Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

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The US says Egypt's human rights picture hasn't improved, but it's withholding less aid regardless

The Biden administration will withhold less military aid from Egypt over its human rights abuses this year

The US says Egypt's human rights picture hasn't improved, but it's withholding less aid regardless
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They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding

An Egyptian village is mourning dozens of its men killed in the horrific floodwaters that tore through the city of Derna in neighboring Libya

They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding
Political

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, a luxury car and cash at a US senator's home

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are accused of taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and cash in exchange for using his outsized sway in foreign affairs to help the authoritarian government of Egypt as well as others

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, a luxury car and cash at a US senator's home
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Leading Egyptian opposition politician targeted with spyware, researchers find

Security researchers say a leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with Predator spyware after announcing a president bid

Leading Egyptian opposition politician targeted with spyware, researchers find
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Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030

Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030

Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030
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Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested

A rights group says Egyptian authorities have detained at least 73 people campaigning for a challenger to incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the December election

Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested
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Egypt aims to double the number of tourists to reach 30 million by 2028, tourism minister says

Egypt's Tourism and Antiquities Minister Ahmed Issa says they are seeking to double the number of tourists in the next five years, to reach 30 million visitors by 2028

Egypt aims to double the number of tourists to reach 30 million by 2028, tourism minister says
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Cardin eyes changes on Egypt, Turkey and around the world as he takes powerful Senate foreign post

The new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he's considering policy changes toward Egypt, Turkey and other countries as he took over the powerful leadership of the panel

Cardin eyes changes on Egypt, Turkey and around the world as he takes powerful Senate foreign post
World

Top US House foreign affairs Democrat seeks "pause" on military aid to Egypt

The ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he had asked the U.S.

Top US House foreign affairs Democrat seeks "pause" on military aid to Egypt
World

Senior Senate Democrat threatens to block military aid to Egypt on human rights grounds

The chairman of the U.S.

Senior Senate Democrat threatens to block military aid to Egypt on human rights grounds
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A big fire at a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injures at least 38 people

Egyptian authorities say a huge fire that broke out in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt has injured at least 38 people

A big fire at a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt injures at least 38 people
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Biden administration to work with Congress on Egypt aid concerns -State Dept

The Biden administration will work with the U.S.

Biden administration to work with Congress on Egypt aid concerns -State Dept
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A policeman in Egypt killed 2 Israelis and 1 Egyptian at a tourist site in Alexandria

Egyptian authorities say a policeman opened fire on Israeli tourists in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian

A policeman in Egypt killed 2 Israelis and 1 Egyptian at a tourist site in Alexandria
World

Israeli military revises call on Gazans to flee to Egypt

The Israeli military revised on Tuesday a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in the Gaza Strip head to Egypt, saying in a follow-

Israeli military revises call on Gazans to flee to Egypt
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Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt's government in updated indictment

Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife to charge them with conspiring to have him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials

Sen. Menendez is accused of being an unregistered agent of Egypt's government in updated indictment
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Israeli evacuation call in Gaza hikes Egypt's fears of a mass exodus of refugees into its territory

Israel’s call for half of the Gaza Strip’s population to evacuate south is hiking Egypt’s fears of a massive influx of refugees across the border into its territory

Israeli evacuation call in Gaza hikes Egypt's fears of a mass exodus of refugees into its territory
World

Trucks carrying aid for Gaza Strip arrive at Rafah crossing - witness

Trucks carrying aid for the Gaza Strip arrived on Tuesday at the only border crossing into the territory not controlled by Israel, a witness and Egyptian security sources said, after

Trucks carrying aid for Gaza Strip arrive at Rafah crossing - witness
World

Explainer-Why Gaza's Rafah border crossing matters

The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly from outside Israel and the only exit that does not lead to Israeli territory.

Explainer-Why Gaza's Rafah border crossing matters
World

Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, says Sisi

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into

Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, says Sisi
World

Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery

Machinery to repair roads has been sent through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip in preparation for the delivery of some of the aid stockpiled in Egypt's

Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery
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'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now

U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside as Israeli forces strike at Hamas militants who led a deadly incursion in Israel on Oct. 7

'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now
World

Factbox-Cairo Peace Summit on Gaza conflict: who will attend?

Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.

Factbox-Cairo Peace Summit on Gaza conflict: who will attend?
World

Egypt peace summit may struggle to foster unity on Gaza conflict

Egypt holds a summit on the Gaza crisis on Saturday amid growing fears of a wider Middle East war but the absence of a top official from Israel's main ally the U.S. and some other leaders

Egypt peace summit may struggle to foster unity on Gaza conflict
World

Trucks to enter Gaza carrying medical supplies and food - Hamas

A convoy including 20 aid trucks was due to enter the Gaza Strip on Saturday from Egypt carrying medicine and food supplies, a statement from Palestinian group Hamas said.

Trucks to enter Gaza carrying medical supplies and food - Hamas
World

Cairo peace summit grapples with Gaza war as risks to region rise

Egypt opens a summit on the Gaza crisis on Saturday to try to head off a wider regional war but assembled Middle Eastern and European leaders are

Cairo peace summit grapples with Gaza war as risks to region rise

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