Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old looted sculpture to Egypt
THE HAGUE(RAHNUMA): The Netherlands on Thursday returned a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after the looted artefact resurfaced at a Dutch art fair in 2022. An investigation by Dutch police and cultural heritage inspectorate confirmed in 2025 the sculpture had been plundered and unlawfully removed from Egypt, most likely during the Arab Spring unrest of 2011, […]
Palestinians wait at border between Gaza and Egypt as uncertainty clouds reopening of Rafah crossing
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip(RAHNUMA): Palestinians gathered on both sides of Gaza’s border with Egypt on Tuesday hoping to pass through the Rafah crossing, after its reopening the previous day was marred by delays, interrogations and uncertainty over who would be allowed to cross. On the Egyptian side were Palestinians who fled Gaza earlier in the […]
Israel reopens Gaza’s Rafah border crossing to Egypt, with tight limits
GAZA/CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for a limited number of people on foot, allowing a small number of Palestinians to leave the enclave and some of those who escaped the war to return for the first time. The crossing, in Israeli-held territory in what was once a city of […]
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Sunday, Israel’s COGAT says
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Sunday, the Israeli government agency that coordinates civilian policy in Gaza, COGAT, said on Friday.
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to open next week, Palestinian official says
DAVOS(RAHNUMA): Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday. Ali Shaath made the announcement by video link during an event in Davos hosted by President Donald Trump, who convened a group of […]
Egypt’s president says Palestinian issue still a priority as Gaza enters second ceasefire phase
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Wednesday reaffirmed that the Palestinian cause is still “at the forefront of priorities” in the Middle East, emphasizing that peace and stability cannot be achieved in the region without a just resolution of the issue. During his address at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, El-Sisi […]
Egypt says it paid $5 billion to foreign oil partners, targets arrears cut
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt has paid about $5 billion in overdue bills to foreign oil and gas partners and aims to bring remaining arrears down to $1.2 billion by June 2026, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. Arrears stood at $6.1 billion on June 30, 2024, he said in a statement, adding the government was also meeting the […]
Egypt’s El-Sisi to meet Trump on Davos sidelines
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Egypt’s presidency said on Tuesday. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since the US announced it was launching the second phase of its plan to end the war in Gaza. El-Sisi and Trump […]
Egypt and Sudan welcome Trump’s offer to mediate Nile River dam dispute
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume US mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam. Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, last fall. It is Africa’s largest and is meant to produce more […]
US, Qatar, Turkiye, Egypt to hold Gaza talks in Miami
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will hold talks with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye in Miami on Friday on the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, a White House official told AFP on Thursday. Under the second stage, Israel is supposed to withdraw from its positions in […]
