Business
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Economy
1/22/2024 7:16:01 PM
Egypt has lost about $150 million in Suez Canal revenue due to ongoing Red Sea disruptions, according to Bloomberg’s Chief Emerging Markets Economist Ziad Daoud.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/22/2024 5:45:31 PM
Egypt’s Suez Canal has deployed an emergency team to provide maintenance and repairs services for dry bulk vessel ZOGRAFIA, which was targeted in an attack by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea last week, according to a statement by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/21/2024 2:27:11 PM
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry will head on Sunday to Brussels, the Belgian capital, on a working visit to lead Egypt's delegation at the 10th meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council, according to Ahmed Abu-Zeid, the foreign ministry's spokesman.
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World
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Region
1/20/2024 8:50:50 PM
The United States carried out fresh strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels Saturday, the military said, targeting an anti-ship missile that was "prepared to launch."
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/19/2024 6:20:57 PM
A senior Houthi official on Friday said that the goal of the Yemeni group's attacks on Israeli-linked ships in and around the Red Sea is not to halt global shipping but to raise the "economic costs" and force Israel "to stop the carnage in Gaza."
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/19/2024 4:03:02 PM
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry discussed on Friday the latest developments in Israel’s war on Gaza, including the risk of regional escalation, with the Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, the Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik, and the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/19/2024 1:34:46 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the United States launched fresh strikes on rebel targets over their aggression toward Israeli-linked ships in and around the Red Sea, which the Houthis say is to pressure Israel to halt its hostilities in the Gaza Strip and allow aid access for 2.4 million Palestinians suffering under Israel's Gaza war.
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World
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Region
1/18/2024 10:36:31 PM
U.S. forces on Thursday conducted a fifth strike against Iranian-backed Houthi rebel military sites in Yemen as President Joe Biden acknowledged that the American and British bombardment had yet to stop the militants' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea that have disrupted global shipping.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/18/2024 4:05:24 PM
Ethiopia rebuffed on Thursday the statements of Egypt and the Arab League concerning Addis Ababa's contentious agreement with Somaliland, asserting that its access to the Red Sea is a "strategic matter," and nothing will dissuade it from pursuing it.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/17/2024 10:59:08 PM
A drone hit a vessel in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, a British maritime security agency said Wednesday, shortly after Yemen's Houthi rebels vowed more attacks on Israeli-linked ships to press Israel to halt its hostilities in Gaza and allow aid into the besieged strip.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/17/2024 5:47:54 PM
Greece’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, said on Wednesday that his country is concerned about the current situation in Gaza and the escalation in the Red Sea, where a Greek vessel was hit by the Houthis a day earlier.
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Business
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Economy
1/17/2024 2:10:40 PM
The World Trade Organization's chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Wednesday said she was "less optimistic" about world trade in 2024, pointing to tensions in the Red Sea.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/17/2024 11:26:38 AM
Japan's three major shipping firms said Wednesday they are joining other major companies in suspending routes through the Red Sea over Houthi rebel attacks on vessels in the vital waterway.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/16/2024 11:19:31 PM
Osama Rabie, the chairman of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has stressed that the decision of some shipping companies to reroute from the Suez Canal is a temporary measure driven by security concerns amid the ongoing escalation in the Red Sea.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
1/16/2024 9:16:04 PM
Houthi attacks on ships sailing through the Red Sea are disrupting shipping, and the Suez Canal is feeling the brunt, write Ahmed Abdel-Hafez and Niveen Wahish
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/16/2024 8:45:13 PM
Last week’s US-UK missile attacks against the Houthis in Yemen have increased tensions in the Red Sea region and set the stage for further escalation, writes Mohamed Mansour
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/16/2024 8:28:49 PM
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday claimed a missile strike on a Greek-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea, the latest in a string of attacks.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/16/2024 5:04:41 PM
The US military said Tuesday it seized Iranian-made missile parts en route to Yemen's Houthi rebels from a boat in the Arabian Sea, the first such operation since the start of Houthi attacks against Israeli-linked vessels in solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/16/2024 4:48:08 PM
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, warned on Tuesday of massive destruction, criticizing Israel and the international community over the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/16/2024 3:08:52 PM
A Greek-owned cargo ship was hit by a missile off Yemen, a maritime risk management company said on Tuesday, following a string of attacks in the Red Sea by Yemen's Houthi rebels, in response to Israel's months-long war on Gaza.
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