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Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network Wednesday launched a lawsuit against Egypt which it accuses of causing a loss of $150 million and crackdown on its journalists in 2013, following the military coup against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. The network says Read more
President Xi Jinping of China announced on Thursday multibillion dollar investment plans in the Middle East. Addressing the Arab League in Cairo, President Xi unveiled a multimillion dollar investment plan in the Middle East, including special loans worth $15billion to Read more
Egypt announced Thursday injection of additional $32 million to improve security in tourism resorts and archeological sites across the country following two attacks on tourists in January. Egyptian Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou announced the series of measures including installation Read more
Arab League at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday condemned the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran and accused the government of failing to protect them as it continues to disrespect the sovereignty of some states over their Read more
Cairo and Tel Aviv confirmed on Sunday that Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, arrived on Friday and would soon be presenting his credentials. The North African country recalled its ambassador from the Jewish state in 2012 under the Read more
Israeli media reported that Palestine’s proposal for secret talks to be held were rejected by Tel Aviv but Secretary General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) denied such claims while admitting to meeting with the then-Israeli Vice PM Read more
The foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan who are meeting in Khartoum reached an agreement on several aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) which will help to appease Cairo’s concerns over its effects. Sudan’s foreign Read more
Egypt’s Energy Minister Mohamed Shaker told reporters that the contract for the construction of the Dabaa nuclear plant will be finalized next month with Russia; thereby ending the much awaited project that was announced since 2007 during President Mubarak’s era Read more
Investigations by the Egyptian committee of the Metrojet Airbus A321 that crashed on October 31 killing all 224 people on board stated that the incident was not a “terrorist act” contrary to conclusions made by Russian investigators who claimed last Read more
Egyptian and Israeli authorities announced Thursday the release of Israeli detainee after 15 years in prison in what looks like a prisoner swap. Israeli Bedoiun, OudaTarabin arrested in 2000 on espionage charges was released by Egyptian military court. Egypt also Read more