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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World
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International
11/6/2024 8:50:49 AM
Republican Donald Trump wins Georgia and North Carolina, capturing two of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds while votes in five other swing states are still being counted.
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World
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International
11/6/2024 1:27:43 AM
Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president’s agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill.
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World
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International
11/2/2024 3:27:24 PM
The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of US Congress are at a stalemate, essentially a toss-up for the House and fight to the finish for the Senate.
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World
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International
9/11/2024 10:49:00 PM
Lawmakers in Mexico approved controversial reforms on Wednesday that will make it the first country to allow voters to elect all judges, hours after protesters invaded the Senate to disrupt debate.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/16/2024 7:57:21 PM
In a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday, Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister for US Affairs Sameh Aboul-Enein, discussed with a delegation from the US Senate Committee on Armed Services ways to bolster Egyptian-American relations.
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World
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International
6/13/2024 6:08:06 PM
Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, meeting with House and Senate Republicans, his first since urging a mob to “fight like hell” ahead of the Jan.6, 2021 attack. GOP lawmakers find themselves newly energized and reinvigorated by his bid to retake the White House.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/1/2024 6:29:02 PM
Democratic and Republican leaders in the US Congress have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address to lawmakers, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/1/2024 4:06:16 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi warned on Sunday of the dangers of the ongoing Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah during a meeting in Cairo with Republican minority leader of the US Senate, Lindsey Graham.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/28/2024 10:38:22 PM
The socioeconomic development plan for the coming fiscal year is approved by the Senate, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/5/2024 12:51:00 PM
A well-known British Palestinian surgeon, Ghassan Abu Sitta who volunteered in Gaza hospitals said he was denied entry to France on Saturday to speak at a French Senate meeting about the Israeli war on Gaza.
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World
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International
4/24/2024 7:52:52 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -– all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing.
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