Egypt

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US to Withhold $85M in Military Aid to Egypt Over Political Prisoners

According to a congressional notification obtained by US Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the US plans to withhold $85M in military aid to Egypt due to its failure to meet US conditions on freeing political prisoners. The US Dept. of State letter set out that the funds will instead go to Taiwan an...

Politics

Ethiopia: Filling of Disputed Nile Dam Completed

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday announced that the East African country completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its hydroelectric power plant on the Nile River, known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)....

Environment & Energy

Qurans Burned Outside Egyptian, Turkish Embassies in Denmark

A small group of demonstrators from the right-wing ultra-nationalist Danish Patriots set fire to copies of the Quran, the holiest text in Islam, in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies on Tuesday in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, sparking outrage from the Egyptian and Turkish governments.

Social issues

Egypt To Sell $1.9B in Assets in Privatization Push

Egyptian PM Mostafa Madbouly announced on Tuesday that Egypt will sell off $1.9B worth of stakes in state-owned companies in a move that promises to bolster Egypt’s private sector and fix its ailing economy.

Politics

Egypt and India Bolster Ties as Modi Makes First Cairo Trip

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Egypt over the weekend to meet Egyptian Pres. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo for a rare visit, during which both sides pledged to deepen ties and "signed a joint declaration to elevate relations to a strategic partnership."

World

Three Israeli Soldiers, Egyptian Policeman Killed in Border Incident

In a disputed series of events, three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman were killed on the border between the two countries on Saturday, with Egypt and the Israeli military giving conflicting accounts of what transpired.

Social issues

Russia Won't 'Tolerate' US Pressure Over WSJ Reporter, Says Deputy Foreign Minister

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, said on Wednesday that Russia was considering granting US diplomats consular access to Evan Gershkovich — the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on espionage charges — but warned that Moscow 'will not tolerate' any attempts from t...

Weapons

Leaked US Document: Egypt Secretly Planned to Supply Rockets to Russia

Egypt, a key US ally in the Middle East, sought to supply Russia with 40K rockets in addition to artillery shells and gunpowder, according to a leaked US intelligence document acquired by the Washington Post this week....

Weapons

Israeli Police Again Clash with Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police again raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque late Wednesday night — the second such raid in 24 hours — after the first led to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip firing at least nine rockets into Israel. Israel responded with air strikes that hit what it said were weapon product...

Israel

Report: Egyptian Army Has Turned Sinai Schools Into Military Bases

A report by the UK-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR), shared with The Guardian, claims that the Egyptian army, in its 10-year fight against militants in the Sinai, has taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases, while dozens more have been destroyed....

Egypt

Israel, Palestine Agree to Reduce Tensions

Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) met for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, pledging — in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh — to work toward easing tensions ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The measures include a partial freeze on Israeli settlements and an agreement to ...

Israel

Israeli Finance Minister Claims ‘No Such Thing’ as Palestinian People

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared that Palestinian people are 'an invention' of the past century in a speech in Paris on Sunday. He further added that 'there is no such thing as the Palestinian people.'...

Israel

Israel Arrests Settlers After Anti-Palestinian Rampage

Israeli police arrested at least six suspects allegedly involved in the rampage carried out by settlers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, which followed a deadly attack by Palestinians on two Israeli brothers from a nearby settlement....

Jordan

Turkey Hit by Magnitude 5.6 Quake in Latest Aftershock

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale rocked Turkey's Malatya province on Monday, leading to more building collapses and the death of at least one person. Dozens were also reported injured....

Syria

Israeli-American Killed in Jericho Attack

An Israeli-American, identified as 26-year-old Elan Ganeles, was killed in a drive-by shooting Monday near Beit HaArava, an Israeli settlement outside of Jericho. The shooters are still unknown but assumed to be Palestinians....

Jordan

Two Israelis Killed in West Bank Attack, Settlers Rampage Villages in Response

In response to a Palestinian gunman killing two Israeli settlers —brothers Hillel and Yagel Yaniv — near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, Israeli settlers rampaged a number of Palestinian villages, including Hawara, Burin, and Asira al-Qabaliyya....

Jordan

Report: Israeli Hacking Team Meddled in 30+ Elections

An investigation undertaken by a consortium of journalists and released by The Guardian on Wednesday alleged that a team of Israeli contractors claimed to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the globe using hacking, sabotage, and automated disinformation via social media....

Palestine

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay Submit Joint 2030 FIFA World Cup Bid

Officials from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay launched a collective bid on Tuesday to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which will take place exactly a century after the inaugural tournament was held in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Egypt

Shell Reports Highest Profits in 115 Years

On Thursday, oil and gas giant Shell reported record annual profits of $39.9B for 2022 after energy prices surged following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The company's profits were double those from the previous year and its highest in 115 years....

Oil & gasoline

Energy: BP Profit Soars to Record $28B

On Tuesday, British Petroleum (BP) reported a record profit of $28B for 2022

Oil & gasoline

Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Death Toll Passes 41K; Aid Enters Newly-Opened Border Crossing

One of the largest earthquakes to hit the region in nearly a century — with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale — has killed thousands of people, destroyed infrastructure, and leveled thousands of buildings after striking a week ago in southern Turkey and northern Syria....

Metaculus

Historic ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund Adopted at COP27

After days of intense negotiations that stretched into the early morning on Sunday, countries at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed to establish a compensation fund for developing nations suffering from climate change impacts.

World

COP27: Negotiations Stalled on "Loss and Damage" Fund

COP27 is expected to last beyond its Friday deadline and into the weekend as negotiations between rich and poor nations over a reparations fund remain undecided. The latest version of the framework released on Friday has been criticized for being lengthy, unclear, and vague.

Weather

Egypt's 'Super Coral' Threatened by Oil Pollution

As Egypt hosts COP27, an investigation by BBC News Arabic has found that the country's Ras Shukeir oil terminal is dumping the equivalent of 16 Olympic-sized swimming pools of minimally treated wastewater into the Red Sea daily.

Weather

Egypt: Jailed Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah Ends Hunger Strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah announced on Tuesday that he wrote a letter to them stating that he had broken his months-long hunger strike despite not being released.

Weather