Egypt news API
Coverage about Egypt from 683 distinct publishers, in whatever language
it was reported. Pass country=EG to filter.
What coverage of Egypt looks like
Regional diplomacy, trade through the canal and domestic economics lead. A significant Arabic-language stream with a smaller English-language layer aimed outward.
The media landscape
A large Arabic-language press covering domestic economics and regional diplomacy, with a smaller English-language layer written for foreign readers. Canal and trade reporting is a genuine specialism. The two layers diverge in subject matter, so language choice changes what you are able to see.
Does this cover articles published in Egypt, or about it?
About it. The country filter matches the places an article is about, so a wire
piece about Egypt filed from London is in scope and a Egypt outlet writing
about somewhere else is not. To filter by where the publisher is based, use
publisher_country instead, and combine the two when you want domestic
reporting about the domestic market.
How do I filter news to Egypt?
Query in Arabic via the language filter for domestic depth; the English-language layer is written for an international audience and covers different things.
GET /search?country=EG&mode=hybrid&from=2026-07-24&limit=20Identifiers are FIPS 10-4, not ISO 3166 — why that matters.
What catches people out with Egypt coverage?
The Arabic-language stream and the outward-facing English-language layer cover materially different subjects, not the same subjects in two languages. Canal traffic, regional diplomacy and domestic economics are reported in depth in Arabic and summarised in English for a foreign audience. Publication volume is strongly shaped by the working week, which runs Sunday to Thursday, so windows aligned to a Monday-to-Friday assumption clip the busiest days and include two quiet ones. Regional diplomatic coverage is the most differentiated material and is reported earlier here than in Gulf or Western outlets.
Recent coverage
Pulled from the index on 2026-07-31, in the language each was published in.
- Hamas ties disarming to Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
- Brian Mark Weber: DSA Mission: Destroy the Republic
- Sensex, Nifty 50 rise for third straight session; earnings optimism offset geopolitical headwinds
- Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout 'worsening by the day' — Global Issues
- Is Wes Moore a democratic socialist or 'Blue MAGA?' His team says it's not complicated
- Hamas says it's reached an agreement to disarm, a significant move that will face major challenges
- The gift of the land is only in the merit of the Avot
- Canadian Intern Accused of Spying at NATO Military HQ
Which outlets cover Egypt most?
The most active publisher on this country is vetogate.com at roughly
7% of the coverage, and the three busiest
— vetogate.com, dostor.org, iheart.com — carry about 18% between them.
That share is worth reading before the volume figure: concentrated coverage
means a large result count can still be a small number of newsrooms. Combine
country with source to narrow to publishers you trust,
or with language to separate domestic reporting from international.
vetogate.com · dostor.org · iheart.com · shorouknews.com · almasryalyoum.com · ahram.org.eg · nile.eg · euronews.com · globalsecurity.org · hna.de · merkur.de · inewsgr.com · middleeastmonitor.com · dw.com
What this market is best for
Best for canal traffic, regional diplomacy and North African economics, with Arabic-language depth on domestic subjects. Weakest in the English-language layer, which is written outward and covers a narrower agenda than the domestic press.
Narrowing further
Two constraints do most of the work on this axis. Adding a language separates domestic reporting from international commentary about Egypt, which an unscoped country query returns together. Adding a signal range with a lower bound narrows to articles written in a particular register — supply disruption, financial stress, conflict — rather than to articles that merely mention the subject.
# domestic-language coverage only
GET /search?country=EG&language=<iso639-3>&mode=hybrid
# supply-chain risk language, about this country
GET /search?country=EG&signal=signal_supply_disruption&signal_min=0.2Counts are provisional pending a snapshot taken against the API. Outlets and headlines are real.