Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/3/2024 11:09:05 PM
With an expanded portfolio and multiple crises on Egypt’s doorstep, there will be no easing into the job for the new foreign minister.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/2/2024 11:55:00 PM
Ambassador Badr Abdelatty has been named the country’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new cabinet, set to be sworn in before President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Wednesday, as FM Sameh Shoukry has stepped down, according to Extra News.
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World
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Region
6/25/2024 10:41:31 PM
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock cautioned on Tuesday that "miscalculation" could trigger all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, urging the need for "extreme restraint" as tensions soar.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/24/2024 10:06:39 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry denied Monday that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had a telephone call with his US counterpart Secretary of Department of State Anthony Blinken to discuss lists of individuals who need to leave Gaza.
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World
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Region
6/13/2024 2:49:20 PM
Most of the victims in a deadly blaze that engulfed a block housing immigrant workers were from India, Kuwait's foreign minister said on Thursday, raising the death toll to 50.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/10/2024 2:58:54 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry welcomed the Russian proposal to hold a meeting with the foreign ministers of Russia and five Arab countries to discuss ways to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people, and revive the peace process.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/9/2024 11:34:12 AM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry flew on Sunday morning to the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod to take part in the BRICS' foreign ministers meeting.
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World
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Region
6/8/2024 12:48:02 PM
By the time Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi boarded his window seat on a helicopter ferrying him, the foreign minister and six others, thick clouds already had begun forming around the mountaintops along the Azerbaijan-Iran border.
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World
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Africa
6/6/2024 11:14:20 AM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday arrived in Chad, the last leg of a tour of African nations marked by strong anti-Western sentiment and the promise of greater military backing against jihadists.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/5/2024 9:33:19 PM
Egypt’s top diplomat Sameh Shoukry discussed in a phone call on Wednesday with acting Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Bagheri the situation in Gaza, including the Egyptian efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/5/2024 8:54:01 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed in a phone call on Wednesday with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi the ongoing preparations for the Emergency Humanitarian Response Conference for Gaza, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/4/2024 1:48:51 PM
Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri discussed "proposed solutions" for ending the Gaza war with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/3/2024 9:38:18 PM
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE discussed on Monday US President Joe Biden’s Gaza ceasefire proposal, emphasizing they are seriously considering it, thereby ending the suffering of the Gaza residents.
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World
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Region
6/3/2024 3:19:26 PM
Iran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor, Hossein Amirabdollahian, along with the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash last month.
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World
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Africa
6/3/2024 12:31:54 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived on Monday in Guinea, his ministry said, the first trip by Moscow's top diplomat to the West African country since 2013.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/2/2024 11:27:20 PM
Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos emphasized Egypt's pivotal role in regional and international developments, stating that Egypt is a significant and influential actor in promoting stability and security, regionally and internationally.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/1/2024 9:49:38 PM
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Saturday the proposal announced by U.S. President Biden regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the mediation efforts being undertaken by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/30/2024 3:17:13 PM
NATO foreign ministers meet in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies to lift restrictions stopping Kyiv from using Western weapons to strike inside Russia.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
5/28/2024 10:38:16 PM
Last week Iran was in the limelight following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and six others in a tragic helicopter crash. But there is more niche news from Iran as well.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/28/2024 4:49:37 PM
A luncheon at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, at the invitation of the library’s director, Ahmed Zayed, brought me together with Miguel Angel Moratinos, under-secretary-general for the UN Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), whom I had not seen since he served as the Spanish foreign minister many years ago.
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