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Egypt has sent a list of demands to Hamas, including the handover of 17 terrorists to Cairo, should the North African country supply electricity to the Strip facing shortage of power from Israel, reports say. Hamas-ruled Gaza has seen Israel Read more
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein has raised eyebrows over Egypt’s policies to combat extremism as he highlighted that “a state of emergency, the massive numbers of detentions, reports of torture and continued arbitrary arrest – Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will make an “official visit” to Washington on April 3, as first African leader to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. “President Trump and President Al-Sisi will use the visit to build on the positive momentum Read more
A bomb blast killed Friday in the Egyptian capital one person and wounded two others as the country’s former President Hosni Mubarak was allowed to return home after a court acquitted him. The explosion took place in the Maadi suburb Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo for discussions reportedly centered on the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territories and general developments in Palestine ahead of the Arab Summit scheduled to Read more
Former Egyptian president Honis Mubarak is still held in Cairo military hospital and awaits approval to go home from current President al-Sisi despite last week court ruling which acquitted the 88-year old man. Security sources close to the former leader Read more
Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has been allowed by Cairo criminal court to walk free to home, his lawyer told the media Monday. The former leader early this month was cleared of the death of hundreds of protesters in the Read more
King Abdallah of Jordan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed in Cairo “ways to push the stagnant Middle East peace process” in light of the position of President Donald Trump’s administration. The meeting between the two leaders came days Read more
Details of a failure of mediation efforts between Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army in Cairo, spearheaded by Egyptian chief-of-staff Colonel Lt. Gen. Read more
Egypt and Lebanon expressed their shared resolve to stand together against the dangers of terrorism challenging the whole region. This came during the meeting in Cairo between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Lebanese President Michel Aoun who was on his first Read more