Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi
Abbas To Meet Egyptian Leader Ahead of Trump Talks
Mahmud Abbas will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday with ties strained between them and...
Pope Francis To Visit Egypt On April 28-29
Pope Francis will visit Cairo on April 28-29 at the invitation of the Egyptian president and the grand imam of the...
Netanyahu Offered Unity Govt As Part of Peace Bid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a plan to form a unity government with Israel's opposition last year as part...
Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal...
Trump ‘helping Gut Rights In Arab World’
US President Donald Trump's attacks on Muslims and his support for strongman leaders are exacerbating an already...
Merkel Heads To Egypt, Tunisia To Reduce Migrant Flows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit...
Sisi Defends Anti-IS Fight After Copts Flee Sinai
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has defended his country's fight against the Islamic State group, after dozens...
Egypt Lawmaker Says His Expulsion Is Warning To Opposition
An Egyptian lawmaker who was one of the few dissenting voices in parliament said Tuesday his expulsion over accusations...
More Egypt Copts Flee Jihadists In Sinai
Egyptian Coptic Christians fled the Sinai for a second day Saturday following a string of apparent jihadist attacks, as...
British FM Johnson, Egypt’s Sisi Finalise Loan Deal
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday finalised a $150...
Blind Sheikh Buried In Egypt After Dying In US Jail
Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday in Cairo for the funeral of Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh linked to the...
Egypt, Jordan Say No Concessions On A Palestinian State
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan agreed Tuesday there could be no concessions on...
Netanyahu, Kerry Held ‘secret Arab Peace Meeting’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state...
Egypt Tycoon Says To Speak Up On Political Return
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Tuesday that he is returning to politics to press for more freedoms in the...
Turkey’s Erdogan In Saudi On Gulf Tour
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday to further strengthen ties as part...
Aoun Makes First Egypt Visit As Lebanese President
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday started his first visit to Cairo since his election in October and held talks...
Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to...
Egypt Delays U.N. Vote On Settlements After Trump, Israel Urge U.S. Veto
Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli...
Egypt Picks Up Sunken Migrant Boat, Death Toll Rises To 195
Egypt picked up the recently sunken migrant boat on Tuesday with extra 26 bodies found inside to raise the death toll...