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Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials in Cairo

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials in Cairo during the first such visit by a top Iranian official to the North African nation in around a decade

The Independent UK

Mother of Egyptian activist starts hunger strike to call for his release

The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist has said that she has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak

The Independent UK

Egypt and China deepen cooperation during el-Sissi's visit to Beijing

Egypt and China have signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing

The Independent UK

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Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists

Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have demonstrated for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award

The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it

The Independent UK

Here's what Biden's trip to Israel did and didn't achieve

The president's high-stakes visit served simultaneously to show the limits and the strengths of U.S. influence in the region, and the importance of America's long-standing relationship with Israel.

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The world's most powerful democracies were built on the suffering of others

United States President Joe Biden has cast the conflict between the western world and its competitors as a clash between “democracies and autocracies.” This masks the American desire for power and the complex realities of creating democracy.

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Erdogan will meet with Egypt’s el-Sissi after handshake at World Cup

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi after the two leaders exchanged a handshake earlier this month at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Tribune News Service

Brit stuck in jail in Egypt has 'deteriorated' since he started hunger strike

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt's rulers, went on hunger strike earlier this month as the UN climate conference came to Sharm el-Sheikh

Daily Mirror

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist ends hunger strike

It comes one day after he broke a water strike

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Egyptian activist calls off hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says they received a letter from him on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah breaks hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said Tuesday they received a letter from him saying he has ended his hunger strike.

France 24

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah given 'medical intervention' in prison

Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike and stopped drinking water, his family said Thursday, demanding his release. The drama surrounding his fate is coinciding with Egypt’s hosting of the U.N. climate summit.

France 24

Egypt prosecutors deny prominent jailed activist faced harm

Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country's most prominent jailed activists

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Bobby Ghosh: Tunisia’s democracy is collapsing. Biden shouldn’t just stand by

On the day Tunisia’s democracy died, it fell to a State Department spokesperson to deliver the Biden administration’s mealy-mouthed pieties. Asked about the July 25 constitutional referendum that allowed President Kais Saied to institutionalize one-man rule in the North African nation, Ned Price offered the following observations:

The Independent UK

Serbia, Egypt agree to boost cooperation amid war in Ukraine

Egypt and Serbia have agreed to boost political, economic and other cooperation as the two countries look for ways to deal with the global impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Blinken set to see Israelis, Arabs wary about Iran, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will try to use his three-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa to reassure wary Israelis and Arabs that the Biden administration is committed to the region’s security at a time when Washington is confronting multiple foreign policy challenges

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