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The alleged hijacker of the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv likely wanted to target Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, the country’s main international gateway, according to an Israeli official and an Israeli source familiar with the matter. Hamam al-Hammami, the suspect in the hijacking attempt and co-pilot on board the flight, was stopped by…

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty met with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on Saturday on the sidelines of the Alamein Africa Forum to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and regional and international issues of mutual interest. The meeting focused on expanding economic, trade, and…

By Mohamed Attia EgyptAir has successfully passed a three-day security audit conducted by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Cairo International Airport and EgyptAir Airlines, reaffirming the national carrier’s compliance with US and international aviation security requirements. The periodic audit assessed security procedures governing EgyptAir flights to New York, Washington, New Jersey, Chicago…

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. After days of fierce lobbying in New York, the United States backed away on Thursday from a vote at the United Nations Security Council on a sweeping arms embargo covering all of Sudan. Washington had spent the preceding hours trying to line up nine votes to pass…

The Trump administration has discussed beginning reciprocal nuclear site visits with China and plans to continue pushing for that possibility during in-person meetings in the coming months, according to sources familiar with the matter. The discussions, which have been informal and preliminary, come amid mounting US concerns about China’s rapidly growing nuclear weapons program and…

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said his country shared Egypt’s position on the Nile and supported managing shared water resources through consultation, dialogue, and the principle of avoiding harm, in line with international law. Faye made the remarks during talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in New Alamein on the sidelines of the eighth…

President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the “truly great friendship” he has forged with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his highly anticipated state visit. While Trump has many thorny issues to discuss with the president of America’s biggest economic rival, he focused on his long relationship with Xi as the two gathered with…

In mid-August, the leader of the Amhara insurgency fighting to overthrow Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a surprising announcement. The collection of armed Amhara movements fighting in the country’s northwest under the unified Fano umbrella would join an alliance of seven other anti-government groups across the country, Fano leader Zemene Kassie told the Swiss…

Shazia knows what life will be like in a major city that’s run out of water because she’s already living that reality — and it’s unbearable. The 34-year-old lives in the Khair Khana neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul with her three children and her husband, who ekes out a living as a street vendor. They…

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Egypt held a reception at the Ambassador’s residence in Cairo to celebrate Korea’s National Day, which this year coincides with the 31st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Egypt. The event was attended by around 400 guests, including Hussein Eissa, Deputy Prime Minister…

By Mohamed Attia The German air navigation service provider, Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), recently hosted a delegation from Egypt’s National Air Navigation Services Company (NANSC) to strengthen joint co-operation, transfer specialised knowledge, and modernise air navigation services. The visiting delegation was led by NANSC Chairman Ihab Mohie El-Din Azmy and Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and…

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. Washington is pushing in the United Nations Security Council to take the Darfur arms embargo nationwide. US Senior Advisor on Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos put the proposal on the table on Monday, after first floating the idea at a council session in June. The draft…

France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed into a national crisis. Hundreds of schools have been forced to close and more than 5,000 people have been taken into police…

Hassan Abdalla, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), headed Egypt’s delegation at the 48th annual meetings of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB), hosted by the Central Bank of Kenya from 13 to 18 September in Nairobi, with the participation of governors of 34 central banks out of the Association’s 41 member…

As military delegations, aerospace companies and defence manufacturers gathered on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, the second El Alamein International Air-show and Space Exhibition (EIAS 2026) was never going to be just another display of aircraft. The three-day event, which closed on 10 September, drew more than 250 exhibitors from 50 countries, over 50 aerial displays, nearly…

Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Cairo on Tuesday evening for a highly anticipated visit to Egypt, his first in a decade. Several major roads were closed across the capital in preparation for the visit, with images of Xi and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the flags of both nations adorning the streets, signalling…

President Donald Trump might be in a political hole, but his brand of conservative populist nationalism is flourishing across the globe. Rising star Flávio Bolsonaro’s shock win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday bolstered Trump’s project of remaking the Western Hemisphere in his political image. Populist right-wingers are also on the march…

Mexico’s Chargé d’Affaires in Egypt, Héctor Ortega, highlighted the close cultural and people-to-people ties between Mexico and Egypt as he marked the 216th anniversary of the beginning of Mexico’s struggle for independence at the House of Mexico in Cairo. Addressing Egyptian officials, members of the diplomatic corps, Mexican nationals and guests, Ortega said that celebrating…

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has emphasised the prime necessity of further boosting co-operation among BRICS member and partner states to address global economic challenges, enhance resilience and promote inclusive and sustainable growth. President Sisi made the remarks on Sunday during the opening session and working lunch for leaders of BRICS member and partner countries, themed…

The Israeli military abducted an internal security apparatus officer, Muain al-Arabid, during a raid on Gaza City, the Palestinian Interior Ministry announced Tuesday. Arabid was carrying out his regular duties when the Israeli special forces unit infiltrated the Katiba area, west of Gaza City, according to the statement, which said he was injured during a…

Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, died after being diagnosed…

Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hindi received Suresh K. Reddy, Ambassador of India to Cairo, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation between Egypt and India in digital skills development, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as encourage further Indian investment in Egypt’s communications and information technology sector, particularly…

By Mohamed Attia The civil aviation sector achieved major gains during El Alamein International Airshow (EIAS 2026), securing various agreements, partnerships, and contracts. These achievements were accompanied by several meetings to build stronger international co-operation in civil aviation. Following directives from the political leadership to strengthen ties with African countries and expand joint work, Minister…

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here. When Rapid Support Forces Commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo quietly touched down in Addis Ababa last week, the Blue Nile State front was raging along Ethiopia’s border and reinforcements for the fighting were amassing on both sides. Ethiopia, meanwhile, was contending with renewed tensions of its own.…

King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against police in England over his arrest earlier this year on suspicion of misconduct in public office following revelations from the Epstein files in the United States. Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, has asked for a judge to determine if Thames Valley Police’s actions against him earlier this…

A funerary mask dating back more than 2,000 years has returned to Egypt after Swiss customs authorities stopped it at the border in 2022 and subsequently confirmed its Egyptian origin. The Ptolemaic-era artifact was officially handed over to Egypt’s Ambassador to Switzerland, Mohamed Negm, by Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider in Bern. The mask was…

BRICS leaders have called for stronger multilateral action, greater representation for developing countries and deeper economic co-operation, while stressing the importance of dialogue and diplomacy in addressing conflicts in West Asia and other global hotspots. The call was made in the New Delhi Declaration issued on Saturday at the 18th BRICS Summit in the Indian…

Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan and I had gone to one of those rooms to brief our successors two weeks after Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Kamala Harris.…

Cairo is seeking to upgrade its relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to “sectoral dialogue partner” status, as Egyptian diplomacy also focuses on escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and Yemen, as well as efforts to end the conflict in Sudan. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed the proposal…

A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a tomb dating to the late Fifth Dynasty at the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt’s tourism and antiquities ministry said Monday. The tomb, discovered during the mission’s 2026 excavation season in the area known as the Mariette Cemetery north of Saqqara, dates to the reign of King Djedkare Isesi, who…

The quick-thinking actions of the captain of last week’s Flydubai flight bound for Israel prevented what could have been an unmitigated hijacking disaster. But aviation safety experts say the incident raises serious concerns about the security failures before the flight and how it happened in the first place. The suspected attacker, named as co-pilot Hamam…

Chinese broadcaster Liu Xin praised the warmth and generosity of Egyptians during a visit to Cairo, saying ties between Egypt and China had grown beyond political and economic co-operation into a friendship felt by people in their daily lives. Liu, a prominent presenter with China Global Television Network (CGTN), shared photos and comments from her…

A daredevil Ukrainian operation using robots dropped behind enemy lines and “Trojan” armored personnel carriers laden with explosives has led to the capture of more than 250 Russian troops, Kyiv says. Ukraine’s army has been chipping away at Russian-controlled territories in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas as part of a counteroffensive operation dubbed “Vivaldi.”…

Millions of Brazilians will vote in a general election on Sunday that will choose the country’s president against a backdrop of corruption scandals, deep political polarization and growing voter fatigue, with two familiar political camps once again dominating the race. Among the frontrunners are the country’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing…

Two Iranian men have been charged with terror offenses over an alleged plot to attack the Jewish community in Manchester on the eve of Yom Kippur, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK this year. London’s Metropolitan police named the suspects as 36-year-old Salam Ahmadyan of Liverpool and 34-year-old Rahman Salehi…

Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed new Israeli intelligence indicating Iran is resuming progress on its nuclear program during a visit to the country on Sunday, an Israeli source with knowledge of the meeting told CNN. Among the information shared by Netanyahu were details of new construction…

Smit Machchhar, the hero Flydubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not “let everybody else die,” he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt. “In that moment, I was fighting for my life,” Machchhar told India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a…

President Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he’s happy to use official government resources in ethically dubious ways to try to win the 2026 midterm elections. He promised to pay every adult US citizen $5,000 if Republicans win. He’s sending $500 to some Obamacare recipients with a very political letter enclosed. And now…

Paris — Students fought running battles with police and several schools were ablaze Friday as violence gripped France with no end in sight to protests that have rocked the country. More than 400 schools remained closed on Friday as authorities scrambled to calm tensions after days of demonstrations that have seen hundreds of teenagers taken…

Metz, France — France may have a highly secularized culture, but it has given Pope Leo XIV a superstar welcome. In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the popemobile. In Lourdes, a holy…

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic favorite in California’s race for governor, sought to tie his Republican opponent Steve Hilton to the policies of President Donald Trump as the two debated Wednesday night on CNN. “You’re going to end up with Trump results if you follow Steve Hilton’s plan,” the former secretary of Health and Human Services…

The United States announced it had completed its withdrawal from Iraq on Wednesday, more than 20 years after invading the country to topple Saddam Hussein, in a move that was celebrated by the Iraqi government and the Pentagon – as well as Iran and its allies, who claim years of pressure forced the American departure.…

London — For weeks, British media has thrummed with warnings from almost every group connected with the country’s criminal justice system. Probation officers are threatening strike action. Victims’ rights groups worry that victims aren’t adequately protected. Prison governors warn of prisons acting as a “revolving door.” Beset by persistent prison overcrowding, the criminal justice system…

Gulf oil producers, with considerable support from the US Navy, are jamming crude through the Strait of Hormuz, right under Iran’s nose. Oil and petroleum product flows through the critical chokepoint averaged 13.1 million barrels per day last week, according to Kpler, a marine data tracking service. That’s just under 80 percent of the 17.1…

London — Some have dubbed it the “Burnham bounce.” That is, the surge in public support for the UK’s governing Labour Party after the former mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham took to the helm this summer as the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade. But the problems which plagued Burnham’s predecessor, including over immigration,…

In eastern Syria, a man complaining about soaring fuel prices turns to the crowd recording him on their phones and addresses the country’s transitional president. “We stood with you, so stand with us,” he shouts. “I swear by God, if things don’t change between now and the new year, the situation will turn into something…

Dr. Theopista Masenge was at the hospital in Mbeya, Tanzania, rolling out new treatments for children with high HIV viral loads when she got the call: Stop work, now. It was January 2025, and the health care program the pediatrician was implementing, which provided services for HIV-exposed infants, children and pregnant women, had just received…

Fairford, England — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “the hands of a foreign actor” were involved in the suspected terror plot targeting a UK airbase used by the US military, revealing more about the investigation than British authorities – who have faced criticism from President Donald Trump. “What happened this weekend could have…