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Pence heads to the Middle East amid Israel embassy storm
US Vice President Mike Pence set off for the Middle East on Friday for a trip overshadowed by controversy over plans to move the American embassy in ... Middle East -
Egyptian ex-military chief of staff Sami Anan to run in presidential election
Former Egyptian armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan said on Saturday he intended to run in the presidential election in March. In a video ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi announces intention to run for second term
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Friday his intention to run for a second term in office in a March election. "I announce to ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi sacks his intelligence chief
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has fired his powerful intelligence chief, state media said Thursday, in the latest shake-up of the ... Middle East -
Sisi vows to protect Egypt’s water supply
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed Monday to protect Egypt’s water supply while striving for peace with the Nile upstream countries of Sudan ... Middle East -
Sadat nephew will not stand in upcoming Egypt election
Mohamed Anwar Sadat, a dissident and nephew of Egypt’s late president of the same name, said on Monday he will not run in this year’s ... Middle East -
A film about Morsi, Sisi and Egypt - Is it too early?
Without much publicity, we have now come to know that an Egyptian film will be released in May, dealing with the details of the relationship ... Middle East -
Ex-military chief of staff to run in Egyptian presidential election
Former armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan is to run in Egypt's presidential election in March, his party said on Thursday. ... Middle East -
Egypt to impose curfew on parts of North Sinai
Egypt will impose a curfew on parts of the North Sinai region starting on Saturday after the country extended its state of emergency, the official ... Middle East -
Egyptian prosecutor orders probe into New York Times’ report
Egypt’s chief prosecutor has ordered an “urgent”" investigation into a New York Times’ report about recordings ... Middle East -
Egypt ex-PM Ahmed Shafiq will not stand for president in 2018
Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday announced he will not stand in the 2018 presidential elections, reversing a pledge to challenge at ... Middle East -
Sisi stresses Egypt’s ‘strategic relationship’ with Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday stressed the “strategic and discrete” nature of the Egyptian-Saudi relations. Sisi was ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi extends state of emergency for another three months
Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended the state of emergency throughout the country for a period of three months starting from Jan. 13 in a ... Middle East -
Sisi: Egypt to launch $5.6 bln building project in Sinai
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt will in the next two to three years embark on a $5.60 billion construction project in the Sinai ... Middle East -
Middle-class Egypt adapts to survive as austerity bites
Swapping new cars for cheaper models, cutting back on pricy supermarket shopping and giving up holidays abroad, middle-class Egyptians are finding ... Features -
Egypt's President Sisi receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to discuss the repercussions of US President Donald Trump's ... Middle East -
World Bank signs $1.15 bln loan with Egypt
The World Bank on Friday signed a $1.15 billion loan with the Egyptian government, a final tranche of funds to support economic reforms in the country ... Economy -
President Putin to visit Egypt next week to discuss expanding ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Egypt next week to discuss expanding political, economic, energy and trade ties, officials said on ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi gives military order to secure the Sinai within three months
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ordered his military command to use all force necessary to secure the Sinai peninsula within ... Middle East -
US President Trump confirms his support of Egypt's al-Sisi, condemns attack
US President Donald Trump affirmed his support of Egypt’s President al-Sisi, confirmed Egyptian presidency. US President Donald Trump condemned ... Middle East -
Egypt military carries out air strikes, kills terrorists near Al-Arish
Egypt’s military has begun conducting air strikes around the area of North Sinai where a deadly mosque attack that killed more than 230 occurred ... Middle East -
Sisi: We will strongly respond to the massacre of Al-Arish Mosque
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said televised address to the nation, that the Massacre of Sinai mosque, which claimed the lives of 235 people ... Middle East -
Hariri returns to Lebanon after talks with Egyptian President in Cairo
Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister on Nov. 4, returned to Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since he resigned from ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi to meet Lebanon’s Hariri on Tuesday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister on Nov. 4, on Tuesday, the ... Middle East -
From cafe worker to lawyer, who is Egyptian presidential runner Khalid Ali?
Egyptian human rights and labor lawyer Khaled Ali is so far the only candidate to announce that he will challenge a likely bid by President Abdel ... Features -
Egypt’s Sisi honors youth at the closing ceremony of ‘World Youth Forum’
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi honored the youth for their contributions to the World Youth Form at the closing ceremony of its sessions, ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi: “Gulf security is a red line”
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stressed his country’s support to the Gulf states and rejects any threat to them.During a press meet ... Middle East -
Egypt’s el-Sisi says Iraq, Syria militants headed to Libya
Egypt’s president said the defeat of the extremist ISIS group in Iraq and Syria was likely to have forced militants to seek a safe haven in ... Middle East -
Egypt’s President Sisi says he will not seek a third term in office
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not seek a third term in office, he said in an interview with CNBC on Monday evening. Sisi ... Middle East -
Little-known group claims responsibility for attack in Egypt last month
A militant group called Ansar al-Islam claimed responsibility for an attack in Egypt’s Western Desert that killed several policemen last month, ... Middle East