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NYC’s Metropolitan Museum Returns Stolen Ancient Coffin To Egypt

NYC’s Metropolitan Museum Returns Stolen Ancient Coffin To Egypt

The United States has returned an ancient coffin to Egypt after an investigation determined the object had been stolen from the country back in 2011. The antique was in exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which had acquired it from a global art trafficking network. As reported by BBC News, […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Stunned Onlookers By Yelling ‘Where’s My Favorite Dictator?’ While Waiting For Egyptian President

Donald Trump Stunned Onlookers By Yelling ‘Where’s My Favorite Dictator?’ While Waiting For Egyptian President

Donald Trump left a room full of American and Egyptian officials stunned at last month’s G-7 meeting when loudly said “Where’s my favorite dictator?” while waiting for the Egyptian president. A report Friday from the Wall Street Journal recounted the incident during last month’s meeting of world leaders in France, where Trump met with Egyptian […]

5y ago

Google Is Reportedly Strengthening Ties To Egypt, Despite Its Government’s Human Rights Abuses

Google Is Reportedly Strengthening Ties To Egypt, Despite Its Government’s Human Rights Abuses

A new report by The Intercept claims that Google is re-staffing its office in Cairo, Egypt, in the wake of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seizing power in 2014 and a string of abuses by his government aimed at dissidents and activists. The government reportedly fuels these abuses using both mass and targeted internet surveillance, as […]

5y ago

Facebook Announced It Removed An Influence Campaign With Ties To Saudi Arabia

Facebook Announced It Removed An Influence Campaign With Ties To Saudi Arabia

Facebook announced Thursday that it removed inauthentic accounts, pages, and groups that were affiliated with the Saudi government, according to a report from CNN. The pages had ties to people affiliated with the Saudi Arabian government and attempted to prop up the current regime and attack its enemies, per CNN. In a statement from Facebook […]

5y ago

Watch Egypt Vs. South Africa Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Round of 16, Start Time, Preview

Watch Egypt Vs. South Africa Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Round of 16, Start Time, Preview

South Africa can fairly be called lucky to still be playing in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, sneaking through thanks to the newly-expanded, 24-team format that includes a Round of 16. That means out of the six groupings, the third-place teams with the four best records advance to the next round. On that third-place […]

5y ago

Watch Uganda Vs. Egypt Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A Battle For Top Of Table, Start Time

Watch Uganda Vs. Egypt Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A Battle For Top Of Table, Start Time

The 2019 African Cup of Nations host and tournament favorite Egypt enter their final Group A match knowing that their spot in the quarterfinals is already booked, but the Pharaohs remain intent on topping the group and keeping their spotless record when they take on Uganda in the group stage finale. But Egypt’s Mexican coach, […]

5y ago

Watch Egypt Vs. DR Congo Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A, Start Time, Preview, How To Watch

Watch Egypt Vs. DR Congo Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A, Start Time, Preview, How To Watch

After a dispiriting and shocking defeat to 80th-ranked Uganda in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations opener, DR Congo Captain Youssouf Mulumbu felt compelled to apologize to the country’s fans, according to BeIn Sports. And now the Leopards, who came into the tournament with a realistic chance of going all the way, face potential elimination […]

5y ago

Watch Egypt Vs. Zimbabwe Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Opening Match In Cairo, Start Time, Preview

Watch Egypt Vs. Zimbabwe Live Stream: 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations Opening Match In Cairo, Start Time, Preview

The 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations continental championship gets underway on Friday, opening a revamped tournament that, as The Inquisitr reported, features some significant “firsts.” For the first time, the field is expanded to 24 teams from the previous 16, making the 2019 AFCON more wide open than ever before. Also, the […]

5y ago

Africa Cup Of Nations Preview: Mo Salah Makes 7-Time Champs Egypt Team To Beat, Senegal Ready To Challenge

Africa Cup Of Nations Preview: Mo Salah Makes 7-Time Champs Egypt Team To Beat, Senegal Ready To Challenge

The 32nd edition of one of the most wide-open continental championship tournaments, the Africa Cup of Nations, kicks off in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday. The competition that has seen 14 different African countries take home the Cup is set to be bigger and more spectacular than at any point in its history. With a field […]

5y ago

Ivanka Trump Praises And Supports Egypt’s Reforms Aimed At Egyptian Women

Ivanka Trump Praises And Supports Egypt’s Reforms Aimed At Egyptian Women

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, took to Twitter on Thursday to praise Egypt’s reform program on women empowerment. “Egyptian President Al Sisi delivered an important speech last weekend calling for major reforms aimed at empowering Egyptian women. We encourage & support these reforms, & look forward to working w/ the Egyptian government […]

5y ago

Egyptian Government Tries To Prevent Airing Of Controversial CBS Interview With President Sissi

Egyptian Government Tries To Prevent Airing Of Controversial CBS Interview With President Sissi

On Sunday night, CBS News will air an interview with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on 60 Minutes — and the Egyptian government is not pleased. According to the Huffington Post, Egyptian officials reached out to the network and demanded that the interview never see the light of day. In an official statement by CBS, the […]

5y ago

Egyptian Actress Rania Youssef Facing Five Years In Prison For Wearing Dress That Showed Off Too Much Skin

Egyptian Actress Rania Youssef Facing Five Years In Prison For Wearing Dress That Showed Off Too Much Skin

Egyptian actress Rania Youssef may be headed to prison for the next five years, all thanks to a controversial wardrobe decision. The actress is set to go on trial next month after being charged with public obscenity for a skin-baring dress she wore to a film festival in Cairo. As the New York Post reported, […]

6y ago

Melania Trump Talks Brett Kavanaugh & Her Husband’s Tweets In Egypt

Melania Trump Talks Brett Kavanaugh & Her Husband’s Tweets In Egypt

First Lady Melania Trump made her way to Egypt on her current tour, and reporters got a chance to ask her a variety of questions about things that are happening back in Washington, D.C. Trump, who was photographed on her trip smiling broadly, took some time to answer questions about the Supreme Court nomination of […]

6y ago

Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover Sphinx At Aswan Temple

Egyptian Archaeologists Uncover Sphinx At Aswan Temple

The BBC reports that while draining groundwater from the ancient temple of Kom Ombo near Aswan in southern Egypt, archaeologists found a well-preserved statue of a sphinx — the mythical being from Egyptian legend bearing the head of a man and the body of a lion. In ancient Egypt, the sphinx represented royal power. Sometimes […]

6y ago

Device Detonated Near U.S. Embassy In Cairo

Device Detonated Near U.S. Embassy In Cairo

Reuters reports that a man was detained on Tuesday by Egyptian security forces after an explosive device detonated near the U.S. Embassy in central Cairo. According to sources, no casualties have been reported. A witness said she heard a blast and then saw a man with a backpack that had caught on fire close to […]

6y ago

Israel Airstrikes On Gaza Strip Kill Pregnant Woman And Toddler, Hopes Of Cease-Fire Squashed

Israel Airstrikes On Gaza Strip Kill Pregnant Woman And Toddler, Hopes Of Cease-Fire Squashed

On Wednesday night, Israel launched more than 70 rockets towards the Gaza Strip in retaliation to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, reports The Telegraph. The air strikes left three Palestinians dead, including a pregnant mother and a toddler. The pregnant mother, 23-year-old Enas Khammash, and her 18-month-old daughter Bayan were killed after rockets […]

6y ago

Seventy-Five Protestors Sentenced To Death In Egypt For 2013 Demonstration

Seventy-Five Protestors Sentenced To Death In Egypt For 2013 Demonstration

Seventy-five people have been sentenced to death for participating in a protest in 2013. According to CNN, the demonstration was in support of former President Mohamed Morsy. The court has now “referred their cases to the country’s Grand Mufti for a final decision.” In 2013, the removal of Morsy, who was a former Brotherhood leader […]

6y ago

Black Sarcophagus Fans Want To Drink The Red Liquid Found Inside Casket To ‘Assume Its Powers And Finally Die’

Black Sarcophagus Fans Want To Drink The Red Liquid Found Inside Casket To ‘Assume Its Powers And Finally Die’

Thanks to the internet, there’s no shortage of people who want to band together for any common goal. This time, fans of the recently unsealed black sarcophagus want to do the unthinkable, which is to actually drink the red liquid that was found inside, according to the Verge. Scottish game producer Innes McKendrick started the […]

6y ago

Russia To Build Egypt’s First Nuclear Power Plant By 2026

Russia To Build Egypt’s First Nuclear Power Plant By 2026

Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, to be built by Russia, will begin in the next two years, Reuters news agency reports. The announcement was made today by a Cairo official. The 4,800-megawatt capacity nuclear power plant will be situated in the north of the country, and up and running by 2026. This announcement […]

6y ago

Egypt Vs Greece Live Stream, Probable Lineups, Team News, & Kick-Off Time

Egypt Vs Greece Live Stream, Probable Lineups, Team News, & Kick-Off Time

Egypt and Greece will fly to Switzerland for Tuesday’s international friendly face-off at Stadium Stadion Letzigrund, reports Goal. Fans can watch the Egypt vs. Greece game online through the live-streaming link provided below. Egypt is placed at 44th in the FIFA World rankings as they have managed 687 points in the process. The success story […]

6y ago

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