Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/1/2025 9:07:00 AM
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and US Senator and Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Tim Sheehy discussed regional developments, including Egypt’s position on Gaza, ongoing coordination with US and Qatar to achieve a ceasefire and ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Strip.
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Egypt
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Politics
5/24/2025 4:40:17 PM
Egypt’s Senate has approved amendments to the Senate election law that revise parliamentary seat distribution to reflect population shifts over the past five years.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/22/2025 12:15:07 PM
Planning Minister Rania Al-Mashat tells the Senate fiscal and monetary reforms since 2024 have improved the Egyptian economy
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/15/2025 10:07:39 AM
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and a longtime progressive activist, told AFP he was speaking for millions of Americans outraged by the "slaughter" in Gaza after his removal from a US Senate hearing on Wednesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
4/9/2025 9:27:56 PM
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who has said Israel enjoys a divine right to the Palestinian West Bank, as ambassador to Israel.
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World
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International
4/5/2025 6:43:32 PM
US senators on Saturday approved a budget blueprint unlocking trillions of dollars for sweeping tax cuts promised by President Donald Trump, despite bitter infighting among the majority Republicans over the savings that will be needed to fund them.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/3/2025 6:30:49 PM
Russia has lost more than 4,000 tanks during its war against Ukraine, the top US officer in Europe told American lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
3/8/2025 5:53:00 PM
A Senate study has identified ways of boosting Egypt’s exports to reach $100 billion.
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World
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International
2/20/2025 9:37:54 PM
France's Senate on Thursday backed a bill to ban undocumented immigrants from getting married in France as the government seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration, in a draft law the left has described as unconstitutional.
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World
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International
2/20/2025 8:27:46 PM
Mitch McConnell, the powerful Republican lawmaker who was instrumental in steering the current US shift to the political right but had a tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, announced Thursday he will step down from the Senate.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
2/20/2025 4:38:32 PM
Liv Assmann, foreign affairs commissioner of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, welcomed Dahlia Abdel-Fattah, the new Consul General of Egypt, during an official accreditation ceremony at Hamburg’s senate chancellery on 17 February.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/26/2025 11:50:33 PM
President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with Cairo and Amman governments and perplexed a congressional ally.
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World
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International
1/25/2025 7:05:56 PM
Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the United States' 29th secretary of defence. He quickly joined President Trump's Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate, which made him the Pentagon's leader.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
1/21/2025 9:56:50 PM
Privatisation plans for the civil aviation sector dominated Senate debates this week
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World
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International
1/21/2025 7:48:22 PM
The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
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Egypt
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Health
12/23/2024 10:15:11 PM
Egypt’s Senate approved the Medical Responsibility and Patient Protection draft law on Monday despite the rejection of the Egyptian Medical Syndicate.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/16/2024 11:10:08 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty outlined Egypt's efforts to promote security and stability in the Middle East with a delegation from the French Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee visiting Cairo on Monday.
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World
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International
12/12/2024 12:16:49 PM
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/21/2024 10:16:43 AM
A group of Democratic senators failed in their bid to block shipments of US weapons to Israel after several procedural motions were voted down in the upper chamber Wednesday evening.
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World
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International
11/6/2024 3:01:33 PM
Republicans have taken the White House and Senate, but the House is still very much in play.
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