Egypt
Bring cash to avoid queues, crying kids at this bureaucratic airport
Cairo airport handles 26 million passengers a year. Allow time (and patience) for its lengthy security – better still, bring cash.
- by Belinda Jackson
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Explainer
Middle East tensions
Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah: who they are and what they want
As old enmities simmer and alliances shift, tensions are ratcheting up still more in the region. Who’s who – and what’s next?
- by Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
‘No excuses’: US, Egypt and Qatar call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had accepted the invitation, although his critics accuse him of slowing talks to end the war in Gaza.
- by Ellen Knickmeyer
When the only escape from war in Gaza is to buy a way out
For many Palestinians, securing approval to exit the territory is possible only after raising thousands of dollars to pay middlemen or an Egyptian company.
- by Adam Rasgon
Opinion
Arts
Why I won’t go to the NGV’s perplexing and problematic Pharaoh blockbuster
When Indigenous artefacts are being returned, and there is global recognition of the sanctity of the dead. Why do we make an exception for Egyptian rulers?
- by Alan Attwood
Hope rises for new Gaza ceasefire talks as Israel scales back demands
For weeks, ceasefire talks have been at a standstill. Now, with the new proposal in hand, an Israeli delegation is on its way to Cairo.
- by Patrick Kingsley, Edward Wong, Adam Rasgon and Eric Nagourney
The world’s most underrated countries for food
If you’re looking for your next great meal in this moveable feast we call life, it might be time to head to these often-overlooked places.
- by Ben Groundwater
Egypt welcomes return of stolen 3400-year-old King Ramses statue
Egyptian authorities spotted the artefact - stolen decades before - when it was offered for sale in an exhibition in London in 2013.
Take a Giza at this: Hotel that serves drinks with a sphinx is on the market
The famous North Geelong hotel with a grand – and fake – sphinx could be yours, but it will cost you a pharaoh bit.
- by Carolyn Webb
Biden urges Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas to agree to hostage deal
Running out of patience, the US president is pressuring Arab leaders to do more to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.
- by Aamer Madhani
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hungry Palestinians crowd on beaches as food is dropped from planes
One in six children under age 2 in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition and wasting, a coordination director of the UN told the body.
- by Michelle Nichols and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
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