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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/13/2024 10:00:00 AM
The United States carried out a fresh strike Saturday on a Huthi rebel target in Yemen, the US military said, after the Iran-backed militants warned of further attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/12/2024 7:52:15 PM
Egypt has expressed its concern over the escalation of military operations in the Red Sea region following the airstrikes carried out by US and British forces in Yemen.
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Business
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Energy
1/12/2024 7:31:29 PM
Oil prices surged four percent on Friday after US and UK forces launched strikes against Yemen's Houthis, fueling concerns about a wider conflict in the crude-rich region.
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World
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Region
1/12/2024 6:48:37 PM
The United States does not seek conflict with Iran despite carrying out strikes on Yemen's Houthis to stop their attacks on Red Sea shipping, the White House said Friday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/12/2024 3:42:10 PM
The ship traffic has decreased 30% in Egypt’s Suez Canal since the beginning of 2024 compared to 2023, due to recent tensions in the Red Sea, Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman Osama Rabie said on Thursday.
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World
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Region
1/12/2024 4:12:51 AM
The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets, U.S. officials said. The military targets included logistical hubs, air defense systems and weapons storage and launching locations, they said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/11/2024 7:45:30 PM
A spate of attacks by Yemeni rebels on Red Sea shipping has disrupted the vital trade route, but experts say stopping them appears difficult at best -- and risky at worst.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/10/2024 11:00:15 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly discussed the impact of Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea on the Suez Canal with Maersk Group officials, including CEO Vincent Clerc, during a video-conference on Wednesday, the Egyptian Cabinet announced.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/10/2024 8:06:37 PM
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a large-scale drone and missile attack in the Red Sea described as the biggest yet in the international shipping corridor.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/10/2024 10:31:44 AM
The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution that would condemn and demand an immediate halt to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea area.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/9/2024 10:42:32 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are set to hold a summit on Gaza in the Red Sea city of Aqaba on Wednesday, the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan stated.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/9/2024 8:18:13 PM
The Houthis attacking Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea has created a dent in global trade that poses risks of inflation, reports Ahmed Mustafa
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World
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Africa
1/8/2024 9:09:18 PM
Ethiopia said it held talks Monday on military cooperation with Somaliland, just a week after a deal with the breakaway Somali region on sea access stoked tensions in the Horn of Africa.
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Business
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Economy
1/5/2024 4:38:10 PM
The Abu Dhabi Ports Group initialed on Thursday a 15-year concession agreement, worth $3 million, with the Egyptian Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) to construct, upgrade, operate, and maintain the passenger and cruise ship terminals at the ports of Hurghada, Safaga, and Sharm El-Sheikh.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/4/2024 8:13:58 PM
Ethiopia’s agreement with Somaliland is the first step of the landlocked country to gain access to the Red Sea.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/4/2024 9:18:40 AM
The United States called on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to take urgent action against Yemen’s Houthi rebels for attacking ships in the key Red Sea trade route, while Russia attributes the situation it to Israel's violence in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/3/2024 10:14:45 AM
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired two missiles late Tuesday toward merchant ships travelling in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the US military said following a report by the British maritime security agency UKMTO.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/2/2024 8:25:21 PM
The effect of Houthi threats to ships travelling through the Suez Canal has thus far been minimal.
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World
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Africa
1/2/2024 12:04:30 PM
Somalia said Tuesday it was recalling its ambassador to Ethiopia, declaring that a controversial port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland was a violation of its sovereignty.
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World
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Africa
1/2/2024 10:37:42 AM
Somalia will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday, state media said, after the breakaway region of Somaliland struck a controversial deal with Ethiopia giving Addis Ababa access to the Red Sea.
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