President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held a series of meetings with Arab and European leaders on the sidelines of Paris held U.N. Climate Change Conference to discuss counter-terrorism, said Egyptian Presidential spokesperson Alaa Youssef Sunday.

Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend announced on Sunday the creation of special courts for cases involving violence against women, in order to ensure they are processed quickly.

Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sameh Shokry and his Sudanese counterpart Ibrahim al-Ghandour reasserted the strength of the relationship between their respective countries on Tuesday following a rising wave of anger in Sudan over the reported abuse of Sudanese nationals in Egypt.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Egyptian authorities to put in place a regular schedule to open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to allow for the movement of people, especially humanitarian cases.

Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it rejects statements by the UN secretary-general on the recent killings of Sudanese nationals by Egyptian border guards.

The Secretary-General has learned with concern of the detention of Egyptian human rights defender Hossam Bahgat on 8 November, reportedly in connection with an investigation in which he is accused of publishing false information that harms national interest. 

Egypt has been elected as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council for the sixth time. The election shows that the country “has regained its international weight and regional leadership,” former Al-Ahram editor-in-chief Osama Saraya told Al Arabiya News.

تتطوّر ملامح الصراع في سوريا يوماً بعد يوم، فبعد توسّع تنظيم “داعش”، تقدّمت أولويّة محاربة الإرهاب بالنّسبة إلى العديد من الأطراف السوريّة والإقليميّة على فضّ النزاعات السياسيّة بين نظام بشار الأسد والمعارضة، وانتقل الأمر بالنّسبة إلى تلك الأطراف من نزاع بين تيّارات ثوريّة أو إسلاميّة سنيّة مثل الإخوان المسلمين وبين …

The Syrian crisis has taken a turn that could allow Egypt to act as a mediator in reaching a political settlement in Syria. Several Syrian and regional players are focusing on the fight against terrorism rather than on settling their political conflicts with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its opposing forces.

Egypt officially locked a two-year, non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council after 179 of the 193 UN member states voted in favor of its membership on Thursday.