President Trump’s Middle East envoy is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for Mr. Netanyahu. The visit by the envoy, Steven Witkoff, was set to take place as Israeli and Hamas officials prepared for a new round of negotiations aimed at cementing the current cease-fire in … Read more
It is unclear if Mr. Trump would try to use the $1.3 billion that Egypt is supposed to receive in annual aid as leverage to try to force it to accept more Palestinian refugees. The fear of being driven from Gaza runs deep among Palestinians, who reject it as a replay of what they call … Read more
Egypt will bid to host the 2036 and 2040 Summer Olympics, with the country’s improving infrastructure and sports facilities key for a successful African bid, said the head of the African national Olympic committees association (ANOCA) on Sunday. The continent has never staged an Olympic Games. Cairo last made an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets with Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, in Kampala on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Egypt, the Maldives, Angola and Belarus during which he discussed with them issues of mutual interests and expanding … Read more
A screenshot from a UGC video posted on Facebook on October 28, 2023, shows heavy black smoke billowing from charred vehicles following a collision on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road near Wadi al-Natrun that reportedly left at least 35 people dead and more than 50 people dead. | Photo Credit: AFP A passenger bus slammed into … Read more
The first aid delivery into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt should take place “in the next day or so”, the United Nations said Friday. “We are in deep and advanced negotiations with all relevant sides to ensure that an aid operation in Gaza starts as quickly as possible… a … Read more
CAIRO: New aid flights arrived in Egypt‘s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday where relief materials are being held until safe passage for their delivery into the nearby Gaza Strip can be secured, an official from the Red Crescent and an aid volunteer said. Egypt says its side of the Rafah crossing that connects Sinai with the … Read more
MiG-29 fighter planes. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed five MiG-29 combat jets, six transport aircraft and a group of its special forces personnel at a 21-day multilateral war game in Egypt that began on August 27. The biennial Tri-Services exercise, Bright-Star, is taking place at Cairo (West) Air Base … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 left for Egypt after concluding his U.S. state visit during which he held talks with President Joe Biden and addressed the Joint Session of Congress. This is the Prime Minister’s first visit to Egypt. The two-day state visit to … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: AFP The presence of India in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) would enhance India’s footprints in the Mediterranean region that will act as a positive influence, said a prominent advocate of India-Israel economic ties. The remarks from Anat Bernstein-Reich, head of the India-Israel Chamber of … Read more