Controversy over the ownership of the Red Sea islands—Tiran and Sanafir—has surfaced again after a Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruling on Sunday that gives sovereignty over the islands to Saudi Arabia.
Sunday's ruling annulled a previous final (...)
The Pharaonic Egypt was the first country to dig a man-made canal across its territories to connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea via the branches of the River Nile with a view to activating the world trade.
Then, Khedive Ismail revived the (...)
