Suez

Giant vessel blocking Suez Canal holds up $9.6B a day worth of traffic

Turkey offers to send Nene Hatun vessel to help with the jam amid a recent push by Ankara to repair ties with Egypt as a megaship holds up an estimated $9.6 billion worth of cargo each day between Asia and Europe, according to Lloyd's List.

Egypt detains more than 1,100 after anti-Sisi protests – rights monitors

Gamal Eid, head of Arab Network for Human Rights Information, says his group and two others have jointly documented more than 1,100 arrests following last week's protests that called on President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to quit.

Has Sisi's rule reached its breaking point?

The Egyptian government easily silences or dismisses critics but even President Sisi is having a hard time ignoring one wealthy exile sparking protests in Egypt.