In a statement, Volker Türk urged authorities in Kampala to repeal it in its entirety, together with other discriminatory legislation passed into law by parliamentary majority. “Close to 600 people are reported to have been subjected to human rights violations and abuses based on their actual or imputed sexual orientation or gender identity” since being…
In a tradition that started when he served as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to shine a light on Muslim communities in distress, Mr. Guterres is slated to arrive in Cairo on Saturday, where he will reiterate his urgent calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and the cessation of violence, notably in Gaza and Sudan….
Sigrid Kaag was appointed to monitor and verify aid shipments into Gaza, in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted last month. She will also work to establish a mechanism for accelerating aid flows into Gaza through States that are not party to the conflict. Acute needs Ms. Kaag said she was in Egypt…
On the second row from the right, the top leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Shinwar, is sitting, while the Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamil is on the desk of Egypt. A delegation of the Palestinian organization ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’ (PFLP) met with the Intelligence Chief of Egypt. The delegation of PFLP…
File photo Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Egypt have been restored after which both countries have also appointed ambassadors. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, the ambassadors have been appointed to restore relations between the two countries. According to foreign media, diplomatic relations between Turkey and Egypt were severed in 2013. According…
Russia’s ambassador in Cairo, Georgy Boryshenko, has announced that Egypt has applied to join BRICS. The Russian ambassador said in an interview to the news agency that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) are working to trade in alternative currencies, whether it is the national currency of these countries or a new…
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and South Korea’s Ambassador to Egypt Kim Yong-hyun sign the agreement. A $460 million contract was signed between Egypt and South Korea for the metro train in Cairo. According to the Ministry of International Cooperation of Egypt, under the agreement, 40 trains containing 320 bogies will be provided…
The road connecting Israel and Egypt 3 Israeli soldiers were killed by firing on the border between Israel and Egypt. According to foreign media, preliminary investigations have indicated that a male and a female officer were found dead at their check post at 6 am. After the bodies were recovered, military forces arrived there and…
American First Lady Jill Biden has arrived in Cairo today where she will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife Intisar Amir. The first lady of Egypt welcomes Jill Biden at the airport, Jill Biden will meet young Egyptian scholars at Jamia Al-Azhar. This is Jill Biden’s first visit to Egypt after…
Turkey and Egypt have severed diplomatic relations since 2013; Photo: File Ankara: Turkey’s newly elected President Tayyip Erdogan agreed to restore diplomatic ties suspended for a decade in a telephone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. According to the World News Agency, after Tayyip Erdogan was elected president for the second time in a…
