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Within less than a week, the Houthis have reached Yemen’s southern Red Sea coast at Bab al-Mandab, taking the strategically positioned island of Mayyun. From there, they are within reach of one of the world’s most consequential maritime crossings, through which roughly 12 percent of global trade passes. The advance has given renewed urgency to…

In 2024, software engineer Laura Housh began using AI as a helper for coding and other tasks. Two years later, Housh says she has a love-hate relationship with AI. “I’ve tried to use it for coding, and I just can’t get behind it,” she said. AI can provide direction or serve as a second set…

By Prof. (Dr.) Hebatallah Adam The Bandung Conference was seventy-one years ago when it gave a platforum to the emerging nations of Asia and Africa to assert their political agency in the bipolar world of the great powers’ competition. In 1955, twenty-nine governments from Asia and Africa met in conference, and the Non-Aligned Movement that…

In 2018, my first year living in Amsterdam, studying for a master’s degree in the arts, I went to a museum to attend a performance by a group of queer artists addressing questions of injustice. The setting seemed familiar enough until one of the presenters announced that anyone who did not belong to specified “marginalized…

Buyback proposals ignore a fundamental reality about Islamist terrorist organizations: money doesn't moderate jihadists, it strengthens them. The post Bribing Hamas will not bring peace – it will finance the next war appeared first on World Israel News .

  For many young Egyptians today, work no longer ends when the workday finishes. Productivity has expanded beyond offices, universities, and formal employment into nearly every aspect of daily life, reinforced by social media that deliver constant motivation, entrepreneurial advice, startup success narratives, productivity “hacks,” networking strategies, and self-improvement content.  Platforms such as Instagram, TikTok,…

In the final week of September 2026, the American political landscape appeared more complicated than the headlines suggested. Much of the attention focused on President Donald Trump’s September 22 address to the United Nations General Assembly, including his threats against Iran and his claim to have helped settle several wars. Yet a deeper dimension received…

The world feels like it’s spinning out of control. The planet’s two major wars, in Iran and Ukraine, are no longer contained. Experts warn of doomsday scenarios in which AI could wipe out humanity. Soaring energy prices rock industrialized economies blighted by inequality. Floods, fires and blistering heat are turning the climate crisis biblical. Meanwhile,…

By President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi As I visit New Delhi to participate in the 18th BRICS Summit, I congratulate India’s assumption of the 2026 presidency, and commend its efforts to foster cooperation among member states at a time when the world is grappling geopolitical and economic challenges. India is a vital strategic partner and an…

The White House waded into one of the hottest debates in AI this week: Open or closed? A new framework governing how the administration will review advanced AI models pre-release covers only the most powerful “closed” models, like Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Open models will be excluded…

The US-Iran confrontation has entered its seventh month without achieving any progress or tangible results on the issues for which the war was launched. On the contrary, the situation has become even more complicated after the Strait of Hormuz was turned into an additional issue with potentially devastating economic implications for global oil supplies. The…

Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of apocalyptic warnings from some top industry executives? The clue is in one word — “hoax” — that he’s using to ridicule fears that computerized agents could one day seek to destroy humanity. When Trump reaches…

The distinction between portfolio money and foreign direct investment is not academic housekeeping; it is central to the question of whether the country’s financing story this year reflects durable rebuilding or an unusually generous trade. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) estimate that nonresident holdings of Egyptian local-currency debt climbed back to roughly $36.4 billion by…

At the heart of Egypt’s cultural landscape, a growing controversy is unfolding; one that extends far beyond contracts and professional negotiations to the very core of the relationship between creativity and commercial exploitation. Public performance rights (PPR), enshrined in Egypt’s Intellectual Property Rights Protection Law No. 82 of 2002 for more than two decades, have…

Every morning at 9:00 a.m., Ukraine stops. Across cities in Ukraine, loudspeakers normally used to warn of incoming Russian air strikes broadcast the steady tick of a clock. City streets full of life fall silent. Traffic lights turn red. Cars stop. For one minute, a country pauses. This is Ukraine’s daily moment of silence, a…

Faced with record diesel prices and less than two months to go until the midterm elections, Donald Trump has reverted to a default setting in his turbulent and abortive campaign to end the Ukraine war: blaming the victim. His timing could not be worse for Ukraine, or more beneficial to Russia. “Mr. Zelensky has to…

By Mohamed Fahmy Editor-in-Chief As the anniversary of the June 30 Revolution returns to the national calendar, Egypt marks 13 years since millions of citizens surged into the streets in an unprecedented display of popular unity. Following these massive popular protests, the Egyptian military issued a statement on July 3, 2013, ousting Mohamed Morsi. The…

Egypt and Europe today are closer than geography or trade balances suggest. Gaza, the energy crisis, migration, climate change, and disrupted supply chains reveal, almost daily, that Egypt’s stability and Europe’s security are two sides of the same coin. This convergence now rests on a clear institutional structure. Since the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership launched…

Official accounts trace the word Korba to La Courbe—a reference to the sharp bend taken by the Heliopolis tramway along what is now Baghdad Street, where the Belgian tram conductor would call out, ‘Attention, la courbe!’ Locals offer a more affectionate explanation, claiming Korba actually derives from le coeur qui bat, meaning ‘the beating heart’.…

Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Since 9/11, US presidents have expanded their power, step by step, to wage war anywhere, anytime, as they please. With Operation Epic Fury in Iran, President Donald Trump reached a new peak in the war-making powers claimed by the US commander in chief.…

Hundreds of millions of people tune in to the World Cup in the US these days, not knowing that the roots of the ball can be traced to the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The ancient Egyptians played with balls thousands of years ago, even as the earliest known Egyptian ball, as Egyptologists suggest, was a humble…

Within minutes of a drone striking a U.S.-linked gas carrier at Egypt’s Damietta Port, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Iran was responsible for the attack. On the same day, The New York Times, citing anonymous Iranian sources, and The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous Egyptian sources, both reported similar allegations pointing toward Tehran. In…

As a politician, I measure our national success in economic impact, foreign policy, and soft power. But as an EgyptAir pilot who first sat in a cockpit in 2013—a year of immense turbulence for our nation and our flag carrier—I measure success by the weight of pride I feel walking through international terminals with the…

The Roman Emperor Titus has one. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered up the world’s most famous example. And the Duke of Wellington’s iconic version is the gateway to London’s Hyde Park. Now, Donald Trump wants his own ceremonial arch. And his latest architectural passion project may tell history rather more about the 45th and 47th president than…

Emily Post’s etiquette book recommended 10% for a restaurant meal in 1922. By 1997, the Post Institute was noting that 15% had been the standard in elegant restaurants and was already creeping toward 20% for excellent service. The suggested tip line on a restaurant receipt in 2025 usually starts at 18% and goes up from…

Another trumpeted achievement, another heralded occasion of momentous significance. Or it may be nothing of the sort. US President Donald J. Trump is again on the stage pulling on the strings of history. This time, attention has shifted to whether Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip will disarm, something conditional on Israel…

May El Nahrawy is Founder and Chairperson of The Marketing House, a former Board Member of the Egyptian Junior Business Association, and former Advisor for Marketing at the Alexandria Governorate. She specialises in nation branding, healthcare events, and export marketing. In Egypt, where history meets ambition, El Nahrawy has built her career around a simple…

A plain reading of the law about presidents on coins says the face of a living president should not be on currency. And yet President Donald Trump’s is, after his Treasury Department exploited a different law related to commemorative coins. The law says a president must not commit the US military into hostilities for longer…

By Ibrahim Negm Every year, millions of Muslims leave behind their homes, titles, occupations, habits, and familiar comforts to stand before God in the plain simplicity of Hajj. It is easy to describe Hajj as a journey to Makkah, but this would only touch its outer form. In truth, Hajj is a journey from noise…

It is no longer possible to view the wars raging across the world as separate crises linked only by temporal coincidence. The international landscape reveals clear interconnections among most conflict flashpoints, as if they were pieces of a single tableau reflecting the profound transformation underway in the international system. The map of contemporary conflicts appears…

Europe increasingly recognises Palestinian statehood as a political objective while watching the territory required for it being steadily eroded. European governments oppose settlement expansion, settler attacks, land confiscation and the E1 project; a growing number have recognised the State of Palestine, while some have imposed restrictions on settlement goods and services, sanctioned individuals associated with…

While warning of the rise of socialism on the left, President Donald Trump is simultaneously conducting his own experiments in economic theory, putting his nationalist spin on American capitalism. The fear of socialism is built on the idea that government intervention stifles free private enterprise, which capitalists view as the bedrock of American greatness. Trump,…

By Dr Ashraf Abul Saud In geopolitical terms, a “functional state” refers to a country that is created, supported, or leveraged by a major power to advance its political, security, or economic objectives within a specific region. By this definition, Israel’s relationship with the US stands out as one of the most enduring and robust…

Watching a Christopher Nolan film has become something of a family tradition. Whenever he releases a new movie, we make time to see it together. Last weekend, we went to VOX Cinemas at Mall of Egypt to watch The Odyssey, eager to see how Nolan would reinterpret one of the foundational works of world literature.…

In a brief post on Bluesky, American economist and writer Robert Reich drew attention to a phenomenon that is increasingly reshaping the American public sphere: the growing concentration of wealth and ownership at strategic points within the media and digital infrastructure. Reich noted that the world’s richest man owns X, that two of the wealthiest…

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Irony in its purest form. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan defected from the Ministry of Justice in 2013 joining the judicial bodies of the opposition. His reinstatement as judge…

As the world prepares to mark International Museum Day on May 18, Egypt’s museum leaders are embracing the occasion to highlight culture’s power to foster unity at a time of deepening global divisions. Osama Abdel Wareth, president of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Egypt, believes museums are no longer just guardians of the past.…

I’ve been concerned for some time now about the pace of global change. ​ This pace continues to accelerate and, frankly, under the general human radar, confronting humanity with unprecedented challenges. ​ So how do we manage what we don’t know? My simple answer is to continue to dig, research, engage, and have significant persistence…

In politics, nothing is left to chance. Egypt’s successful bid to host the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP18) in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2028 goes far beyond hosting another international conference. It gives Egypt a strategic platform to help shape one of Africa’s emerging diplomatic challenges:…

If there’s a true populist issue built for this moment in time, it might be opposition to AI data centers. Lawmakers and candidates from both parties across states are increasingly positioning themselves as critics of data center proliferation. And recent primary results suggest it’s a pretty potent issue. There is, however, one big exception to…

Islam Made Simple Dr Osama Al-Azhari Minister of Awqaf (Charitable Endowments) Dear readers, all honourable Egyptian people, and daughters and sons of the Arab and Muslims nations, welcome to a new journey with the twenty-first part of the Ever-Glorious Qur’an, into which we deeply delve, drawing from it its treasures and pearls, and pausing with…

African tech has a serious gender problem when it comes to women within leadership positions at startups, yet there has been tangible progress on this front since 2023. That is according to the third edition of “Diversity Dividend: Exploring Gender Equality in the African Tech Ecosystem”, the regular deep-dive into the state of gender diversity…

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on 7 August 2026 marks an important development in the evolution of a regional security order. Its significance, however, may have less to do with the three countries that signed it than with the fourth country that did not. For Egypt, the question…

Unless Donald Trump finds a way out of his box on Iran, history may come to regard his choice to wage war as a presidency-defining error. But he has so far avoided one potential dire mistake: massively escalating the conflict past his capacity to control it. History shows that presidents who intensify wars in pursuit…

By Ibrahim Negm There are moments in a nation’s life when polite language becomes a form of denial. Egypt is living through such a moment. Across social media feeds, court reports and everyday conversations, a troubling picture emerges: a society where trust is fraying, violence is normalising, and the race for “reach” is replacing the…

If Trump means to win the war against Iran and the Houthis to restore freedom of navigation through the world’s choke points, it is time to bring the State Department into line. The post The US should collaborate with Somaliland to break Iranian and Houthi trade chokeholds – opinion appeared first on World Israel News…

The ceasefire that took effect in Gaza in October 2025 brought a sharp decline in the intensity of fighting, but it did not end the conflict. When the US-Israeli war with Iran erupted in February 2026, international media attention shifted decisively toward the Iranian front, while Israeli military operations continued and lines of control inside…

When biologists experiment on dangerous viruses, they do so under strict regulations to prevent leaks or escapes. But no such rules exist to prevent AI agents from similarly escaping – even though the consequences could be catastrophic. That’s not a theoretical concern: An OpenAI test model escaped its test environment this week and broke into…