Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
Corendon Airlines will fly Graz to Hurghada twice a week this winter, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 14:00, after Eurowings withdrew from the route at short notice, Graz Airport said.
31 July 2026
Egypt Independent reports the Egyptian striker trained under Hansi Flick ahead of a possible senior Barcelona debut in the pre-season friendly against CE Europa.
24 July 2026
Cairo endorsed the GCC-Jordan declaration condemning Iranian strikes on Gulf states and Jordan, and warned against any action threatening the security and freedom of international navigation.
24 July 2026
Croatian police recovered the bodies of three Egyptian men from the Sava River at Rugvica, east of Zagreb, on 21 July. The youngest, aged 21, was swept away first and the other two went in after him. Egypt's embassy says the bodies will be repatriated once autopsies and legal procedures are complete.
24 July 2026
Egypt's Foreign Ministry called the Houthi declaration of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia an irresponsible escalation, warning it endangers maritime navigation through Bab al-Mandab, the southern gateway to the Red Sea.
24 July 2026
EgyptAir chairman Ahmed Adel honoured Dr Marwa Salah with a free ticket after she spent more than two hours treating a passenger who collapsed on flight MS780 from London Heathrow to Cairo.
23 July 2026
A ministry fact-finding panel found that Makary Younan was turned away from Al-Ittihad Alexandria's youth trials over his Christian name. The club was given 48 hours to punish the coach, and the file went to the Public Prosecution.
23 July 2026
Poisoning, mass culling and unauthorised relocation of street animals are now banned nationwide. Sterilisation, rabies vaccination and return to the same spot become Egypt's only approved method, with legal action promised against violators.
23 July 2026
A video putting the World Cup trophy in a bin beside the word "toz" has drawn 9.2 million views, channelling Egyptian anger over a 3-2 round-of-16 defeat by Argentina, a goal ruled out by VAR and a waved-away penalty appeal.
22 July 2026