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05/07/2024

Keir Starmer on Friday will become Britain's new prime minister, as his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

05/07/2024

Rishi Sunak on Friday apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election, and said he would step down as party leader.

05/07/2024

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed in a phone call on Thursday the latest developments in the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

05/07/2024

Iranians began voting Friday in a runoff election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East.

05/07/2024

Egypt’s newly appointed foreign minister Badr Abdelatty stressed on Thursday the importance of continued cooperation and coordination to pressure Israel into halting the war and opening more crossings with Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to enter the strip.

05/07/2024

European leaders voiced concerns Thursday over rumours that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- at the helm of the EU's presidency -- was about to travel to Moscow, with Council President Charles Michel saying there was "no mandate" for it.

04/07/2024

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday Israel is "closer than ever" to reaching a captive-prisoner swap deal with Palestinian factions, as diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war stirred back to life after a weeks-long hiatus.

04/07/2024

Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95 percent of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling past the Cayman Islands early Thursday and taking aim at Mexico's Caribbean coast. At least nine people were killed.

Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95 percent of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling past the Cayman Islands early Thursday and taking aim at Mexico's Caribbean coast. At least nine peop...

04/07/2024

PHOTO GALLERY: Heavy rains cause catastrophic floods in Chinese Jiangxi province

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04/07/2024

The Arab League Council commissioned the Arab group at the United Nations in New York to study steps to freeze Israel’s membership in the General Assembly due to its non-compliance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, its threat to international peace and security, and its failure to fulfil its obligations that were a condition for accepting its membership in the United Nations.

The Arab League Council commissioned the Arab group at the United Nations in New York to study steps to freeze Israel’s membership in the General Assembly due to its non-compliance with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, its threat to international peace and security, and i...

04/07/2024

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi oversaw in Cairo the swearing-in ceremony of new heads of the State Council and Administrative Prosecution Authority in Egypt on Thursday.

04/07/2024

Around 25 people have drowned in Sudan's southeast while trying to flee fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary forces, a pro-democracy activists' committee said Thursday.

04/07/2024

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly addressed the merging of some ministries in the new cabinet overhaul, including that of the Ministry of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

04/07/2024

Each of the new cabinet's ministers of tourism, petroleum and mineral resources, and civil aviation has priorities and challenges to address for raising Egypt's real GDP growth amid the ongoing global and regional tensions.

04/07/2024

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it launched 200 rockets and a swarm of explosive drones at several Israeli military bases in northern Israel.

04/07/2024

The Permanent Representative of Palestine to the League of Arab States Ambassador Muhannad Al-Aklouk has called for the initiation of procedures to suspend Israel’s membership in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

04/07/2024

BREAKING: Egypt in Group C of Morocco’s 2025 AFCON finals

04/07/2024

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Thursday the initiation of a regular weekly press conference, which he and several ministers will attend, to address state and public concerns.

04/07/2024

Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy confirmed on Thursday that national teams will take priority, hinting at the possibility of postponing Egyptian league games ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games.

04/07/2024

Thursday marks the pinnacle of this week's heatwave in Egypt, with temperatures continuing to rise across most parts, said the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA).

04/07/2024

The U.N. humanitarian community in Gaza is lowering its estimate of the population in the territory from roughly 2.3 million people to about 2.1 million.

04/07/2024

The Hamas group said Wednesday it had responded to the most recent cease-fire proposal submitted to the mediators.

04/07/2024

With an expanded portfolio and multiple crises on Egypt’s doorstep, there will be no easing into the job for the new foreign minister.

04/07/2024

Egypt’s new government will outline its programme to parliament next week.

04/07/2024

Twenty new ministers were sworn in on Wednesday before President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi as part of a major overhaul in a new 30-minister cabinet led by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.

04/07/2024

The Kenyan presidency said Wednesday it had ordered a review of salary increases for public servants in an apparent move to defuse tensions after a wave of sometimes deadly anti-government protests.

04/07/2024

NATO countries on Wednesday signed off on a watered down pledge to keep supplying Ukraine with around 40 billion euros in weapons next year, diplomats said.

03/07/2024

House of Representatives will hold a general session on Monday at the new headquarters of the parliament in the New Administrative Capital.

03/07/2024

27 governors took the oath of office before President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Wednesday.

03/07/2024

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi welcomed the members of the new cabinet and new governors in a meeting at Ittihadiya Palace after their swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday.