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And Now for a Word From Presidential Hopeful Shimmy Shimmy Coco Bot Jazz Hands...
I'm sorry, y'all. I can't crack on this greasy, pathetic sleazeball enough. But this post will not be dedicated to skewering oleaginous California Governor Gavin 'Randall-Flagg Lite' Newsom for being a complete slime whose propensity for lying and...

Mideast Countries Condemn Israeli Military Intervention In Syria's Clashes
(MENAFN- Nam News Network) CAIRO, Jul 16 (NNN-MENA) – Several Middle Eastern countries, yesterday condemned Israel's military intervention, in the clashes in Syria's southern province of Sweida among local Druze armed factions, Bedouin tribes, and...

FM holds several bilateral meetings during EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held, on Monday in Brussels, a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his participation in the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting....

Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert denounces Gaza “humanitarian city” plan as concentration camp for Palestinians
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, May 22, 2025. [AP Photo/Ariel Schalit]Less than a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US...

‘Night and Day Difference’: The Growth of Good Publishing in Egypt
Over the past year or so, I’ve been noticing a pattern in the international stories I cover—wherever there’s a gospel-centered movement, there’s a new and growing Reformed book publisher. This is true whether the population can’t afford books,...

Al-Sisi reviews Egypt’s food security, strategic commodity reserves
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with key government officials to review Egypt’s food security strategy and assess the status of the country’s strategic commodity reserves, according to a presidential statement....

Plans to relocate Gazans to a ‘humanitarian city’ look like a crime against humanity – international law expert
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are refusing to implement a government plan to move hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a what it calls a “humanitarian city” in Rafah on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir,...
Ambassador of Belarus S.Terentiev meets the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt for European Affairs
15 July 2025 On July 13, 2025, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sergei Terentiev, met with the Deputy Minister...

Palm raises over $1 million pre-seed to help Egyptians save and invest for life goals
Palm, an Egyptian fintech focused on goal-based saving, has raised over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures, with participation from Plus VC and a group of international angels, it announced today. The exact size of the round was...

Reader’s Voice: Foreign government money in the U.S.
July 13, 2025 Dear editor; This submission concerns money received from foreign governments in the U.S.. One year ago, Democratic senator Robert Menendez was found guilty in what U.S. attorney Danielle R. Sassoon called an “egregious abuse of...

Life after the Browns? Cleveland mayor wants input on future of lakefront stadium
Despite an ongoing legal battle to keep the Browns in Cleveland, Mayor Justin Bibb is asking for ideas for the lakefront without Huntington Bank Field. The city is seeking proposals from developers for up to 50 acres of publicly owned property,...

That idea about US taking over Gaza isn’t gone yet
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the U.S. take it over seemed laughable when he first proposed it in February. Now, he appears to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his side, and...

An ‘announcement to global markets that our labor is cheap’: Egypt’s first minimum hourly wage
When the National Wages Council (NWC) announced a minimum wage increase for private sector workers effective March 1, it included a new component for the first time: a minimum hourly wage for “temporary” workers. Their net hourly wage must not...

Dutch Minister says EU deal with Israel is allowing aid into Gaza; Egypt says no
Caretaker Minister Caspar Veldkamp of Foreign Affairs says that a European Union agreement with Israel has resulted in 180 trucks with emergency aid entering Gaza on Monday. Egypt said on Monday that Israel’s agreement with the EU had not yet...

Tut Group Launches Its Operations In Egyptian Market For Exporting Egyptian Products - Dailynewsegypt
(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Tut Group, a leading Egyptian holding company, has officially announced the launch of its operations in the Egyptian market, introducing the first fully integrated ecosystem dedicated to exporting Egyptian products to...

South Africa, Egypt, Botswana Others Storm Abeokuta For Africa’s U18/U20 Athletics Championships
Abeokuta is abuzz with anticipation as it prepares to host the 3rd African U18/U20 Athletics Championships, with delegations from across the continent arriving in Nigeria. Countries including South Sudan, Seychelles, and Congo have already landed...

Ultra-Orthodox Party Quits Israeli Coalition Over Draft Law Dispute
Israel’s coalition government was rocked Monday night when the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party announced its resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition over disagreements surrounding a new proposal to regulate...

2026: Ekiti can’t afford experimental governance, says deputy governor
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) gears up for its governorship primary ahead of the June 20, 2026, governorship election in Ekiti State, the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Monisade Afuye, has declared that the state can’t afford to be governed by an...
Israel sends tanks into central Gaza's Deir Al-Balah for the first time
Israeli tanks have pushed into southern and eastern areas of the Gazan city of Deir Al-Balah for the first time, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes some of the remaining hostages may be held. Gaza medics said at least three...

Egypt: Cairo International Airport welcomes 2.39mln passengers in June
Arab Finance: Cairo International Airport welcomed 2.390 million passengers on 17,919 flights during June 2025, according to an official statement. The total number of departing passengers amounted to 1.098 million over 8,934 flights during June....