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The controversial plan marks an extraordinary change in the handling of Mediterranean migration.

Often referred to as the "Knight's Tombstone" due to the carvings of a knight and shield on its surface, the mysterious marker's placement in the church dates back to 1627.

It marks the second train crash in a month in the North African country.

Bir Tawil has been an oddity on the map of Africa for more than 100 years. Here's why.

More than 20 female ex-Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son died along with Princess Diana in a high-speed car crash in Paris, of sexual assault.

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement.

The objects dating back thousands of years are believed to have been stolen and smuggled after they were discovered through illegal excavation.

Egypt's Olympic committee named the athlete and said he would be investigated by the sport's governing body.

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago.

A new study has offered fresh clues into how a famous ancient Egyptian mummy, dubbed the 'Screaming Woman', likely died.

Prosecutors said he met with Egyptian intelligence officials and helped the country access millions of dollars in US military aid.

Dozens of sick and injured children, including 20 cancer patients, have been evacuated from Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the first to leave since Israel launched its offensive in Rafah last month.

One list circulating online suggested at least 550 people died as temperatures reached up to 47 degrees.

The UN say no humanitarian aid has yet entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side after workers fled during Israel's military incursion in the area.

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, just hours after Hamas said it had accepted a ceasefire plan.

The cease-fire efforts appear to have reached a critical stage, with mediators reporting signs of compromise.

The University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum has removed the human remains from its Egyptian galleries.

The bodies of six foreign aid workers, including one Australian, killed in a series of Israeli strikes were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt ahead of their repatriation.

New research has named the countries where workers earn the most and take home the least. Find out where Australia ranks.

Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian proposal to end their bitter war.

Take a rare glimpse into cultural artefacts from the ancient world.

The ground offensive that has brought some of the devastation and mass displacement seen in the north to the south.

Two more Australians have been able to escape war-torn Gaza after being allowed into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing overnight.

With no end in sight after weeks of heavy fighting, US and Arab mediators intensified efforts to ease Israel's siege of the Hamas-ruled enclave and called for at least a brief halt to the hostilities in order to aid civilians.

Abdullah Dahlan was on the list of foreign nationals allowed through the Rafah crossing when it opened overnight, but his wife's wasn't.

The government has confirmed 20 Australians made it past the Rafah crossing - but more remain trapped in Gaza.

A passenger bus slammed into a parked vehicle on a foggy morning on a highway.

The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened, allowing desperately needed aid to flow to civilians running short of food, medicine, water.

Israel said it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the first crack in a 10-day siege on the territory.

More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion.

Bob Menendez has been accused of using his foreign affairs influence for personal gain.

Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed Al Fayed has died at the age of 94.

China and Australia will look vastly different, according to these forecasts.

The tourist boat was carrying 27 people, including 15 English tourists, off the coast of the city of Marsa Alam, according to Al-Ahram.

Egyptian authorities have banned swimming near a beach at an Egyptian Red Sea resort following a deadly shark attack that killed a Russian citizen.

They are the most popular exhibits worldwide, but some museums are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays. Here's why.

The recovery came as a result of the collaboration with US authorities after a two-year investigation.

From a distance, the endless landscape of solar panels stretching toward the horizon can easily be mistaken for crops nearing harvest.

US climate envoy John Kerry has announced a new, controversial plan to raise cash for climate action in the developing world - by selling carbon credits to companies wishing to offset their polluting emissions.

The calculations emerged as the Albanese government made an otherwise positive start in its attempt to rehabilitate the country's climate image on the world stage.

The United Nations chief has warned the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urged China and the United States to work together to avert it.

Egypt's Coptic Church says a fire at a Cairo church on Sunday killed at least 41 people and injured at least 14 others.

The brutal killing of a young woman in broad daylight on an Egyptian street has shocked the Arab world, bringing the country's gender-based violence crisis into the spotlight.

Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published the latest edition of their annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year, a collection featuring the best photos of the Milky Way.

Two young Egyptian TikTok stars have been sentenced to jail each after being convicted of human trafficking chargers, following a long battle with local authorities over the pair's social media content.

Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalising details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time since the mummy was discovered in 1881.

A southern province in Egypt has been lashed by heavy rain, flooding and even snow, which has left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalised from scorpion stings.

The US Air Force flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Middle East amid ongoing tensions with Iran as its nuclear deal with world powers remains in tatters.

An ancient tomb structure belonging to the cemetery complex of King Djoser, a pharaoh who lived more than 4500 years ago, has undergone extensive restorations.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a new video marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, months after rumours spread that he was dead.