Deadly Rockets Hit Israel, Messianic Believers Caught in the Crossfire
Bedouin rioters targeted Israeli motorists with rocks and burning tires as Hamas militants fired rockets into Israel, killing two people, witnesses and officials said.
Egypt
Israel, Hamas deny ceasefire expected on Thursday, as US ups pressure
Reports late Tuesday that Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip will cease fire on Thursday morning sparked a flurry of denials from all parties involved, while the White House continued applying behind-the-scenes pressure on Jerusalem to wind down the fighting.
France: Macron, Egypt’s Sisi, Jordan King to Hold Talks Seeking Mideast Ceasefire
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II will hold talks Tuesday aimed at seeking a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, the French presidency said.
Israel Army Attacks Gaza Backed By Air Strikes
Israeli troops attacked the Gaza Strip early Friday, backed by artillery, tanks, and warplanes, Israel’s military confirmed.
UN Fears “Full-Scale War” Over Jerusalem
The United Nations says it fears a “full-scale war” amid ongoing deadly exchanges between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military.
‘Dozens Killed, Hundreds Injured In Israel-Palestinian Clashes’
Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip claimed Monday that some 20 people were killed in fighting with Israel in one of the bloodiest clashes in years.
Egypt and Turkey to hold two days of talks in normalization push
Egypt and Turkey will hold two days of political consultations in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday as part of a push to mend ties between the regional rivals, the two countries said.
Abbas tells global allies he will postpone Palestinian elections
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has notified the European Union, Jordan and Egypt of his decision to postpone Palestinian parliamentary elections, originally scheduled for May 22, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday.
Iran, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia top 2020 global executioners list
Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the world’s leading executioners last year, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
ISIS execute Coptic Christian in Egypt
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has published a video showing their execution of 62-year-old Coptic Christian Nabil Habshi, who was abducted by the terror group in Egypt in November last year, International Christian Concern reports. The video was published on April 17, and the family believes the killing took place in March or early this month.
Egyptologists Find Vast Millennia-Old ‘Lost Golden City’
Archaeologists hailed Thursday the discovery of “the largest” ancient city found in Egypt, buried under sand for millennia, which experts said was one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan set for more dam talks after El-Sissi issues stark warning
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have agreed to meet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this Saturday to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi reiterated his country’s concerns about the project.
US announces more than $596 million in new humanitarian aid for Syria
The United States will provide more than $596 million in new humanitarian aide to respond to the Syrian crisis, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.
Muslim soldiers killing Christian fellow troops
Soldiers in predominantly Muslim armies have been killing their Christian fellow troops alleging they are “infidels”, Israel365 News reports. There have been reports of such murders occurring in Nigeria and Egypt, among other countries.
Christian suffer persecution through harsh laws in North African countries
Religious minorities in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco suffer persecution through the application of “harsh and disproportionate” laws, International Christian Concern reports.
Ship Blocking Suez Canal Almost Freed
A huge container ship that blocked the crucial Suez Canal for nearly a week was almost completely freed early Monday, officials confirmed.
Ever Given crisis: It may take “weeks” to unblock Suez canal; daily cargo losses $9.6 billion
Experts have said it may take weeks to move the enormous Ever Given container ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday, blocking all shipping through the vital waterway, and causing some $9.6 billion per day in lost cargo traffic worldwide, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday.
Egypt Disabled Christian Beaten For Conversion
A physically disabled Christian man was beaten in Egypt due to his conversion to Christianity and later detained by police, friends said Wednesday.
Massive ship runs aground in Suez Canal, blocks the waterway
A gigantic, fully loaded container ship has run aground and become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking all other vessels from passing through, and threatening the viability of a pandemic-beleaguered global shipping system, the Associated Press reports. The MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that transports cargo between Asia and Europe, ran aground Tuesday for reasons that were still not clear on Wednesday.
Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo
Egypt is racing to prepare a grandiose new capital city in the desert east of Cairo before the first civil servants move in this summer and ahead of the delayed official opening of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s flagship project.