Joint Egypt-Palestine committee calls for end of ‘Israeli siege on Gaza’
This is the first time the committee has convened in nine years and comes ahead of talks at the level of the foreign ministers
UPDATE: Al-Sisi interview part of ‘systematic media campaign’ to promote ‘candidate of the State’: Analyst
Irresponsible protests will lead to the collapse of the state, says Al-Sisi
Misr Al-Hurreya Party endorses Sabahy for president
Party joins group of political movements giving the Nasserist candidate their vote of confidence
Ministers of Electricity and Petroleum apologise for continued power outages
Ministers call on Egyptians to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours
Amr Moussa meets with high-ranking American officials in Washington
Moussa visited “a number of research centres”, politicians ahead of presidential elections
Conflict over coal still smoldering
As cement factories make preparations to begin importing coal amidst an energy crisis, environmental and health groups protest
Israel gas field partners sign LOI on exports to Egypt LNG plants
Egypt, facing its worst energy crunch in years, is scrambling to secure adequate fuel supplies to avoid popular anger over power cuts.
Death toll rises in Ukraine, fresh warnings of civil war
Kiev and its Western backers see Moscow’s main aims as making sure Ukraine’s east holds a planned “referendum” on Sunday calling for autonomy, and sabotaging all possibility of a nationwide…