In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

The route improved significantly between the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and its nationalisation in 1956. These ...

In this sense, did the twenty-first century really begin in 1956? On July 26 of that year, Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal Company and unilaterally assumed control of the canal, displacing the ...

Efforts to free a container ship wedged diagonally across the Suez Canal have succeeded. The 400m (1300ft) Ever Given was stuck in the mud and sand right across the southern end of the canal since ...

Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its ...

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Events in the Red Sea and regional challenges cost Egypt around $7 billion in revenues from the Suez Canal in 2024, Egyptian ...

Tug boats working on the Ever Given on Saturday night A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has finally been freed from the shoreline. Peter Berdowski ...

CAIRO: Egypt has tested a new 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) extension to the Suez Canal as it tries to minimise the impact of currents on shipping and increase the key waterway’s capacity. During a ...