An illustration of opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On November 17, 1869, the esteemed guests of Ismaʻil Pasha, Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, gathered on the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A massive cargo ship has turned sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping. Traffic on the narrow waterway ...

Stretching through the Egyptian desert, the Suez Canal is far more than a man-made waterway—it’s one of the world’s most ...

What makes the Suez Canal one of the most important waterways in the world? In this video, we follow a ship’s journey through the canal while uncovering its remarkable history, from its construction ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A giant ship has blocked the famous Suez Canal but opened up a torrent of memes and gifs lampooning the hapless container carrier, which has been jammed in the waterway since Tuesday ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a decree establishing an economic zone for Egypt's Suez Canal, the country's state news agency said on Tuesday. Egypt inaugurated a major ...

Much of the commerce passing through the Middle East still flows through the Suez Canal, but oil pipelines and the shifting balance of power in the world have minimized its usefulness to the global ...

Since the Suez Canal was inaugurated amid pomp and ceremony 150 years ago, it has become one of the world's most important waterways. But its anniversary will only be discreetly marked in Egypt. A ...

The Suez and Panama Canals are among the most important sea trade routes in the world. In 2022 alone, almost 23,900 ships transported around 1.4 billion tons of freight through the 193-kilometre-long ...

A cargo ship broke down in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday and crashed into a bridge over the crucial waterway, authorities said, adding that the incident did not disrupt canal traffic. The ...