Noha Elhennawy February 18, 2021 - 6:45 AM
CAIRO - Libyaâs newly elected interim prime minister on Thursday held talks in Cairo with the Egyptian president as part of his efforts to galvanize support from regional powers and try to unify the fractured North African nation.
Earlier this month, Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah was elected as prime minister by Libyan delegates at a U.N.-sponsored conference near Geneva. The delegates also elected a three-member Presidential Council, which along with Dbeibah will lead Libya though national elections in December. Mohammad Younes Menfi, a Libyan diplomat from the countryâs east, was selected as chairman of the council.
WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration on Tuesday told Egypt that human rights will be “central” to its policy in dealing with the key Arab state and major American partner in the Middle East.
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-24 09:37 Share CLOSE
CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Tuesday a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during which they discussed means to advance bilateral relations and exchanged views on issues of mutual concern, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement. Shoukry affirmed the strategic ties binding Egypt and the United States, looking forward to enhancing their prospects in a manner that would serve the two countries interests, said the statement.
The two diplomats also discussed the latest developments in Libya as well as the Palestinian cause, asserting the need to continue joint work to combat terrorism and address other challenges and threats facing the region.
Will Saudi Arabia Change Its Stance On Kashmir As Imran Khan Tries To Mend Ties With Riyadh?
February 24, 2021
The Imran Khan government in Pakistan is trying to mend its ties with Saudi Arabia, which had hit a low last year. Does this mean Riyadh will change its stance on Kashmir?
While the Pakistan-Saudi relations hit a rough patch in 2020, both New Delhi and Riyadh strengthened their ties and pledged to work together in various sectors. All this while, Islamabad’s rhetoric on Kashmir has not found any takers among its allies, including Saudi Arabia.
In August 2020, cracks had surfaced in the Pakistan-Saudi relations after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had asked the Riyadh-led Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to “stop dilly-dallying” on the convening of a meeting of its Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) on Kashmir.
Published date: 23 February 2021 13:43 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks 5 days ago
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is causing controversy by ordering education officials to restrict verses from the Quran to Islamic religion textbooks in the schools of the predominantly Muslim nation.
Sisi has ordered education officials to remove the same verses from the textbooks of all other subjects, a Ministry of Education official revealed recently.
Reda Hegazi, the deputy minister of education, added that the Egyptian president had asked the Ministry of Education to allow moderate schoolteachers only to teach Islamic texts to pupils at the nation s schools. The removal of these verses will weaken the curricula, especially the Arabic language curricula