Egypt

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived Thursday in Egypt for talks about the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip since massive October 7 attacks, the militant group said. Hamas said in a statement that its delegation...

An Egyptian official at the Rafah border crossing told AFP that the first group of foreign passport holders will be permitted to depart the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by conflict, for Egypt on Wednesday....

In response to criticism over the slow pace at which essential supplies are getting to the war-torn Palestinian territory, a senior Hamas leader on Sunday urged Egypt to take “decisive” measures to accelerate relief to Gaza....

As part of his rapid-fire crisis tour, French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo later on Wednesday, according to Macron’s office. In the process of securing...

As tensions over the Gaza conflict escalated regionally on Saturday, the national security council of Israel issued an urgent call to its residents to leave Egypt and Jordan. “Israel’s National Security Council raises its travel warnings...

According to AFP correspondents on both sides, the first of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrived in the beleaguered and war-torn Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. UN humanitarian chief Martin...

Witnesses told AFP that on Sunday, convoys of humanitarian goods piled up close to Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip because they were unable to reach the Israeli-bombed Palestinian territory. Since Tuesday, the only border crossing...

As the violence in the nearby Gaza Strip spiraled out of control, Egypt’s top diplomat Sameh Shoukry attended discussions with the director of the UN organization for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday. According to a statement from...

Egypt, the most populous nation in the Arab world, will hold presidential elections from December 10 to 12, electoral officials announced on Monday. Although he hasn’t publicly declared his candidacy, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former...

Mohamed Salah, Egypt’s star forward and resting captain, was severely missed as his team labored to a 1-0 victory over Ethiopia on Friday in the last round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. In scorching Cairo,...