Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $US53 billion and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to US President Donald Trump’s “Middle East Riviera” vision, according to a copy of the plan. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the proposal had been accepted at the […]
A recipe for radicalism: Jordan raises red flags over Trump’s relocation plan
SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI, of Reuters, reports from Amman ahead of a planned meeting between Jordan’s King Abdullah and US President Donald Trump in Washington DC this week…
Global reaction to the US presidential election
Reuters World leaders rushed to congratulate Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday after he claimed victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President of Ukraine “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through […]
Egypt proposes initial two-day truce in Gaza with limited hostage-prisoner exchange
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt’s President said on Sunday as Israeli military strikes killed 45 Palestinians across the enclave. Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement as efforts to defuse the devastating, more than year-long […]
Civil society groups call for release of top Egyptian activist
Reuters Egyptian and international civil society groups on Thursday called for the release of the country’s most prominent activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after his lawyer indicated that he would remain in detention until 2027. Egyptian-British software developer and blogger Abd el-Fattah had hoped to be freed on Sunday, when he will have been imprisoned for […]
Egypt: Reelected to third term, Sisi is authoritarian leader with penchant for bridges
AIDAN LEWIS, of Reuters, reports from Cairo…
Egypt’s Sisi sweeps to third term as President with 89.6 per cent of vote
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has swept to a third term as Egypt’s President in an election where he faced no serious challengers, election authorities said on Monday, and he called the vote a rejection of the “inhumane war” in neighbouring Gaza. The election, in which he took 89.6 per cent of the vote […]
Push to mobilise turnout as Egyptians vote for president
Suez, Egypt Reuters Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or knowledge about the election, which is […]
Egyptians vote in presidential election overshadowed by Gaza war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Egyptians began voting on Sunday in a presidential election set to hand Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a third term in power, as the country grapples with an economic crisis and a war on its border with Gaza. If Sisi wins a new six-year term, his immediate priorities would be taming near-record inflation, managing […]
Egypt’s Sisi rejects transfer of Gazans, discusses aid with Biden
Cairo, Egypt Reuters President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian peninsula into a base for attacks against Israel. Later, following a phone call between Sisi and US President Joe Biden, a White […]