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Business
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Economy
8/26/2024 7:18:50 PM
Oil prices jumped Monday after an escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah raised fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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World
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Region
8/26/2024 4:10:08 PM
Iran on Monday praised the drone and missile assault by Lebanon's Hezbollah group on Israel, saying its arch-foe had lost the ability to prevent such attacks amid heightened regional tensions.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/25/2024 6:02:07 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed in a meeting with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown on Sunday that the current regional situation demands decisive action from the international community and all active parties to exert all efforts to defuse regional tension.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/25/2024 1:38:01 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Japanese counterpart Yuko Kamikawa agreed in a meeting on Sunday on the necessity to prevent the escalation of tensions on the Lebanese front to avoid a regional war, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/23/2024 6:51:34 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reaffirmed Friday in a meeting with Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty his country's commitment to supporting Egypt’s efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, particularly regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/21/2024 9:52:50 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty reiterated to his Australian counterpart on Wednesday Egypt's steadfast rejection of Israel's escalation, including political assassinations and breaches of sovereignty, which do not benefit any side but only exacerbate the conflict to a point where containing the crisis becomes difficult.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/21/2024 5:52:58 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed in a phone call on Wednesday the urgent need to secure an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ensure delivery of humanitarian aid, and facilitate the exchange of prisoners and detainees.
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World
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Region
8/20/2024 8:12:48 PM
The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the rapid deterioration of the economic and security situation in Libya, denouncing the "unilateral" moves by Libyan actors that have "increased tension."
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World
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Region
8/19/2024 5:56:10 PM
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it was extending the suspension of flights to five Middle East destinations through to August 26 because of continued tensions in the region.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/17/2024 10:29:16 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed in a telephone call on Saturday with Iran's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani ongoing Egyptian efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and de-escalate tensions in the region.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/17/2024 3:10:12 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty affirmed Friday to the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati Egypt's steadfast support of Lebanon's stability, highlighting Cairo's role in promoting calm and reducing regional tensions.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/14/2024 7:57:00 PM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty held separate phone calls on Tuesday with Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan, UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan to discuss efforts for defusing Middle East tensions, especially the Israeli war on Gaza and the Sudan crisis.
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World
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Region
8/14/2024 10:10:03 AM
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a ceasefire deal in Gaza could deter Iran from attacking Israel in retaliation for the assassination of a Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh that sent regional tensions soaring.
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World
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Region
8/13/2024 8:37:06 PM
The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) unanimously voted in a session on Tuesday to end the term of the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/13/2024 6:01:24 PM
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes as far as accusing his own defence minister of “adopting an anti-Israel narrative” for criticising his populist “absolute victory” slogan as nothing but “nonsense,” no wonder that expectations are very low that the genocidal Israeli war against Palestinians in Gaza might end any time soon, nor the heightened regional tension.
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World
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Region
8/13/2024 12:37:00 PM
Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.
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World
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Region
8/12/2024 1:38:51 PM
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it was extending the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through to August 21 because of continued tensions in the region.
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World
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Region
8/12/2024 9:49:28 AM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an aircraft carrier group to hasten its arrival in the Middle East, the Pentagon said Sunday, as mounting tensions raise fears of a region-wide war.
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World
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Region
8/11/2024 4:17:17 PM
Somalia and Ethiopia will start a new series of talks in Ankara on Monday aiming to ease tensions between them, Turkey's foreign ministry said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/9/2024 9:36:00 PM
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed Thursday to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call the importance of concerted international efforts to advance a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, as the continuation of the war in the strip is the basis of the current escalation in the region.
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