Tag: Cairo

Officials: 2 Men Arrested in Burglary of Salah’s Cairo Home

CAIRO—Two men were arrested on suspicion of burglarizing Mohamed Salah’s Cairo villa earlier this month while the Egyptian soccer star was out of the country, authorities said Wednesday. In a statement, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said the suspects stole several pairs of soccer cleats, a medal, a small crystal ball, and cable TV receivers from the…


Building Collapse Kills at Least 6 in Cairo

A building collapsed early on Friday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo killed six people, authorities said, as rescuers at the scene searched through the rubble. It was not immediately known what caused the collapse. The city’s deputy governor, Ibrahim Abdel-Hadi, said in a statement released by the Interior Ministry that one family of six…


Building Collapse in Cairo Leaves 5 Dead

CAIRO—Five people were killed and 24 injured when a Cairo apartment building collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. Witnesses told Reuters many people were still trapped under the rubble of the 10-story building. By Mai Shams Eldin and Omar Fahmy


Exploring Ancient Wonders: The Pyramids and the Nile

Headed west, we cross the broad expanse of the Nile, so storied in our collective knowledge and memory, from carrying the baby Moses in a basket to running red in the biblical plagues. But today, nothing feels so ancient, the surface below buzzing with small boats, busy with the flow and urgency of day-to-day life….