The tentatively named Ben-Gurion Canal will traverse the Negev Desert and the south end of the Gulf of Aqaba and connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.

This mega-project, encompassing a network of roads, railways, ports and cities, aims to reduce travel time between Asia and Europe - posing competition to Egypt's Suez Canal, a crucial trade route ...

Egypt successfully tested a new 10 km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway ...

An incredible new extension to the Suez Canal has passed its first test in a bid to turn around the Egyptian waterway's fortunes. Cairo announced it had succeeded in testing the 6.2 mile (10km ...

The project was brought about following the grounding of the Ever Given in 2021, which blocked the waterway for six days and ...

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

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated ...

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

Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway has plunged since Yemen’s Houthi militants ...

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 ...