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Egypt blocked activists planning to take part in a march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel's blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it could begin. Egyptian authorities and activists both said Thursday that people planning to march across the Sinai Peninsula were deported. To draw attention to the humanitarian crisis afflicting people in Gaza, marchers have for months planned to trek about 50 km from the city of Arish to Egypt's border with the enclave on Sunday to create international moral and media pressure to open the crossing at Rafah and lift a blockade that has prevented aid from entering. Saif Abu Keshek, one of the activists organising the march, said that about 200 activists mostly Algerians and Moroccans were detained or deported. But those arriving to the Cairo International Airport on Thursday afternoon were allowed into Egypt, the Spain-based activist added. Organisers have not received approval from ..

Egypt is constructing a new administrative capital, located approximately 45 kilometres east of Cairo, to alleviate the congestion and pollution of the current capital

Egypt had been using its NFAs, which include foreign assets at both the central bank and commercial banks, to help prop up its currency since at least September 2021

President Joe Biden's top Middle East adviser on Tuesday held talks in Doha with senior Qatari leaders on the efforts to complete a cease-fire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas as well as Qatar's prime minister meeting this week with Iran's president, according to a US official. White House senior adviser Brett McGurk's talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani come after the prime minister's Monday visit to Tehran to meet with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian. The talks also come as cease-fire talks aimed at winning at least a pause in the war between Israel and Hamas are shifting to Doha this week after several days of intense negotiations in Cairo. A round of high-level talks ended Sunday without a final agreement. But talks continued at lower levels Monday in an effort to bridge remaining gaps. Those working-group level talks are now expected to resume Wednesday in Doha. It was not

For a start, the balance of global trade has shifted toward Asia, with China, India and Southeast Asia all being important consumption economies in addition to their long-standing role in production

All have been hit by a largely spontaneous, grassroots boycott campaign over Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since the deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel on October 7

US State Secretary Antony Blinken affirmed the immediate halt of Hamas attacks on Israel and de-escalation of war

PM Modi & Egypt's President discussed ways to further deepen partnership between two nations, including in trade, investment, defence, security, renewable energy, cultural, & people-to-people ties

Hotel occupancy during first half of 2022 was 52.6 million nights, a 63.65% rise compared to 32.2 million nights in first half of 2021, said the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Egypt met with its Defence Minister, General Mohamed Zaki on Tuesday in Cairo

The United Nations has welcomed the first commercial flight from Yemen's Sanaa airport to Cairo

The iconic Tahrir square is the pivot around which all of Cairo seems to flow