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Egypt is stepping up efforts to grow its medical tourism sector as more international patients seek treatment at the country’s hospitals. The General Authority for Healthcare, known as GAH, said medical tourism revenue has risen 37% from a year earlier. International revenue has now passed $10 million. Nearly 42,000 tourists have also received medical care at GAH hospitals. The authority said the figures show rising demand for its services and stronger competition in the regional and global medical tourism market. Ahmed El-Sobky, Chairperson of GAH, held a meeting with officials working on medical tourism. The meeting focused on the sector’s…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Egypt could join a new defence agreement signed by Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Erdogan described Egypt’s possible entry as an option for the pact’s future. He also said the agreement is open to more countries. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed in Mecca on August 7. Erdogan signed it with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The pact says an armed attack on one member will be treated as an attack on all three. The agreement is a major new step in regional security. It…
Jared Kushner will lead a top American team to the Middle East next week. He wants to push forward a plan for peace in Gaza. The visit comes after Israel showed strong opposition to a new deal announced by the White House. The team will land in Israel first. They hope to fix growing issues between Washington and Israeli leaders. A spokesperson for the Board of Peace gave details on Friday. This board is an international group created by President Donald Trump. Its main task is to handle the long term peace process in Gaza. Kushner is not travelling alone.…
Ukrainian leaders issued a strong warning about food supply risks. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. They discussed recent strikes on cargo ships in the Black Sea. Ukraine is a top food supplier for Egypt and Africa. Recent strikes on cargo ships put grain supplies under threat. Zelenskyy noted that food shipments have already dropped. Lower supplies could cause price hikes and food shortages. Millions of people in the region depend on these imports. Both leaders agreed to work on solutions to protect shipping lines. The situation in the Black Sea remains tense today. Commercial shipping…
Archaeologists in Egypt made an exciting discovery this week. Teams found three ancient burial sites in the Western Desert. The finds include old mummies, stone coffins, and small clay statues. The discoveries happened at the Sheikh Sobi site in the Bahariya Oasis. This area sits about 365 kilometers southwest of Giza. In old times, people used the site to bury powerful local leaders and priests. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shared the news. Officials said the three structures come from two different time periods. One site is from the Late Period, while two others come from the Roman…
Political tension spiked in Jerusalem today following sharp remarks from a senior official. Yonatan Urich, a top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke out to clear neighboring Egypt of recent spy allegations. The issue involves reports of a secret plan by an unnamed Arab state to trick regional defenses. The issue began after national broadcaster Kan 11 released a startling intelligence report. The report claimed a country in the region urged another state to build friendly diplomatic ties with the government. The goal was to lower military alertness while secretly planning for a future conflict. The report caused quick…
Egypt is moving forward with plans to upgrade its public healthcare network through key global partnerships. The Ministry of Health held high-level talks with Italy’s San Donato healthcare group. Both sides met to discuss the future management and development of the New Heliopolis Hospital. Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met with Verdiana Morando in New Alamein to review project timelines.Morando serves as the director of continuing education for the Italian medical firm. The New Heliopolis Hospital falls under the direct care of the General Authority for Health Insurance. Officials want to transform the medical facility into a modern regional healthcare…
Recent diplomatic talks in Cairo show growing tension across the Horn of Africa. Massad Boulos, a top US adviser on African affairs, met with senior officials from Egypt, Eritrea, and Somalia. Official statements framed the discussions around shared security goals in the Red Sea region. However, analysts view these meetings as part of a larger regional rivalry. Foreign ministers from Egypt and Eritrea declared that Red Sea access should remain limited to coastal nations. That statement serves as a clear warning to landlocked Ethiopia, which seeks its own access to regional shipping lanes. US officials later tried to clarify their…
CAIRO — Egypt and Libya are advancing plans for a major regional energy connection. Officials from both nations are evaluating a proposed 800-kilometer cross-border oil pipeline linking Tobruk in eastern Libya directly to Alexandria on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. An anonymous government official told reporters that construction costs will exceed one billion dollars. Working teams are reviewing financing models, construction schedules, and daily volume capacity. The pipeline capacity will align with Libyan crude exports and Egyptian refining capabilities. The pipeline initiative follows recent high-level talks between Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. The leaders agreed…
Rare ancient Egyptian artifacts have arrived on American soil for the first time. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco opened the “Treasures of the Pharaohs” exhibition at the de Young Museum. San Francisco serves as the inaugural US stop for the international touring exhibition. The grand exhibition showcases 130 historic objects spanning nearly 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Curators arranged the items into six distinct thematic sections. The galleries guide guests through Egyptian government structure, royal courts, complex religious beliefs, and daily social life. Exhibition visitors can view ancient items found by field archaeologists over centuries of digs. Displays…