Egypt has welcomed Hamas’s positive response to US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza proposal, urging all sides to commit to a ceasefire and prisoner exchange.
A general strike across Italy in support of Palestinians and Gaza aid flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade disrupted trains and port traffic on Friday, causing chaos for commuters as tens of thousands took to the streets in protest.
The United Nations on Friday insisted there was no safe place for Palestinians ordered to leave Gaza City, and that Israel-designated zones in the south were "places of death".
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday promised a "significant" response to "Europe's militarisation", as he addressed a foreign policy forum in southern Russia.
Six books by Israeli analysts, politicians, and historians, all published in 2024, converge on a bleak conclusion: Benjamin Netanyahu has turned war into a survival policy, creating a catastrophe that forecloses any path to resolution.
Israeli occupation forces have seized 12 of the 44 boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters on Wednesday evening, cutting off contact with the vessel that was carrying humanitarian aid and activists bound for Gaza.
Israel pressed its assault on Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 61 Palestinians across the strip, since dawn, as Hamas mulled its response to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for the embattled territory.
Egypt is consolidating its position as one of the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) most dynamic real estate markets, attracting $1.4 billion in global private capital and ranking as the region’s third-largest construction hub after Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to Knight Frank’s Destination Egypt 2025 report released Tuesday.
The United States is sending anti-drone defenses to Denmark as it hosts an EU summit this week, Copenhagen's defense ministry said Tuesday, after drones over the Nordic country closed several airports.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday welcomed Park Beom-kye, the special envoy of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, to Cairo to mark 30 years of diplomatic relations between Egypt and South Korea.
Pressure is building on Germany to join steps to sanction Israel over its war on Gaza, sparking heated debate in a country that has long been at pains to atone for the Holocaust.
A majority of international delegations booed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he took to the podium to address the UNGA in protest of the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza, and left him to speak to a small number of die-hard supporters.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged US President Donald Trump to intervene to end Israel’s war in Gaza, saying the US president’s long-standing ambition to win the Nobel Peace Prize “is only possible” if Washington presses Israel to halt its nearly two-year campaign on the strip.
Crowds of people rallied in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of president Mahmud Abbas to celebrate the wave of recognition by Western powers of a Palestinian state.
Egyptian naval forces have arrived in Turkey to participate in the joint Egyptian-Turkish naval drill, "Friendship Sea 2025," which will take place over several days in September with naval units from both countries participating.
Egypt’s Pyramids FC will be chasing glory when they face Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli, winners of the Asian Champions League, in the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup on Tuesday at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot raised the flag of the State of Palestine at the mission's headquarters in London on Monday in a historic event, a day after the UK joined several Western nations in recognizing Palestinian statehood.
Portugal said Sunday it recognizes a Palestinian state, making it the latest Western nation to make the symbolic move as the war in Gaza shows no sign of ending.
Nearly two years of relentless Israeli war and blockade have left Gaza in ruins, driving famine across the territory and prompting the United Nations to accuse Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians. In response, a crucial summit will convene to address the urgent Palestinian struggle for justice and sovereignty.
France's planned recognition of a Palestinian state will not include the opening of an embassy until Hamas frees the captives it is holding in Gaza, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview that aired Sunday.
Iran's top security body said Saturday that action by Britain, France and Germany to reimpose UN sanctions will "effectively suspend" its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
Estonia's foreign ministry said Sunday that UN Security Council would hold an emergency meeting this week following the incursion of three Russian aircraft into its airspace.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that Britain, Canada, and Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state was a necessary step toward lasting peace in the region.
The Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, has welcomed Britain's historic decision to formally recognise the State of Palestine, calling it a "long-overdue recognition" and a crucial step towards justice and peace.
The United States once again vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution Thursday that had demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli captives.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his government will seek recognition for Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly next week, using a joint press conference with Donald Trump to underscore the move as central to efforts for Middle East peace.
Donald Trump hailed America's "unbreakable bond" with Britain Thursday as he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a huge tech deal on the second day of the US president's pomp-filled state visit.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that the situation in Gaza as "horrendous," adding that the Israeli war in Gaza is "morally, politically, and legally intolerable.”
In a wide-ranging interview with Al-Ahram Weekly's Editor-in-Chief Ezzat Ibrahim, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discusses Egypt’s response to the Israeli escalation in the Middle East, its relations with the US, and its reaction to the recent inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
At least 18 people were killed Tuesday during an incursion by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces into the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, medical sources said.
Israel on Tuesday urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a proposal that would curb trade ties in a bid to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza.
Barcelona will host Getafe in La Liga at their tiny Johan Cruyff training ground stadium on Sunday as they work to obtain permits to reopen their revamped Camp Nou home.
Hamas on Sunday issued an urgent appeal to Arab, Islamic, and international bodies to work toward the boycott and isolation of Israel politically and economically to end its war of extermination against the Palestinian people.
At least 50,000 people joined a protest by Turkey's main opposition CHP in Ankara Sunday ahead of a key court hearing that could oust the party's leadership, the organisers and AFP correspondents said.
Arab and Islamic leaders will gather in Doha for an emergency summit called by Qatar on Sunday and Monday, in a bid to forge a unified regional response to Israel’s unprecedented strike on the Gulf state that targeted senior Hamas figures and violated Qatari sovereignty.
The UN General Assembly will vote on Friday on whether to back the "New York Declaration," a resolution that seeks to breathe new life into the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.
The UN Security Council on Thursday condemned strikes on Qatar earlier this week and called for "de-escalation," without naming Israel, which carried out the attack.
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, Naim Kassem, said on Wednesday that Israel’s strike on Qatar serves as a warning to oil-rich Gulf countries that they will not be spared if “resistance” groups in the region are defeated.
Canada said on Wednesday it is reassessing its relationship with Israel following Israeli airstrikes targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar.
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday reaffirmed his "absolute refusal" towards any efforts by Israel to annex the occupied West Bank during a visit to the UAE, the royal palace said.
A drone launched from Yemen injured eight people when it struck Ramon airport in southern Israel on Sunday, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service.
All four winners of this year’s ninth Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Egypt embarked on a six-day trip to Poland, exploring four different cities from 5 to 10 September.
Israel's foreign minister branded a recent international push to recognize Palestinian statehood a "mistake" on Sunday and warned it could trigger an unspecified unilateral response, after reports that Israel plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Egypt said on Friday it vociferously condemns the statements attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his desire to displace Palestinians from their land, including via the Rafah crossing.
Following its screening, Kaouther Ben Hania's film The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) received a 22-minute-long standing ovation — the longest in the Venice Film Festival's history - culminating in theatre-wide chants to "Free Palestine."
Former Egypt Olympic football team coach, Rogério Micale, said on Tuesday that Hossam Hassan is the best candidate to lead the country’s senior national side, voicing confidence in the Pharaohs’ chances of qualifying for the World Cup.
President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.
Hamas has warned Gaza residents against spreading rumours about the alleged killing of its military spokesperson, Abu Obeida, in an Israeli airstrike, describing the reports as part of a "psychological warfare" campaign aimed at undermining Palestinian morale.
Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, on Sunday confirmed the death of Mohammed Sinwar, its leader in Gaza, more than three months after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.
A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to break the Israeli illegal siege of Gaza, organisers said.