Israel vows to fight Hamas all the way to Gaza’s southern border. That’s fueling tension with Egypt
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CAIRO (AP) — Israel faces a growing risk of damaging its peace with neighboring Egypt as its military pushes the offensive against Hamas...
Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s government faced calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies on Sunday...
Israel’s “Humanitarian” Expulsion
The Israeli right is capitalizing on the aftermath of October 7th to build support for a permanent transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza....
Palestinians starve as Gaza war rages amid fears of exodus into Egypt
Israel says its instructions to people to move are among measures to protect the population. U.N. Security Council envoys spoke of...
Egypt’s el-Sisi says future Palestinian state could be ‘demilitarised’
El-Sisi spoke after a meeting with the Spanish and Belgian PMs as they try to shore up support for a peace conference. Egyptian president...
Cairo peace summit is a long-shot to end Israel-Hamas war
Egyptian leader el-Sisi’s diplomatic challenge is that key powers such as the U.S., Iran and Israel will not be at the table. BEIRUT —...
Before hundreds of protesters were killed, Egypt debated less lethal options, report says
A decade after hundreds of Egyptians were killed in a single day when security forces dispersed a sit-in protest in Cairo, a new report...
‘If they had left us be, we wouldn’t have drowned:’
CNN investigation raises questions about Greek coast guard’s account of shipwreck tragedy The hull of the fishing trawler lifted out of...
Sudan clashes kill at least 25 in power struggle between army, paramilitaries
April 15 (Reuters) - Clashes between Sudan's main paramilitary group and the armed forces on Saturday killed at least 25 people, a...
How Egyptian police hunt LGBT people on dating apps
In Egypt, homosexuality is highly stigmatised, and there have long been allegations that police are hunting LGBT people online. Now BBC...
Iraq in the News
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