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CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced prominent dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer and political movement said, a move barring him from taking part in…

Russia has “highly likely” canceled this year’s Exercise Zapad (West), its large-scale joint strategic exercise (JSE), due to the lack of available troops and equipment, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Aug.…

Algeria on Tuesday proposed a six-month transitional period led by a civilian to solve the crisis in neighboring Niger.   Niger was plunged into turmoil on July 26 when Gen. Abdourahamane…

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said an agreement between the Philippines and Vietnam on maritime cooperation will bring stability amid issues in the South China Sea.  Marcos…

CAIRO: The foreign ministers of Egypt and Tunisia met in Tunis on Tuesday for the 15th session of the Political Consultation Committee between the two countries. Egypt’s Sameh Shoukry and…

Egypt’s annual urban inflation rate rose to an all-time high of 36.5% in July, up from 14.6% in the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Agency for Public…

President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill to raise the upper age limit for military reservists eligible for mobilization by five years. The amendments to Russia’s law on military…

STATE DEPARTMENT — With Sudan’s conflict now at the 100-day mark, advocacy groups are calling on Sudan’s neighbor Egypt to ease entry requirements for refugees, saying displaced Sudanese face a dire…

A missile that hit an apartment block in Ukraine’s Lviv killed four people on Thursday, in what its mayor said was the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in the city…

Germany and Morocco reiterated the need for a UN-backed diplomatic solution Thursday to the West Sahara conflict. “We know that the Western Sahara question is particularly central to them (Morocco).…