A proposal to charge vessels for services in the Strait of Hormuz, which previously drew little interest from Iran, may yet offer a way to break the deadlock and revive peace negotiations. Despite an impasse in negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said Iran is engaged in “constructive”…
صعّد الحرس الثوري الإيراني من لهجته تجاه حركة الملاحة في مضيق هرمز، معلنًا أنه لن يسمح بمرور أي دولة أو شركة تتسلم أصولًا إيرانية مجمدة، في خطوة تعكس استمرار التوتر بين طهران والولايات المتحدة وحلفائها، وتثير مخاوف جديدة بشأن أمن أحد أهم الممرات البحرية في العالم. وجاء التصريح في ظل أزمة متصاعدة حول الأصول الإيرانية…
The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Tuesday, a four-day high, while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained low, according to Kpler shipping data, amid optimism about a potential resolution to the US-Iran conflict. Traffic was still below the month’s peak of 46 vessels recorded on July 14, the…
Rumours and false claims spreading across Egyptian social media and news outlets surged by 113 percent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a report released 15 July by the Cabinet Media Centre, as regional conflict and economic anxiety created fertile ground for viral falsehoods. The report,…
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hosted two delegations from the Bank of Ghana as part of its efforts to strengthen cooperation with African central banks and exchange expertise in data management, artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and cybersecurity. The first delegation visited the CBE over several days to learn about Egypt’s experience in digital…
The charred aftermath of a wildfire in the Burguillo reservoir area near Navaluenga, west of Madrid, on Monday. Roland Lloyd Parry/AFP/Getty Images The wildfires tearing through the landscape just west of Madrid advanced more slowly overnight but remain “active and uncontrolled,” Spanish authorities said this morning. The slower pace of advance allowed firefighting teams to…
أكدت الدكتورة سهير صفوت، رئيس قسم الفلسفة وعلم الاجتماع بكلية التربية جامعة عين شمس، أن الزواج القصري يُعد أحد أخطر أنماط الاتجار بالبشر، مشيرة إلى أن الجريمة لا تقتصر على الخطف أو التهريب، وإنما تشمل كل أشكال استغلال الإنسان لتحقيق مكاسب مادية، محذرة من استغلال الفقر والجهل والأمية في الإيقاع بالفتيات داخل شبكات منظمة. وقالت…
Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic French city of Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands, on Sunday as France and Spain battled blazes that have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. About 220,000 people have been evacuated in France, while in Spain more than 75,000 people have been evacuated…
The world was never meant to shrink for 17-year-old Palestinian rapper MC Abdul. Though he grew up in a world that, to others, always seemed like it would only shrink and become smaller, a world where violence and war shrank dreams, it was the complete opposite for him. He chose to expand his world…
Egypt on Saturday called for an immediate halt to military operations and all forms of escalation, stressing the need to safeguard freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea as attacks on shipping and military sites intensified across the Gulf. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed efforts to contain the crisis…
