Egyptian president holds talks with Libya’s interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, days after Haftar meeting.
Egypt
Prehistoric whale, known as semi-aquatic because it lived on land and sea, showed signs of an accomplished hunter.
Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Sharm El Sheikh.
The researcher and human rights activist faces up to five years in jail for ‘spreading false news’.
US to withhold $130m, less than half of $300m targeted by Congress and fraction of $1.3bn in overall security aid.
El-Sisi and Bennett discuss Israel-Palestine conflict on first official trip by an Israeli leader to Egypt in a decade.
Plan involves using Egyptian gas to generate electricity in Jordan that will then be transmitted via Syria to Lebanon.
Mahmoud Abbas says PA is ready to take ‘confidence-building steps’ and achieve calm in occupied Palestinian territories.
Personal, witness accounts of four historical events in Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, including a riot over a movie.
Najla al-Mangoush says the government is doing everything in its power to hold the vote but challenges persist.
While dozens of truckloads of construction materials were allowed in, critics say they are not nearly enough.
Egypt allows one-way traffic as Israel eases import restrictions for the besieged territory it has blockaded since 2007.
Players travelling to red-list countries would have to follow UK COVID regulations, ruling them out of club matches.
Nema Fathi says her choir group is determined to challenge taboos about women singing religious songs in public.
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