Ships take U-turn to avoid Suez Canal jam,sail into pirate-infested waters

Ships take U-turn to avoid Suez Canal jam,sail into pirate-infested waters

As other ships risk the detour through the world’s most dangerous shipping route,there are plans to try to refloat the Ever Given at high tide on Sunday.

  • bySudarsan Raghavan andAntonia Noori Farzan

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How do you free a ship stuck in the Suez Canal?

How do you free a ship stuck in the Suez Canal?

A huge ship is wedged in one of the world’s most critical waterways. How hard will it be to get it out? And what will be the fallout?

  • byChris Zappone
Ship blocking Suez Canal like ‘beached whale’ could be stuck for weeks

Ship blocking Suez Canal like ‘beached whale’ could be stuck for weeks

“It is like an enormous beached whale. It’s an enormous weight on the sand,” said those trying to free the ship,conceding the job could take weeks.

  • byYusri Mohamed,Gavin Maguire andFlorence Tan
Evergreen ship stuck in Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

Evergreen ship stuck in Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

The Ever Given,a ship belonging to Taiwan-based shipping company Evergreen Marine,is still blocking the crucial waterway blocking oil,gas and grain supplies.

  • byJon Gambrell andSamy Magdy
Giant ship runs aground in Suez Canal,blocking traffic

Giant ship runs aground in Suez Canal,blocking traffic

The 400-metre long container ship Ever Given’s hull became wedged length-ways across the canal.

  • byJon Gambrell
In curly defiance:Egyptian youth take back their looks

In curly defiance:Egyptian youth take back their looks

While the government has clamped down on free expression in recent years,the young have rejected some conservative norms of the past,even if only in how they wear their hair.

  • byVivian Yee
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Egypt unveils 3000-year old coffins in latest archaeological discovery

Egypt unveils 3000-year old coffins in latest archaeological discovery

The find,3000 to 4000 years old,includes coffins and mummies,the funerary temple of Queen Nearit and a four-metre long papyrus that contains texts of the Book of the Dead.

Egypt,Germany,France,Jordan in renewed push for Palestinian state

Egypt,Germany,France,Jordan in renewed push for Palestinian state

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry said the establishment of an independent Palestinian state should not threaten Israel’s security.

  • bySamy Magdy
Masterpiece reflects faith in humans overcoming catastrophe

Masterpiece reflects faith in humans overcoming catastrophe

Artist Raafat Ishak rarely misses a chance to visit Nicolas Poussin’s The Crossing of the Red Sea at the NGV.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Australian man returns home after 10-month Egyptian imprisonment over Facebook post
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Australian man returns home after 10-month Egyptian imprisonment over Facebook post

Waled Youssef is now in hotel quarantine after Egyptian authorities detained him in January for affiliation with a banned political group.

  • byFergus Hunter
French minister,in Cairo,pledges respect for Islam

French minister,in Cairo,pledges respect for Islam

The visit comes in the wake of several attacks in France apparently provoked by anger over the defence of caricatures considered blasphemous by Muslims.

  • byAidan Lewis andMahmoud Mourad