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US President Donald Trump has waived a further slate of sanctions related to Russian fossil fuel sales, days before they were to take effect under a bill he signed into law last month. The waiver announced in an executive order Friday comes as Trump increasingly feuds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and cracks appear in Washington’s support for Kyiv in its four-year-old war against...
Donald Trump is trying to make America more like him. But voters will soon get to deliver a verdict on the president’s efforts to redefine how the government he leads wields power at home and abroad. Three flashpoints illustrate how his coercive and transactional instincts are changing the character of the country and how the rest of the world sees us. Ever since World War II, America has nurtu...
Top Military Academy, university graduates present shield to president Sisi وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// Sisi honors top graduates at Egypt’s Military Academy ceremony وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// Egypt urges OIC to protect Jerusalem holy sites, support Palestinians وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty and Sudanese Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim reaffirmed the deep-rooted historical and fraternal ties between Egypt and Sudan, rejecting any attempts to undermine relations between the two countries and their peoples. During a meeting on Friday, October 16, 2026, on the sidelines of the World Bank’s a...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty had talks with Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh on Friday, Octobor 16, 2026, on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Bangkok to discuss prospects for strengthening bilateral relations. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nader...
OPEN// Sisi attends tribute to fallen soldiers at Military graduation ceremony وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
Footage released by the Egyptian Armed Forces’ military spokesperson – showing live-fire military exercises – has revealed that Cairo possesses a new weapon designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), RT reported on Friday. The images show a locally manufactured laser system, designated “Egy-Hel-01,” designed to neutralize drones and projectiles and mounted on a pickup truck. This mark...
OPEN// Sisi witnesses graduation ceremony of new batches of military academies, colleges وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
Rome — Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin from hospital on Friday, just days after his lung cancer surgery, and expressed his concern about the “grave humanitarian situation” in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city. During the call, the Vatican said Leo expressed “deep concern” about the conditions in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city in the Kherson region where Ukrainia...
OPEN// Sisi arrives at graduation ceremony of new batches of military academies, colleges وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// Egypt, Sudan FMs reject attempts to undermine bilateral ties, reaffirm support for Sudan’s stability وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// FM, Syrian Finance Minister dscuss strengthening bilateral cooperation وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// Egypt, Jordan discuss boosting bilateral ties, development cooperation وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
OPEN// Egypt warns Israeli policies could keep region tapped in cycle of conflict وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
Ultimately, you have to wonder what it is that Vladimir Putin says to Donald Trump when they are on the phone. A week ago, a call between the US president and his Russian counterpart seemed to be about an urgent clarification over a possible outbreak of plague in Siberia . Instead, a controversial deal to buy Russian diesel emerged, prompting fury from Ukrainians, and then Trump demanding they ...
OPEN// FM reaffirms Egypt's unwavering support for Somalia’s unity, territorial integrity وكالة أنباء الشرق الأوسط - mena
Two cargo ships have sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being struck by unknown projectiles in separate incidents – highlighting the heightened danger to shipping as Iran steps up attacks in an attempt to regain control over the critical waterway. The Singapore-registered container ship GFS Pride was struck on Tuesday while passing through the strait, catching fire and la...
Ukraine will resume strikes on Russia’s oil refineries President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times in a fiery interview where he lamented what he said was a “dangerous” withdrawal of US intelligence sharing and access to the Starlink satellite internet service . “The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We’re done,” Zelensky told the FT in London. The comments by Zelensky are the l...
