The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and would be followed by more negotiations within 10 days, Sisi said at a news conference in Cairo. He did not say whether the plan had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas. Sisi’s intervention came with Israel […]
Most elements of the deal have already been agreed upon, according to a senior official in the Biden administration, but two main sticking points remain. These include Israel’s demand to maintain a military presence in the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone on the Gaza-Egypt border, and the specific individuals who will be included in a […]
Biden’s official schedule was revised to make time for the White House meeting, which will also be attended by Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running to succeed him in November’s presidential election. A statement announcing Biden’s updated schedule said he and Harris would meet Monday “with the U.S. hostage deal negotiating team following the […]
In a joint statement, the US, Qatar and Egypt said Washington had presented a new proposal that built on points of agreement over the past week, closing gaps in a way that could allow rapid implementation of a deal. Mediators would keep working on the proposal, they said. “The path is now set for that […]
Talks opened in Qatar’s capital amid a wider international diplomatic bid to ease tensions that have spiked since the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. An Israeli delegation attended the Doha talks, which also involved US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington […]
There is exciting news out of Egypt! Archaeologists from Egypt and Japan have discovered an incredible 4,500-year-old ancient tomb! The amazing find was made in the Saqqara region, and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism has verified it. The tomb dates from the Second Kingdom of Egypt and is thought to have been built between 2649 […]
Many people, including those whose bread and butter thrives on uninterrupted internet service, in the northern and central regions of Pakistan recently suffered massive internet outages due to a technical fault in the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) optic fiber network. “A cut in the optic fiber has been repaired,” Amir Pasha, head of cooperate communication […]
Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) plans to build a 1,800-kilometer high-speed rail network that will be integrated throughout the country. The high-speed rail network; dubbed Suez Canal on tracks; will link the Red Sea and the Mediterranean for the safe transport of people and goods. Trains will be able to travel at a top […]
A passenger train derailed north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities have said, in the latest in a string of rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train wagons ran off the railway track by the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo; the railway authority said […]
Cairo: Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a journalist working for Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network who was held in pre-trial detention for more than four years, his brother and a lawyer told a local news channel. Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian detained in December 2016 after arriving in Cairo from Doha on vacation, was held on […]
