Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Egypt, shaking felt in Cairo

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Egypt, shaking felt in Cairo

Carlos Robles

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck near Suez in northeastern Egypt, causing strong shaking near the epicenter and noticeable tremors as far away as Cairo.

The earthquake struck at 3 a.m. local time on Monday and was centered 41 kilometers (28 miles) north of Suez and 113 kilometers (70 miles) south-southeast of Port Said, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The earthquake had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), which is considered shallow and can result in stronger shaking at the surface.

The earthquake was clearly felt across the region, with some people near the epicenter reporting strong shaking. Tremors were also widely reported in Cairo.

“It’s been a while since I’ve experienced an earthquake this strong,” one social media user said. “The whole house was shaking.”

Several Android users reported receiving an earthquake warning on their phones seconds before the shaking began.

Earthquakes of this strength are relatively unusual in Egypt, although tremors from earthquakes elsewhere in the region are occasionally felt in the country.

One of Egypt’s deadliest earthquakes in modern history struck near Cairo in October 1992. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake killed more than 500 people and caused widespread damage.

The massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria in February 2023 were also felt across parts of Egypt, particularly in the northern city of Alexandria.

No, The Spanish Invaders Have Not All Just 'Gone Home'

No, The Spanish Invaders Have Not All Just 'Gone Home'

Steve Watson

Spanish authorities and their leftist allies are pushing the line that the tens of thousands of migrants who stormed Ceuta have mostly "gone home." The claim is pure fantasy. Fresh video from the streets shows the city still under siege, with invaders assaulting facilities, smashing graves, clashing with locals, and turning a Spanish enclave into a no-go zone.

This is the same dangerous mass migration reality that open-borders ideologues keep denying, even as the evidence piles up in real time.

The official narrative landed hard on Friday. Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares declared that "the practical totality of those who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco." The Spanish Embassy in the UK amplified the message, insisting almost everyone was gone, that no one could reach the mainland without ID checks, and that Schengen integrity remained fully guaranteed.

The Guardia Civil's own association posted that Ceuta was "breathing again," with returns advancing little by little and normality returning thanks to security forces.

Locals on the ground immediately called it a lie. One Ceuta resident posted that around 50,000 invaders remained, the city was collapsed, and the official numbers were pure spin. Video filmed that same afternoon showed streets still packed, nothing like the "most have left" story.

Just days earlier, we documented the initial invasion and the subsequent rampage through homes and streets.

The claim that the crisis simply evaporated overnight collapses under the weight of the footage still circulating.

While Madrid spun the returns, Moroccan migrants were filmed storming a public asylum centre in Ceuta. The CETI facility came under direct assault as the government continued insisting order had been restored.

Elsewhere, invaders smashed Christian graves and hurled the broken pieces at Spanish citizens. Locals fought back with whatever they could grab while police and military presence remained inadequate.

Knives came out in the open. Migrants stabbed one another in the streets while Spanish residents stayed locked indoors, prisoners in their own city of roughly 80,000 people now overrun.

Cars belonging to locals were attacked simply for driving past and showing dissatisfaction. Grocery stores had to be fenced off and guarded by police to stop looting by the hungry crowds.

In Ceuta, grocery stores are being fenced off and guarded by police because hundreds of hungry migrants are waiting for a chance to loot them.

Vehicles burned at the border as the surge continued. Groups of military-age men, far from the "families and refugees" talking point, were filmed taking escalators and moving through the city with the swagger of occupation rather than desperation.

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Trump Says "Perimeters Of A Deal Reached" With Iran To Reopen Hormuz After Call With Saudi Crown Prince

Trump Says "Perimeters Of A Deal Reached" With Iran To Reopen Hormuz After Call With Saudi Crown Prince

TYLER DURDEN

The past few days have been tense. Although no US strikes were launched from Friday night into Saturday morning and the Gulf region remained quiet early Sunday, anticipation surrounding President Trump's next move is keeping energy traders and Gulf governments on edge. The big concern is that another round of strikes could trigger a wider regional conflict, particularly as the Iranian-backed Houthis have reactivated offensive operations in the southern Red Sea in recent weeks.

The Trump administration and Department of War may pursue de-escalation from here after Trump wrote on Truth Social late Saturday night: "We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to."

That de-esclation pathway was followed by a new signal early Sudnay from Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Arabia's official state news agency, stating that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a call with President Trump, discussing the "necessity of prioritizing dialogue to de-escalate tensions and the importance of exerting all possible efforts to achieve a truce that paves the way for diplomatic solutions that yield positive results for preserving the security and stability of the region and prevent it from being drawn into a wider conflict whose repercussions would affect regional and international security and stability."

The MbS-Trump call was first reported by Axios, which got the scoop on Saturday evening:

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke to President Trump on Saturday and expressed concern over his plans for massive new strikes against Iran, according to two U.S. officials and a third source with knowledge of the call.

. . .

Such an attack could lead to an unprecedented escalation in the five-month war, which has repeatedly paused as Trump opened the door to negotiations — only to resume when those diplomatic efforts failed.

Iran has threatened to retaliate by launching attacks against energy and infrastructure facilities in Israel and the Gulf countries

• The Saudis expressed concern and asked for clarity about the plan of action," one U.S. official told Axios.
• A second source with knowledge of the call said MBS urged Trump to de-escalate and refrain from launching the strikes.

Why the MBS-Trump conversation matters is that Saudi Arabia remains one of Washington's top Gulf region allies. Riyadh has heavily influenced Trump's Iran policy at previous inflection points and appears to have exerted similar influence in delaying or narrowing the next phase of US military action.

Board of Peace official: We’re in a tense moment; we’re trying get all sides to stop fighting in Gaza

Board of Peace official: We’re in a tense moment; we’re trying get all sides to stop fighting in Gaza

Lazar Berman

A Board of Peace official tells The Times of Israel that “we’re in a tense moment,” as Israel continues to carry out lethal airstrikes in Gaza, and senior Israeli officials stress that they have not agreed to suspend attacks against Hamas.

“There’s been a lot of rhetoric and a lot of things said, and now quite a few actions in the last hours,” says the BoP official. “We’re trying to get over the hurdle and just get some calm in because I think that’s a critical first step.”

Israeli airstrikes overnight and today killed at least nine people, according to local health officials, and Energy Minister Eli Cohen vowed that strikes in the territory will not stop despite Hamas signing a US-backed disarmament plan and earlier reports that Israel agreed to halt attacks.

“It’s very clear that the plan shows that cessation of military operations is a key element that we work to get to,” says the official.

The official says that Israel was briefed “extensively” as the deal came together.

“If you look at the roadmap from when we started this negotiation to when we concluded, very little has changed,” says the official. “We’ve stuck to the principles that we started with at the beginning. This is an implementation of the comprehensive peace plan that President Trump unveiled last year that was enshrined by the UN Security Council. Israel agreed to both. And they’ve been fully kept fully abreast on the sequencing of it.”

Board of Peace envoy laments recent Gaza strikes amid efforts to implement Trump plan

Jacob Magid

Board of Peace Gaza envoy Nickolay Mladenov laments the past two days of Israeli strikes in Gaza that “have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on.”

“This comes after intense efforts by the Board of Peace and the mediators (Egypt, Turkiye, Qatar and the US) to bring the Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree to a Roadmap on the full implementation of President Trump’s plan, to hand over civilian governance and to decommission their weapons,” Mladenov tweets.

“Both parties carry obligations under (US President Donald Trump’s 20-point) Comprehensive Plan (for ending the Gaza war and the (October 2025) Sharm El Sheikh (ceasefire) deal that secured the release of all hostages,” he adds.

“My team and I are working around the clock with the parties, the mediators, and regional partners to de-escalate and create the space for the full implementation of the president’s plan,” Mladenov insists.

“Achieving a lasting peace is hard, but achievable if everyone makes their best efforts,” he says.

The post appears carefully worded to avoid criticizing either side. His remark about the Gaza strikes does not even note that Israel is the one behind them.

The Board of Peace hoped that Hamas’s approval of its disarmament plan on Thursday after months of negotiations would immediately trigger its implementation.

However, Israel has indicated that it does not approve the plan and will not cooperate with it, leaving its implementation in question.

Apocalyptic Inferno in Spokane: Fast-Moving Wildfire Forces Mass Evacuations

Apocalyptic Inferno in Spokane: Fast-Moving Wildfire Forces Mass Evacuations as Homes Burn and Hospital is Emptied (VIDEOS)

Cassandra MacDonald

A fast-moving wildfire, being called the Old Trails Fire, erupted in Spokane County, Washington, on Saturday, rapidly expanding under strong winds and prompting widespread Level 3 “Go Now” evacuations that forced thousands of residents to flee their homes.

The blaze ignited around 11:56 a.m. near Airway Heights west of Spokane and quickly grew from an estimated 100 acres to over 3,500 acres as it pushed into residential neighborhoods, crossed the Spokane River, and threatened Riverside State Park.

This footage out of Spokane, Washington is terrifying. Smoke swallowing the horizon and families trying to outrun a fire that started only hours earlier.

BREAKING | Washington, USA: Spokane में Old Trails Fire

The Old Trails Fire in Spokane, Washington has turned into worst case scenario. This footage was sent in to me, taken from Indian Trail Road, North of west Francis Ave. Devastating losses.

By evening, multiple homes had been burned, with videos posted to social media showing the devastation.

Officials described conditions as life-threatening, with thick smoke filling the skies and traffic backing up on evacuation routes.

Spokane County Emergency Management issued the highest-level evacuation orders for multiple zones, including areas between Rutter Parkway and Francis Avenue, from the Spokane River to Division Street, neighborhoods northeast of Airway Heights, and sections northwest of Nine-Mile Falls.

A veterans’ hospital was fully evacuated, with patients transferred to other facilities, and city infrastructure, including a water treatment plant and a wastewater facility, was also cleared.

An emergency shelter opened at Spokane Falls Community College to house those displaced.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson declared a statewide wildfire emergency and imposed a burn ban through September as more than 200,000 acres burned in a dozen large fires.

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