|
World
-
War in Ukraine
9/3/2023 10:51:24 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow broke off from in July.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
9/3/2023 5:17:15 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron spoke Sunday, discussing the "functioning" of a sea corridor set up by Kyiv for safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited a landmark grain deal.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
9/1/2023 7:27:28 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks next week, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks after Moscow broke off a deal brokered by Ankara and the U.N. that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets safely despite the 18-month war.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/30/2023 3:11:55 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will host his Turkish counterpart for a two-day visit beginning Thursday, Moscow has announced, after Ankara's top diplomat held talks with Ukrainian officials last week.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/28/2023 7:33:10 PM
Turkey said Monday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will "soon" visit Russia for talks with Vladimir Putin on reviving a Black Sea grain deal that could be used as a springboard for broader Ukraine peace negotiations.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
8/27/2023 8:38:17 PM
Russia has denied US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent claim that it has destroyed “another 13,000 tons of grain headed to feed people in Egypt and Romania,” describing them as "clumsy propaganda."
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/27/2023 6:58:18 PM
Ukraine said Sunday that a second cargo ship stuck in the port of Odesa had left via a temporary corridor set up after the Black Sea grain deal collapsed.
|
|
World
-
International
8/23/2023 9:00:00 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin took multiple shots at the West on the opening day of an economic summit in South Africa, using a prerecorded speech that was aired on giant screens Tuesday to rail at what he called “illegitimate sanctions” on his country and threaten to cut off Ukraine's grain exports permanently.
|
|
Egypt
-
Society
8/22/2023 8:55:49 PM
Egypt's grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), has bought 60,000 tons of Romanian wheat in an international tender.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/22/2023 9:33:02 AM
Moscow said Tuesday it had destroyed a Ukrainian military "reconnaissance boat" near Russian gas infrastructure in the Black Sea, in the latest clash in the waterway since Moscow's withdrawal from a major grain export deal.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/16/2023 12:17:34 PM
Ukraine said Wednesday the first cargo ship to use new Black Sea shipping lanes had exited a southern port despite threats from Russia that its navy could target vessels leaving the country.
|
|
World
-
Region
8/7/2023 10:02:21 PM
An explosion at a port in northwest Turkey on Monday injured at least 12 people, officials said.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/2/2023 4:03:36 PM
There are signs that Russia might be interested in returning to talks on the Black Sea grain deal, a US envoy said on Tuesday night.
|
|
World
-
Region
8/2/2023 12:31:04 PM
Ahmed Salah grew anxious when he heard the news that Russia had suspended a crucial wartime grain deal. The bakery owner in Egypt's capital is concerned it could mean global food prices soar.
|
|
World
-
War in Ukraine
8/2/2023 11:04:35 AM
Russian drones damaged port infrastructure in Odesa and targeted capital Kyiv from several directions, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
World
8/1/2023 8:11:07 PM
The Russian decision to cancel African debt and provide grain to the neediest countries at last week’s Russia-Africa Summit is part of a plan to woo the African continent, writes Karam Said
|
|
Al-Ahram Weekly
-
World
7/31/2023 10:15:00 PM
Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative threatens a sharp decline in the supplies of essential foodstuffs and a severe global food crisis.
|
|
Egypt
-
Foreign Affairs
7/28/2023 6:55:00 PM
Egypt's president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called for a consensual agreement on grain exports to halt the continuous rise in grain prices during his speech on Friday at the Russia-Africa Summit in Russia's St. Petersburg.
|
|
World
-
Africa
7/27/2023 7:48:49 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told leaders and officials from most African countries Thursday that his nation is making full efforts to avert a global food crisis despite concerns that its withdrawal from a deal allowing grain shipments from Ukraine will cause price spikes.
|
|
World
-
International
7/27/2023 2:14:07 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered free grain to six poor African countries as he launched a summit with leaders from the continent days after withdrawing from the Ukraine grain export deal.
|