Breaking news and local reporting across the Red Sea coast.
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A viral clip claimed thuggery at a building site in Marsa Alam. The Interior Ministry's investigation found a property dispute — with guards on both sides accusing each other, and legal measures taken against both.
4 August 2026
The hospital has carried out its first laser varicose-vein procedures — a treatment residents previously had to travel to other governorates for.
4 August 2026
The two carriers have added Safaga to their joint Turkey–Red Sea–India service, giving Egypt's Red Sea coast a new direct link to Turkish export hubs, Jeddah and India's west coast.
4 August 2026
Red Sea Governor has launched a Supreme Investment Committee to speed up licensing and attract capital to the governorate, chairing its founding meeting this week, according to multiple Egyptian outlets.
4 August 2026
The earthquake felt across Egypt early Monday was a natural seismic event followed by aftershocks, the head of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said, according to Egypt Independent.
4 August 2026
HSBC is selling its Egyptian retail banking business — branches, ATMs, customers and staff — to Emirates NBD. Nothing changes yet: the deal needs regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second half of 2027.
3 August 2026
Hotels across Hurghada marked 3 August with carving shows, watermelon cake and fresh juice for hundreds of guests — the latest in the resorts' year-round fruit festival tradition.
3 August 2026
Governor Waleed El-Berki says joining the irregular-employment scheme is voluntary and brings six annual grants plus insurance cover. Fishing associations will collect the paperwork.
3 August 2026
The city says residents were compensated and moved to replacement housing before demolition began in the district, which lies directly in Safaga's flood-water path.
3 August 2026
A minor earthquake was recorded near Hurghada with no damage reported, and the Red Sea Governor has activated the governorate's emergency plan to monitor any effects, according to eciks.org and Al-Shorouk.
3 August 2026
Authorities in north Hurghada have begun removing encroachments on road right-of-way land, giving violators 72 hours to comply, according to Al-Ahram Gate.
2 August 2026
Thirty-six international flights landed at Marsa Alam International Airport, a sign of recovering European tourism demand, according to Sada El-Balad.
2 August 2026