Blinken says human rights, transparency and accountability are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy while releasing the Human Rights Report 2020 In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken [ More … ]
The agreement was signed in Tehran last Saturday by Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang, who touched down in Tehran on Friday for a two-day visit as part [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says oil firm Aramco and petrochemical firm SABIC will lead investments of five trillion riyals ($1.3 trillion) by the country’s private sector by 2030 under an economic diversification programme. The move, [ More … ]
“No one can take a drop of water from Egypt,” Egypt’s Sisi says on GERD dispute, warning Ethiopia dam risks ‘unimaginable instability’, and that Egyptian response will be felt if the country’s water supply is [ More … ]
As traffic resumed in the Suez canal after the MV Ever Given, that was blocking it since Tuesday, was freed, global oil prices eased. World oil prices eased on Monday as traffic resumed on the Suez Canal [ More … ]
Local authorities said the Ever Given was 80% corrected and planned to continue tugging efforts A giant container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated, raising hopes that [ More … ]
The container ship Ever Given has been blocking the Suez Canal for days. Economic fallout is already visible, and it could take weeks — and require drastic measures — to free the waterway. Tugboats and [ More … ]
At least 32 were killed and more than 100 others injured after two trains collided north of Sohag city in southern Egypt, health ministry says. Two trains collided on Friday in southern Egypt apparently after [ More … ]
Ankara’s offer comes as the two countries have recently moved to repair diplomatic ties The Turkish government has offered to help Cairo in its emergency operations to reopen the Suez Canal, after a massive container [ More … ]
A war criminal commander of Haftar militia, Mahmoud Al-Werfalli, was assassinated by gunmen on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, local media reported, according to Anadolu Agency. A spokesman for [ More … ]
One of the largest cargo container ships in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. The MV [ More … ]
United Nations officials twice said Riyadh would have Agnes Callamard ‘taken care of’ following probe into journalist’s assassination, a Middle East Monitor report says A senior Saudi official allegedly issued death threats against outgoing United Nations [ More … ]
The recognition of Israel, even by “the once arch-enemies of Israel”, will exacerbate the impossibility of restoring the 1967 borders and further weaken the Palestinian position As the relationship between the Persian Gulf riparian Arab [ More … ]
An exclusive report by Al-Jazeera Mubasher reveals behind-the-scenes details of the visit of Mike Pence, former US Vice President, to Cairo on January 20, 2018, and the concessions that Cairo made on both domestic and [ More … ]
Ayman Nour reveals details of Turkish officials’ meeting with the representatives of the Egyptian opposition channels in Turkey, denying any reports about the closure of or practicing pressure on the Egyptian opposition channels broadcasting from [ More … ]
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