Egypt
Senior UAE official meets Qatar’s emir in rare visit
DUBAI (Reuters) -A senior United Arab Emirates official held talks with Qatar's emir in Doha on Thursday in the first...
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Sudan says Ethiopian dam made no impact on floods this year
CAIRO (Reuters) - The giant dam Ethiopia has constructed on the Blue Nile made no impact on this year's floods...
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Iraq seeks to ease Saudi-Iran hostility at Baghdad summit
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraq has invited Iran and Tehran's Gulf Arab foes to a summit in Baghdad with...
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WHO says it only has medical supplies in Afghanistan for a week
By Nafisa Eltahir and Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -The World Health Organization only has enough supplies in Afghanistan to last...
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Egypt to intensify vaccination ahead of a fourth COVID-19 wave
CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt will vaccinate all 4.5 million of its state employees against COVID-19 in August and September as it...
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Egypt to close Rafah crossing with Gaza from Monday
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is to close the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice...
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Ever Given, the ship that blocked Suez Canal in March, crosses the canal again
ISMAILIA (Egypt) (Reuters) - The giant container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez canal for six days in March,...
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Erdogan says Turkey, UAE ties improving after rare meeting
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Regional rivals Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have made progress in improving relations, which...
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Nuclear-test-ban body chief seeks to untangle challenge of ratification
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The new head of the body that would police a global ban on nuclear...
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Egyptian president invites Israel’s Bennett for official visit – Israeli statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Egypt's president invited Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday for an official visit in the next...
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Egypt rushes to build public housing for new capital employees
By Patrick Werr BADR CITY, Egypt (Reuters) - Just outside a new capital in the desert east of Cairo, the...
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Egypt’s ancient King Khufu’s Boat is moved from Giza pyramids to a new home
CAIRO (Reuters) - King Khufu's Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt,...
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Egypt’s Sisi calls for first bread price rise in decades
By Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said it was time to increase the price of...
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Erdogan tells Tunisia’s Saied that Tunisian Parliament’s work ‘vital’ -Turkish presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in a phone call on Monday that...
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Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia
(Corrects Aug. 1 story in paragraph 2 to show Ocean Viking not French but run by a European NGO, and...
Read moreEight Egyptian soldiers killed in anti-terrorism operations – statement
CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight Egyptian army soldiers have been killed in anti-terrorism operations, the armed forces said on Sunday. According...
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Libya’s combatants declare key coast road open
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya's warring sides reopened the main coast road across the frontline on Friday, a key element of a...
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Qatar names ambassadors to Egypt and Libya, says emir’s office
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Thursday named ambassadors to Egypt and Libya, his office...
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Analysis-Tunisia’s political crisis poses existential test for Islamist party
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's crisis has thrown the fate of its much-lauded young democracy...
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Ever Given, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal, arrives in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - The container ship Ever Given, which got stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in March,...
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