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Christine Allado to star in West End's 'The Prince of Egypt'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 05:50 PM

A Filipina is among the first cast members announced for the West End adaptation of the 1998 animated musical 'The Prince of Egypt,' which is set to open in London in February 2020. Read more »

Ousted ex-Egyptian president dies after court hearing: report

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 01:24 AM

CAIRO - Ousted former Egyptian Islamist president Mohamed Mursi died on Monday after he fainted in court following a hearing, state television reported. Read more »

Blast injures tourists near Egypt's Giza pyramids

Reuters
Posted at May 20 12:28 AM

An explosion targeting a tourist bus injured at least 12 people on Sunday, mostly South African tourists, near a new museum being built close to the Giza pyramids in Egypt, two security sources said. Read more »

Mummified mice and more in latest Egyptian tomb discovery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 05:24 AM

SOHAG, Egypt - Dozens of mummified mice were among the animals found in an ancient Egyptian tomb, unveiled Friday by the antiquities ministry with the aim of drawing tourists to the central Sohag province. Read more »

4 Egyptians among dead in New Zealand attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 10:59 PM

CAIRO - Egypt said Saturday that four of its citizens were among the worshipers killed in a mass shooting attack at two New Zealand mosques. Read more »

At least 20 killed, 43 injured in crash at Cairo train station

Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 06:34 AM

CAIRO - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a locomotive smashed through the buffers and burst into flames at Cairo's main train station on Wednesday.   Read more »

Egypt unveils ancient burial site, home to 50 mummies

Sayed Sheasha and Mohamed Zaki, Reuters
Posted at Feb 03 09:14 AM

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a tomb containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities said on Saturday. Read more »

Pinoys touring Egypt told to be vigilant after deadly bomb attack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 05:26 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday urged Filipinos planning to visit tourist destinations in Egypt to exercise "a higher level of vigilance."  Read more »

Bomb kills 3 Vietnamese tourists, Egyptian guide near pyramids - officials

Amina Ismail, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 29 04:40 PM

CAIRO - Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a bomb blast hit their bus on Friday less than 4 km (2.5 miles) from Egypt's world famous Giza pyramids, authorities said. Read more »

Number of journalists jailed for doing job near record high: report

Joseph Ax, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 13 03:23 PM

A near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including 2 Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a report released on Thursday. Read more »

Egypt probes images of naked couple atop pyramid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 09:14 AM

CAIRO - Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation into images said to show a naked couple who scaled the Great Pyramid that has sparked outrage in the conservative Muslim country, an official said Tuesday. Read more »

Cat mummies, animal statues discovered in Egypt sarcophagi

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 09:07 AM

Seven sarcophagi, some dating back more than 6,000 years, have been discovered at a site on the edge of the pyramid complex in Saqqara, south of the Egyptian capital, archaeology officials announced Saturday. Read more »

Egypt denies alleged organ theft after British tourist's death

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 06:50 AM

Egyptian authorities on Sunday denied reports of alleged organ theft after the body of a British tourist who died suddenly while on holiday was returned home without some organs. Read more »

Melania in Egypt to visit Pyramids on final leg of Africa tour

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 09:49 PM

US First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Egypt on Saturday on the final leg of a solo four-nation tour of Africa that will see her visit the Pyramids.  Read more »

Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in

Haitham Ahmed and John Davison, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 12:44 PM

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday including prominent Islamist leaders Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. Read more »

Egypt president approves law clamping down on social media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 09:36 AM

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a law granting authorities the right to monitor social media users in the country as part of tightening internet controls, the official gazette said Saturday.  Read more »

Pinoys in Egypt urged to be vigilant in wake of suicide attack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 12:27 AM

Filipinos in Egypt have been advised to be more vigilant after authorities thwarted a suicide bomb attack near a church just outside of Cairo Saturday. Read more »

Egypt court hands down 75 death sentences

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 11:40 PM

An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced to death 75 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and referred what was the largest single case of capital punishment convictions to the country's top religious authority.   Read more »

What archaeologists found inside mystery sarcophagus in Egypt

Ahmed Salem, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 05:30 AM

ALEXANDRIA - Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday dashed local hopes that a newly discovered ancient sarcophagus might contain the remains of Alexander the Great, finding instead the mummies of what appeared to be a family of three. Read more »

Egypt to offer citizenship to foreigners for $400,000 deposit

Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 01:33 AM

CAIRO - Egypt is offering citizenship to foreigners who deposit at least 7 million Egyptian pounds ($392,000) and then hand it over to the Treasury after five years, an amendment passed by parliament on Monday said. Read more »