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Visiting King Salman announced Friday, on second day of his visit, the construction of a bridge to connect Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a project deemed historic by analysts. The Saudi monarch who arrived in Cairo on Thursday made the televised Read more
Italy on Friday recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations to seek “the truth” about the torture and slaying of an Italian graduate student in the North African country. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was recalling Ambassador Maurizio Massari for “an Read more
US troops stationed at the North Camp military base in el Gorah could be pulled out of the area due to security concerns, according to US officials. The growing threats posed by militants of the Islamic State in the Sinai Read more
Egypt has reportedly decided to block Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service because the company rejected its request to spy on its users. Cairo stated that Etisalat, a mobile carrier and the service provider, was offered a two month temporary permit Read more
The head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Authority (CAA) Hesham Geneina was sacked after a report by the independent body alleged mass corruption in Egyptian state institutions. His sacking was announced in a presidential decree aired on TV Monday evening, but Read more
Saudi Arabia will be providing financial assistance to Egypt part of its $8 billion investment pledge that was made by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz at the end of last year to help save the North African country’s struggling economy. Read more
President Sisi in an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper said countries considering military intervention in Libya should rather give the needed support to the Libya National Army headed by General Khalifa Haftar because “it can do the job much Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister was expected Tuesday in the Russian capital Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on security issues, nuclear plant and pledge for the return of Russian flights. In the wake of a Russian passenger jet Read more
After some delay, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who served as Foreign Minister from July 2004 until the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak’s government in 2011, was finally elected as Arab League Chief in replacement of Nabil El-Araby whose mandate will be Read more
The European Union Parliament condemned the deteriorating human rights record in Egypt citing the torture and assassination of an EU national, Giulio Regeni, in the country under suspicious circumstances. In a non-binding resolution, the EP denounced the “abduction, savage torture Read more