 2, 2019. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
July 3, 2024, 2:49 pm
Egypt swears in a new cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
Finance, tourism, foreign and defense ministers among those changed in shuffle, though prime minister and president remain at their posts
By Samy Magdy
A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another as Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 16, 2024. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
June 23, 2024, 1:43 pm
Over 1,000 pilgrims dead during hajj in Saudi, officials say
Pilgrimage took place under soaring temperatures, and unauthorized visitors without hotel rooms had nowhere to escape heat; no official comment from kingdom
By Samy Magdy
Egyptians walk past an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, March 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 6, 2024, 2:44 pm
Cash-strapped Egypt allows currency to fall against dollar, hikes interest rates
Cairo’s central bank takes measures intended to combat inflation as country sees foreign currency shortages, takes hit from Israel-Hamas and Ukraine wars
By Samy Magdy
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