Egypt

A 1-1 draw with Iran in Seattle sealed Egypt's historic Round of 32 place; Khalilzadeh rifled in a 93rd-minute winner but VAR ruled him narrowly offside, keeping Egypt's five-point tally intact

Egypt-based activist Abdul Hamid Abdul Ati called for a 4 PM rally across more than a dozen Gaza locations on June 26; Hamas placed security on high alert and mosque preachers urged non-attendance

A break ~1,450km from Zafarana, Egypt, hits Asia-Europe-Africa traffic; a global cable-ship shortage stretches the fix and re-routes capacity

The CBE keeps rates on hold a second straight meeting and lifts its 2026 inflation forecast to 16-17% from 11%, blaming the regional conflict and an energy shock

With the dam inaugurated and the reservoir near 24 billion cubic metres, Cairo says the unilateral June filling threatens its water security as the Blue Nile drops

Trump courts El-Sisi at the G7 over Gaza reconstruction and the Iran deal; at home inflation, a weak pound and lost Suez revenue still bite

At the G7 Trump says the dam is causing Egypt 'tremendous problems' and offers to restart US Nile mediation, six months after Ethiopia inaugurated Africa's largest hydro project

Tamar/Leviathan maintenance cuts ~250 mcf/d on top of the war cutoff; Cairo fast-tracks LNG to hold a gas-dependent grid through summer