Parliamentโs International Trade Committee approved two proposals on Thursday to offer Jordan and Egypt loans worth โฌ500 million and โฌ4 billion respectively.Committee on International Trade Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
For Mette Frederiksen, controlling “mass migration” is just as important as deterring Russia.
Without power, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza could find themselves without drinking water.ย
The Arab-backed plan would cost $53 billion and see the Gaza Strip rebuilt over five years and would avoid displacing Palestinians.
Amman this week welcomed the first convoy of sick and injured children from Gaza.ย
Trump vindicated the French president on self-reliant defense. But with Putin looming, the hard work starts now for Europe.
Greenpeace argues European-backed projects hamper countriesโ ability to decarbonise their own economiesEuropean countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to โgreenwashโ their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant on…
The countriesโ leaders clarified their โshared positionโ that Palestinians should not be displaced from Gaza just a day after the king of Jordan met with Trump.
Russia, Turkey and Egypt also among worst perpetrators of transnational repression around the globeA quarter of the worldโs countries have engaged in transnational repression โ targeting political exiles abroad to silence dissent โ in the past decade, …
An aide-mรฉmoire to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from a former adviser to Tony Blair.
Concerns are growing about talks on the second phase of the cease-fire deal.
U.S. president claims no American soldiers will be needed for โone of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.โ
โI think we all agree that it should require the consent,โ Danny Danon said.
U.S. president is pressing countries to take in Palestinians by threatening to cut aid, but it’s too dangerous for Arab leaders to accept that blackmail.
British prime minister said Palestinians “must be allowed home” to rebuild.
U.S. president faces outrage from Arab countries and key European capitals over his โdangerousโ proposal that Palestinians should be removed from the coastal enclave.ย
Russia, with 1.6 million tonnes of urea imports, is the EUโs second-largest supplier of urea after Egypt, which led with 2.1 million tonnes in 2023, according to Argusโ data.
An Italian navy ship on Saturday took migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome. It was the third failed attempt by Giorgia Meloniโs far-right government to process migrants in the non-EU country. A…
As part of the cease-fire deal, Israel and Egypt on Saturday opened the Rafah border crossing, which has been closed for months.
Calling the project a “clamorous failure,” Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, said the prime minister should resign.
Friday’s restarting of EU-supervised checks had initially been expected for early February.
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The deal is the latest in a series designed to shore up regional governments and pave the way for deportations.
The new directive puts some aid organizations at risk of bankruptcy.
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activistsโ efforts to save themBulgarian authorities have been accused of ignoring emergency calls and obstructing efforts to rescue three Egyptian teenage boys, who later…
U.S. president would like to see Arab countries take in more Palestinian refugees.
โIโd like Egypt to take people,โ Trump said. โYouโre talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, โYou know, itโs over.โโ
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive Friday to rejoin a global anti-abortion pact.
Ukrainian president issues warning after Russiaโs leader said he was โready for negotiationsโ with US counterpart on the war. What we know on day 1,067See all our Ukraine coverage Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has warned that his Russian co…
The โstop-work ordersโ appear to apply to US aid for all countries except Israel and Egypt.
Three Israeli hostages were released Sunday.
The deal marks the first pause in hostilities in the 15-month war.
Israeli PM says Palestinian militants are “creating a last-minute crisis.”
European glass fibre producers target Egypt-based Chinese makers in trade complaintย
The much-touted solution to Europe’s migration crisis houses only Italian police โย who have taken to adopting stray dogs and sunbathing.
Joe Biden has long expressed an admiration for Carter, a sentiment that was palpable in the presidentโs statement Sunday evening.
Carter’s one-term presidency was marked by the highs of the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, bringing some stability to the Middle East.
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The nationโs 39th president left a long meaningful legacy after a difficult four years in the White House.
Hamas is to blame for raising last-minute obstacles, per White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.
Brussels pursues more economic partnerships in return for tougher border control after pacts with Egypt and Tunisia stall
After a violent and reckless start, the crown prince is transforming his kingdom on the Gulf.
Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned the incursion. Saudi Arabia said the move would “ruin Syria’s chances of restoring security”.
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The next few months will be pivotal for the Atlantic alliance. A fragmented Continent will struggle to meet the moment.
Trump also said in his post that the countries “can go find another โsucker!โ There is no chance that the BRICS will replace the U.S. Dollar in International Trade, and any Country that tries should wave goodbye to America.”
Energy ministers from seven EU countries have backed the initiative.
The right-wing prime minister has a โstrategyโ to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.
Visiting doctors share eyewitness accounts after a U.N. inquiry accused Israel of war crimes by targeting Gaza’s health system.
The Gulf country’s move comes after the U.S. reportedly said it would no longer accept the presence of Hamas representatives in Qatar.
Arrival of 8 asylum seekers from Egypt and Bangladesh will test Italian governmentโs deal with Tirana
The members of the United Nations Security Council must step up and do their duty.
Beijing’s tech is more concerning than reports of Russian space nukes, said General B. Chanceย Saltzman.
UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said the vote opposes the UN charter and violates international law.
Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement as efforts to defuse the devastating, more than year-long war resumed in Qatar with the directors of the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency taking part.
This is the US Secretary of State eleventh visit to the region since Palestinian Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on 7 October, triggering the Gaza war.
Rome’s flagship scheme to send migrants to offshore detention centers in Albania has hit an immediate legal hurdle.
The court said the 12 migrants in the new Albanian facility of Gjader had to return to Italy because their countries of origin — Egypt and Bangladesh — could not be considered safe.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to convene a Cabinet meeting on Monday to address the issue.ย
All 16 migrants set to be returned from Albania to Italy after their countries of origin deemed unsafe.
Doha has long held a close relationship with Hamas and is widely seen as a key figure in the mediations.
European taxpayers finance ill-treatment and forced expulsion, an investigation found.
Havana wants to become part of the growing team of emerging economies.
Haim Regev said his country would “prevail and win” militarily during an exclusive interview with POLITICO, but fretted about Israel’s “legitimacy war” on the global stage.
Every administration has to readjust to respond to world events, but the Israel-Hamas conflict has been particularly disruptive to Bidenโs other foreign policy efforts.
France and Germany have joined calls for a tougher EU migration policy following a series of far-right election wins.
Belgrade mayor wants Titoโs remains moved back to his native Croatia, triggering a debate hotter than a Balkan summer.
Jonathan Freedland, Hadley Freeman and David Aaronovitch resigned after articles by the newspaper’s freelance journalist Elon Perry falsely alleged that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar planned to smuggle himself and Israeli hostages out of Gaza through the b…
More than 40 migrants lost their lives trying to cross the Channel since the start of the year.
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday (12 September) of using strategic bombers to strike a civilian grain vessel in a missile attack in Black Sea waters near NATO member Romania, escalating tensions between Moscow and the military alliance.
Fallout over Libyan central bank governorโs dismissal presents immediate challenge for Sisi and ErdoฤanA new alliance between Egypt and Turkey designed to end a long-running dispute over events in the Middle East faces it first major test in the shape …
“If there is a desire of Ukraine to carry on with the negotiations, I can do that,” Russian president said.
Recent optimism has deflated and worries mount that tensions between Israeli leadership and Hamas will only continue to increase.
Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday (1 September) following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country’s leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives.
The Italian leader isnโt too eager to hang her hat with the Euroskeptic far right โ at least not just yet.
Try not to wreck the economy.
Martin Vladimirov is director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Center for the Study of Democracy. Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the countryโs energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, the state-owned gas monopoly BOTAล would now be able export around [โฆ]
Spain says the bid by the Hungarian company โ formerly a Russian subsidiary โ poses a risk to national security.
As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, keeping the lights on is becoming a national security priority.
Exhaustion and want โ the two key ingredients for successful peace talks โ are as absent in Kyiv as they are in the Middle East.
The countries buying oil transported by these dark vessels could be more receptive to nudges, as they, too, face significant risks.
โI believe that the success of our operation yesterday prevented an escalation to a major war,โ Michael Herzog said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought during a whirlwind trip to the Middle East to inject urgency into efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire deal, but departed the region on Tuesday (20 August) with an agreement between Israel and Hamas still elusive.
Negotiators are headed back to Cairo this week to see if they can convince Hamas to agree to the bridge proposal.
Russian leader met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev this week.
โIt is time for it to get done,” says top U.S. diplomat as he arrives in Israel.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday (18 August) on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts.
Lee Weiner helped lead the protests in 1968. Now heโs smoking weed in Ron DeSantisโ hometown.
Washington has put forward a “bridging proposal” toward an accord, but Hamas is dismissive of the proposition.
The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah military facilities in the area.
Mediators hope to close a deal at next weekโs talks in Cairo.
Hamas said Friday (16 August) the Palestinian group rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire plan the United States presented after two days of talks with Israeli negotiators in Qatar.
Washington presents โbridging proposalโ meant to resolve key gaps between Hamas and Israel.
Paris inspires Polish government.
Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday (16 August) in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave.
American, Egyptian and Qatari leaders emphasize the urgency of restarting cease-fire negotiations.
Hamas said on Wednesday (14 August) it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the Palestinian group afterwards.
Israeli intelligence believes Tehran will strike within days, according to reports.
Companies are anxiously wondering: Can we get hotel rooms? What about the autocratic regime hosting? What if Trump wins?
More attuned to the Democratic Partyโs progressive wing, Harrisโs position is, if anything, more reflective of a changing America.
Israel’s military said it struck an โactiveโ Hamas command center in the attack, which came during dawn prayers at the school.
Joint statement urges resumption of peace negotiations next week.
In rural Colombia, a converted bus and a 30-strong interdisciplinary team are bringing basic healthcare services to pregnant women affected by poverty.
