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• Suez Canal officials impound Ever Given ship amid financial dispute with owners

  April 14, 2021 12:45 PM

  Drama surrounding the Ever Given, a massive cargo ship that held up marine traffic in one of the world's busiest trade waterways for nearly a week in late March, has yet to come to a close. Though the ship has been removed from the location where it got stuck... more »

• Massive container ship blocking Suez Canal for nearly one week finally dislodged

  March 29, 2021 6:01 AM

  The massive container ship that was blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been fully dislodged, Egyptian officials told CNN on the afternoon (local time) of Monday, March 29. Late Monday morning, tugs were working to free the bow of the ship after dislodging the stern earlier... more »

• At least 235 killed in blast at Egypt mosque, 130 injured

  November 24, 2017 9:18 AM

  At least 235 people were killed and 130 more injured in a huge blast during Friday prayers in northern Sinai in Egypt, initial reports suggest. ABC News reports that a local resident present at the Beir El-Abd hospital, which received victims in the aftermath, described the wounded arriving via... more »

• Egypt: Nefertiti may be buried in King Tut's tomb

  October 1, 2015 10:23 AM

  LUXOR, Egypt- Egypt's antiquities minister says King Tut's tomb may contain hidden chambers, lending support to a British Egyptologist's theory that a queen may be buried in the walls of the 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum. Mamdouh el-Damaty said Tuesday during a visit to Luxor that he will ask for final... more »