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World
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International
12/2/2023 7:59:28 PM
A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, as local authorities warned of a "destructive tsunami" and urged people in coastal areas to flee.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/2/2023 3:47:47 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met separately on Saturday with US Vice President Kamala Harris, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, and Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, on the sidelines of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/2/2023 1:36:26 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israel’s war cabinet that it cannot operate in south Gaza the way it has done in the north – a reference to the deadly seven weeks of air bombardment and ground operations – according to leaked remarks reported by Israeli media.
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World
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International
12/1/2023 6:41:46 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said Hamas is responsible for the breakdown in the truce deal because it violated the terms of the agreement with Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/1/2023 4:12:17 PM
The Biden administration is preparing to impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, a senior U.S. official said Friday.
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Egypt
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Presidential Elections 2024
11/30/2023 10:58:43 PM
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram, the Egyptian Ambassador to the US, Motaz Zahran, and members of the embassy said that since the Egyptian National Elections Authority (NEA) announced the timetable for the presidential elections, they have been working on the necessary preparations to receive voters at the embassy.
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Business
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Economy
11/30/2023 10:43:43 PM
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell $1.90 to $75.96 per barrel Thursday. Brent crude for January delivery fell 27 cents to $82.83 per barrel.
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Books
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Reviews
11/30/2023 8:54:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly reviews a new book on the Middle East Peace Process as designed by former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger and told by author Martin Indyk.
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Business
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Economy
11/30/2023 7:30:56 PM
The USD declined slightly against the Egyptian pound in the parallel market, hovering around EGP 49.5, as the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) injected $2 billion to regulate the market, a source from the import sector who preferred not to be named told Ahram Online on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
11/30/2023 6:29:06 PM
The Egyptian government is wrapping up an initiative to sell real estate units in foreign currency to foreigners and expats to boost real estate exports and secure more hard currency amid a severe shortage in the US dollar supply.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/30/2023 1:46:09 PM
Israel and the US are mulling the potential expulsion of numerous lower-ranking members of the Palestinian group Hamas after the end of the ongoing war, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
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World
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International
11/30/2023 11:14:24 AM
Henry Kissinger, the relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/30/2023 10:56:18 AM
A US Navy warship shot down a drone on Wednesday launched from a part of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the American military's Central Command said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
11/29/2023 8:06:00 PM
Having worked with Qatar and the US to secure the first truce since the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October, Egypt is now using its political and diplomatic weight to secure a series of extensions leading to a permanent ceasefire.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/29/2023 4:25:00 PM
Iran's foreign minister said he will miss a key meeting on Gaza at UN headquarters in New York later Wednesday, blaming the late delivery of US visas for his delegation.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/29/2023 3:15:41 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said Washington and its allies remained steadfast in their backing for Ukraine against Russia's invasion, despite doubts over future assistance and stalemate on the ground.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/29/2023 3:13:06 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling for an international conference to resolve the Mideast conflict and establish an independent Palestinian state.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/29/2023 2:33:29 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he would work to prolong a pause in the fighting in the Gaza Strip on an upcoming visit to Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/28/2023 11:05:32 PM
The near-daily attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria have stopped since a truce between Israel and Hamas went into effect last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Theater
11/28/2023 9:13:57 PM
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