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Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra speaks to the press with US Secretary of State John Kerry (unseen) during a press conference as part of the US/ Algeria Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, on April 8, 2015.

UN envoy in Cairo for talks as Sudan war tops 1,000 days: What to know

UN-led efforts to end Sudan’s war have stalled, with fighting continuing and negotiations making little headway.

Egyptians hold a plaque of the Muslim Brotherhood emblem which was removed from the party's burnt headquarters in the Moqattam district of Cairo on July 1, 2013 after it was set ablaze by opposition demonstrators overnight. Egypt's opposition gave Islamist Mohamed Morsi a day to quit or face civil disobedience after deadly protests demanded the country's first democratically elected president step down after just a year in office. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via G

US designates Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations: What to know

The designations of the Brotherhood's branches in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan follow President Donald Trump's executive order in November targeting the pan-Islamist movement.

Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen gives a press conference in Larnaca on December 20, 2023 talking about a humanitarian aid corridor from the Mediterranean island to war-torn Gaza. (Photo by Elisa AMOURET / AFP) (Photo by ELISA AMOURET/AFP via Getty Images)

Interview

Gaza calm could revive East Med Forum, Israel-Jordan projects: Cohen

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Israeli Energy Minister Cohen estimated that the mega gas deal between Israel and Egypt would reinforce the peace treaty and pave the way for stronger security cooperation in combating Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups and Hamas.

This photograph taken on April 26, 2023 shows the construction of the Russian-built Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin Province. - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to offset his absence from the campaign trail weeks before crucial elections by unveiling the nuclear plant by video link. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Mideast nuclear energy goals tested as Turkey, Saudi Arabia eye breakthroughs

Though the region’s nuclear energy boom was supposed to be in full swing by 2025, key projects have all fallen behind schedule or fizzled entirely — but new momentum could be emerging.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Latest News

Interview

Youth, strong AI adoption make MENA leading region for smartphones: OPPO

Lay Ren

Gulf accounted for 43% of global sovereign wealth fund investment in 2025

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's influential sovereign wealth fund, addresses the opening ceremony of the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh, on Oct. 28, 2025.

Analysis

From Sputnik to satellites: How China is pulling Egypt and Gulf into its space orbit

A platform for the satellite launcher is seen ahead of the Shenzhou-19 mission to the Tiangong space station at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in China's northwestern Gansu province, on Oct. 29, 2024.

Dale Aluf

In Amsterdam, reporting on China in the Middle East

Beatrice Farhat

Associate Editor (Lebanon)

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In London, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Mohammed Magdy

In Berlin, reporting on Egyptian politics

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics

Nada Shaker

In Cairo, reporting on culture

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan delivers his speech during an international conference on the Arab awakening and peace in the Middle East in Istanbul September 7, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR37O1J

Turkish-Arab Cooperation Forum remains in limbo

Although not officially canceled, the fifth Turkish-Arab Cooperation Forum may not be held this year.

Residents and tourists watch as smoke raises near a state security building after a blast in South Sinai October 7, 2013. Medical sources said three were killed and 48 injured in the blast near the state security building in South Sinai. A witness said it was caused by a car bomb. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX142T0

Al-Qaeda emerges amid Egypt’s turmoil

Information is emerging that al-Qaeda’s growth in the region is extending into the Sinai Peninsula and across Egypt.

Amr Moussa (L), head of the assembly writing Egypt's new constitution, speaks with El-Sayed El-Badawi (R), the head of the Wafd party, before a vote at the Shura Council in Cairo December 1, 2013. The assembly writing Egypt's new constitution voted on Sunday against an article that requires parliamentary elections to be held before presidential elections, raising uncertainty over the country's political transition timetable. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX16036

Sabahi won't run for Egypt presidency without NSF support

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Wafd Party leader Sayyid al-Badawi comments on the upcoming presidential elections, US aid to Egypt and his views on criticism directed at the current authorities.

People carry the coffin of Mohamed Reda, a first-year student in the faculty of engineering, during his funeral service at Al Sayyida Nafisa mosque in Cairo November 29, 2013. Reda was killed in clashes between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and security forces at Cairo University on Thursday, medical sources said. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX15XDZ

Egypt protests intensify after student death

The killing of a student demonstrator is stoking further confrontations between police and protesters.

Egyptian security forces detain a supporter of ousted president Mohamed Mursi in Cairo November 29, 2013. Mursi's supporters have staged frequent protests across Egypt, many of them after Friday prayers, since the army deposed him on July 3 in response to mass protests against his rule, and arrested most of the top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15XKL

Egyptian protesters detained indefinitely

Those arrested in the crackdown on supporters of former President Mohammed Morsi face seemingly indefinite incarceration.

Prominent Egyptian activist arrested for defying new protest law

Alaa Abd El Fattah is the latest activist to be arrested in a week of crackdowns that have energized protesters on polar ends of the political spectrum.

A riot police stands in front of parliament in Cairo March 7, 2013. An Egyptian court threw the timetable for parliamentary elections into confusion on Wednesday, ordering the cancellation of President Mohamed Mursi's decree calling the vote and forcing a likely delay to polls due to start in April. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS) - RTR3EP5H

Egypt’s civil parties prepare for upcoming elections

Following Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi’s announcement that parliamentary elections will be held early next year, Egypt’s civil parties are holding discussions aimed at forming alliances to guarantee electoral success.

Riot police fire a water cannon to disperse people protesting against a new law restricting demonstrations, in downtown Cairo November 26, 2013. Egyptian police fired the water cannon to disperse dozens of protesters near the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday after they defied the new law. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15TTL

Egypt’s new government repeats its predecessor's mistakes

The transitional government cannot count on the endless patience of Egypt’s public while insisting on repeating the same mistakes which ended its predecessors' reign.

Riot police detain a man, who was protesting against a new law restricting demonstrations, in downtown Cairo November 26, 2013. Egyptian police fired a water cannon to disperse dozens of protesters near the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday after they defied the new law that restricts demonstrations. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15TTK

Activists detained protesting outside Egypt Shura Council

While the president-appointed committee met to prepare the new Egyptian Constitution, activists protested outside their meeting, only to be harassed and detained by security forces.

Tear gas fired by riot police at protesters fill the air during clashes at Talaat Harab square in downtown Cairo November 26, 2013. Protesters took to the streets on Tuesday in defiance of a law passed on Sunday requiring police approval for gatherings of more than 10 people. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15U75

Egypt’s new protest law provokes demonstrations, backlash

Egyptian police use water canons and tear gas to disperse protests.

A file picture shows the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in the Swiss town of Leibstadt some 50 kilometres (31 miles) north-west of Zurich January 7, 2005. Picture taken January 7, 2005. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Files (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) - RTR2JYEZ

Egypt moves ahead with nuclear plant to address electricity crisis

Egypt's government is seeking to expedite the construction of a nuclear power plant to generate desperately needed electricity.

Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi speaks during his visit to the 6th armored division of the second army, in Ismailia October 10, 2012. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR38ZZ1

Egypt government to review Morsi pardons

The Egyptian government has announced that it will review the pardons issued by ousted President Mohammed Morsi in October 2012, with some calling this an unconstitutional step.