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Palestine’s Haniyeh in Egypt for talks

The head of Hamas' political bureau Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo yesterday evening heading a delegation of the movement's senior leaders to hold talks with Egyptian officials on recent developments in Palestine. The delegation's talks with the Egyptian leadership are expected to cover the dangerous measures taken by the Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, the escalation of Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, assassinations targeting Palestinians and […]

today9 February 2023

International

Egypt: Cairo’s first bike-sharing project comes to nothing

INTERNATIONAL What would have been the Egyptian capital's first bike-sharing project is hitting the wall, raising multiple questions over possible reasons for its suspension. The failure of Cairo Bike comes more than eight years after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi got on his bike in the city with hundreds of other cyclists to promote cycling as a means of reducing energy consumption and getting fit. Cairo Bike is a joint endeavour […]

today25 September 2022

International News

Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president for almost 30 years who stepped down after a popular revolution in 2011, has died. He was 91. Mubarak served as Egypt's fourth president starting in 1981 until his ouster in what became known as the Arab Spring revolution. He was jailed for years after the uprising, but was freed in 2017 after being acquitted of most charges. The acquittal stunned many Egyptians, thousands of whom […]

today25 February 2020

International News

Egypt: Nine Sinai attack suspects killed in police raid

Egypt's interior ministry says police have shot dead nine people suspected of belonging to a cell behind deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula. The nine were killed in a shootout during a dawn raid on a farmhouse in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. They were suspected of "planting explosives and targeting security checkpoints in northern Sinai, which led to the death […]

today25 December 2017

International News

Egypt’s Ahmed Shafik still considering presidential bid

Ahmed Shafik, former Egyptian prime minister, says he is still considering running in next year's presidential elections but that he will need to explore the option further. Appearing on Egypt's Dream TV channel on Sunday evening, Shafik denied that Egyptian authorities had kidnapped him, as was claimed by his family after he vanished upon his arrival in Cairo on Saturday. "Today I am here in the country, so I think […]

today4 December 2017

International News

Palestinian factions to delay Gaza handover

Rival Palestinian factions agreed Wednesday to postpone the handover of control over Gaza from Hamas to Fatah, less than 48 hours before a deadline as part of an Egyptian-brokered reconciliation deal. The announcement came at the last minute as the landmark Palestinian unity deal faltered dangerously, with Fatah and Hamas accusing each other of not respecting the accord. "Hamas and Fatah are asking Egypt to postpone the transfer of the […]

today30 November 2017

International News

Hamas, Fatah sign reconciliation agreement in Cairo

Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday, as part of an effort to end a decade-long rift. The announcement comes after representatives from Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) convened in Cairo on Tuesday to implement a unity agreement that was signed in 2011 but not put into action. At a press conference, head of the PA delegation Azzam […]

today12 October 2017

International News

Hamas declares readiness to form Palestinian unity government

Head of the Hamas movement's politburo Ismail Haniyeh and other high-ranking Hamas members met with Egyptian intelligence officials in Cairo on Monday night, with talks focusing on cross border security and a readiness for Palestinian national reconciliation. The delegation told the Egyptian intelligence minister Khaled Fawzi that Hamas is ready to hold meetings with the Fatah movement, Hamas’ rival and head of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA). Hamas said in […]

today12 September 2017

International News

Hamas chief leaves Gaza for Cairo to discuss relations with Egypt

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh left the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday morning for an official visit to Egypt, where a Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Egyptian officials, according to a statement released by Hamas.  In his first visit to Cairo since being elected chief of the Hamas movement in May, Haniyeh is expected to discuss a variety of issues with Egyptian officials, the statement said. The statement added […]

today10 September 2017

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