Blinken warns against further Middle East escalation after Lebanon blasts
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CAIRO - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned against the risk of escalation in the Middle East after the detonation...
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security deal, sources say
MOGADISHU - Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali...
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Mediators meet in Cairo in effort to resolve gaps on Gaza truce proposal
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. and Israeli delegations started a new round of meetings in Cairo on Thursday aimed at resolving differences...
- Jul 24
- 3 min
China brokers Palestinian unity deal, but doubts persist
BEIJING/CAIRO - Palestinian rivals including Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government at talks hosted by China, Beijing said on...
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Egypt's Sisi and CIA's Burns discusss Gaza ceasefire efforts
CAIRO - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns on Tuesday discussed efforts...
- Jul 4
- 3 min
Egypt overhauls cabinet as economic pressures, power cuts persist
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a heavily reshuffled cabinet on Wednesday that includes new finance and foreign...
- Jul 4
- 1 min
Egypt's Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff, defence minister
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named a new chief of staff for the armed forces on Wednesday, after replacing the defence...
- Jul 3
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Egypt set to change finance, foreign and supply ministers
CAIRO - Egypt is expected to change its foreign, finance, petroleum, electricity and supply ministers in a long-awaited cabinet overhaul,...
- Jun 28
- 4 min
Haj deaths show challenge of shielding pilgrims from scorching climate
RIYADH - Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year's haj were not officially registered with the Saudi authorities,...
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Hamas says it creates broad prospects for a ceasefire deal in Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - Hamas on Wednesday said its "positive" response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza...
- Jun 12
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Jordan, Egypt say Israel must abide by UN Security Council resolution on Gaza
CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi urged Israel to abide by the United Nations...
- Jun 8
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A year after Greece migrant boat tragedy, answers and justice still out of reach
ATHENS/BEIRUT - Egyptian electrician Mahmoud Shalabi was the only person from his hometown to survive when a fishing trawler crammed...
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