Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people.
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Experience the Giza plateau with this in‑depth walking tour among the pyramids and the iconic sphinx.
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Explore the historic Khan el‑Khalili bazaar, one of Cairo’s most famous street markets and cultural hubs.
The Pyramids of Giza — including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure — and the Great Sphinx are among the most iconic monuments of ancient Egypt, part of the Giza Plateau just outside modern Cairo. They remain top destinations for travelers exploring Egyptian history. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is the world’s largest archaeological museum dedicated to a single civilization, located near the Giza Plateau. It houses vast collections of ancient artifacts, including spectacular Tutankhamun treasures, and opened officially in late 2025. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
Khan el‑Khalili has been a bustling market and cultural center for centuries, with spices, crafts, and traditional Egyptian street culture. It’s one of the best places in Cairo to experience local life. :contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}
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Which is worth more: a company that’s sitting out Big Tech’s mega AI spending spree or a company that’s fueling it? That’s the question Wall Street has been grappling with as Apple and Nvidia traded off for the title of world’s most valuable company. Apple snagged the title earlier this week, but Nvidia took it …
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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Back in June, President Donald Trump justified the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Iran by making some alarming predictions. “We run out of reserves at about four weeks,” Trump said during …
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Egypt intensified its diplomatic efforts on Sunday to contain regional tensions and prevent a wider conflict after US President Donald Trump said he had suspended a planned strike on Iran following preliminary understandings that could include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Tehran’s nuclear programme. Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Foreign Minister Badr […]
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Badr Abdelatty, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates, inaugurated the seventh edition of the Egyptians Abroad Conference, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the theme, “No Matter How Far We Go, Egypt Brings Us Together.” The two-day event focuses on strengthening engagement with Egyptian communities overseas and expanding the […]
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A strong 5.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken cities across Egypt, taking place shortly after 3AM local time.
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In an intensive care unit at Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, where cardiac crises unfold in minutes rather than hours, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah spent much of her career arguing for a tool that few of her colleagues thought belonged there: the nuclear imaging scanner. Three decades later, that argument has earned her one of cardiology’s highest global honors. Abdel Fattah, a professor of critical care medicine at Cairo University’s Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine, has been selected by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) to receive its 2026 Gold Medal for Global Impact in Nuclear Cardiology, the society’s field-defining recognition for physicians who have advanced the discipline worldwide. She is set to accept the medal in person at the 31st ASNC Annual Scientific Session in Las Vegas, taking place from 16 to 19 September. The award recognizes her career and work to adapt elective heart care to the chaos of the intensive care unit, where critically ill patients are often too unstable to wait for conventional testing. Abdel Fattah, the former head of Kasr Al-Ainy’s Critical Care Department, is one of the first physicians anywhere to fold nuclear cardiology intoContinue reading "Egyptian Cardiologist Alia Abdel Fattah Wins Global Award for Heart Imaging"
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British Petroleum (bp) is launching a process to market its North Sea business for a potential sale, as part of its ongoing portfolio review and its approach to capital allocation for creating a simpler, stronger, and more valuable assets, according to bp statement. The company had been in talks in June with Ithaca Energy, a […]
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Iraq and Türkiye have signed a one-year agreement to maintain operations of the Iraq-Türkiye crude oil pipeline, ensuring the continued flow of Iraqi crude through the country’s only functioning export pipeline while the two sides negotiate a broader long-term energy cooperation framework, Reuters reported. The interim agreement, signed in Ankara between Türkiye’s state pipeline operator […]
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