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Region
5/20/2026 7:26:53 PM
Oil prices fell, and stock markets advanced on Wednesday as Iran said it had allowed around two dozen ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, easing concerns about the apparent impasse on ending the war in the Middle East.
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World
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Region
5/20/2026 2:34:08 PM
Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war will extend beyond the region if the United States and Israel resume attacks on the Islamic Republic, as Pakistani minister heads to Tehran for more talks to reach a deal.
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World
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International
5/19/2026 11:00:24 PM
European aviation giant Airbus has asked its teams to cut "non-essential expenses" by 10 percent due to turbulence following the Middle East war, according to a document seen by AFP.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/19/2026 10:59:12 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said that Israel’s military actions in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and beyond “will not bring peace and stability and security for Israel,” stressing that the absence of an independent Palestinian state remains the core obstacle to lasting stability in the Middle East.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/19/2026 9:24:32 PM
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty warned on Tuesday that escalating Middle East tensions are driving up global shipping and insurance costs, during talks in London with international maritime and financial chiefs.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
5/19/2026 8:08:36 PM
The Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France in 1916 is deeply embedded in Arab political consciousness as a symbol of the Western ambitions to fragment the Arab world that are still in force today, writes Alieddin Hilal
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World
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Region
5/19/2026 6:32:22 PM
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that the drones that targeted its nuclear plant last week came from Iraq, from where Iranian-backed groups have launched several attacks since the Middle East war began.
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World
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Africa
5/19/2026 1:14:06 PM
A Kenyan transport strike, triggered by the Middle East war, brought the country to a halt for a second day on Tuesday after four people died and dozens were wounded the previous day.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/19/2026 10:44:01 AM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Spanish counterpart José Manuel Albares held political consultations in Madrid on Monday, reaffirming efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation and coordinate positions on regional crises, including Gaza, Sudan, and de-escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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Opinion
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5/18/2026 9:50:37 PM
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” With this celebrated observation, borrowed from Winston Churchill, the young Egyptian-American researcher Mohammed Soliman opens the introduction to his important book, West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East.
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World
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Africa
5/18/2026 2:49:01 PM
Public transport was largely shut down and protesters barricaded roads in Kenya on Monday as a strike was called over a fuel price hike triggered by the Middle East war.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2026 12:33:15 PM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone calls on Sunday with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to discuss regional developments and efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2026 11:24:56 AM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Senior Advisor to US President Donald Trump for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos discussed efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East, the situation in Libya and Sudan, and Egypt’s water security during a phone call on Sunday, the Egyptian foreign ministry said.
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World
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International
5/17/2026 10:03:56 AM
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Middle East ahead of the outbreak of war on Iran, returned home to the United States on Saturday after a 326-day deployment, the Pentagon said.
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World
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Region
5/15/2026 8:06:00 PM
A report published by the Financial Times today has triggered immediate discussion among diplomats and regional analysts after revealing that Saudi Arabia has explored the idea of a Middle Eastern non-aggression framework involving Iran and neighboring states.
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World
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Region
5/14/2026 10:29:00 PM
Saudi Arabia has floated the idea of a Middle Eastern non-aggression pact involving Iran as part of an emerging regional debate over how to prevent a new cycle of instability once the ongoing US-Israeli war against Tehran comes to an end, according to diplomats cited by the Financial Times.
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World
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Africa
5/14/2026 2:40:22 PM
Six million people in Somalia are facing crisis levels of food insecurity from lack of rain and spiking food prices due to the Middle East war, UN-backed experts warned Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
5/13/2026 2:18:01 PM
India has boosted its import tariffs on gold and silver in an effort to shore up the sagging value of the rupee and bolster foreign currency reserves hit by war in the Middle East.
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Business
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Economy
5/13/2026 1:14:18 PM
Countries are tapping into oil inventories and strategic reserves at a "record pace" due to the "unprecedented" supply disruptions caused by the Middle East war, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/12/2026 10:23:18 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb said ongoing wars in the Middle East have had economic and social repercussions on Western countries, warning that conflicts driven by “arrogance” and military power have failed to achieve their objectives.
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