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US freezes almost all foreign aid
World
January 25, 2025
US freezes almost all foreign aid
The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide effective immediately days after President Donald Trump issued a…
US shifts $95 million in military aid from Egypt to Lebanon
Egypt
January 7, 2025
US shifts $95 million in military aid from Egypt to Lebanon
A US State Department document has revealed that the Biden administration will divert $95 million in military aid allocated to…
US announces it will review classifying Syrian rebel leader al-Julani as a ‘terrorist’
Middle East
December 11, 2024
US announces it will review classifying Syrian rebel leader al-Julani as a ‘terrorist’
The regional spokesperson for the US State Department, Samuel Werberg, said that the US is now reviewing the classification of…
US State Department praises activist Ahmed Doma’s release
Egypt
August 23, 2023
US State Department praises activist Ahmed Doma’s release
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Tuesday hailed Egypt’s release of activist Ahmed Doma during a phone call he…
Detained Wall Street Journal reporter’s family speaks out for the first time
World
April 14, 2023
Detained Wall Street Journal reporter’s family speaks out for the first time
The family of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who the US State Department classifies as wrongly detained by Russia,…
US Secretary of State to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank
Egypt
January 27, 2023
US Secretary of State to visit Egypt, Israel and West Bank
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will visit Egypt, Israel and the West Bank, in the first visit since…
Mother identifies son as one of two Americans killed in Ukraine’s Donbas region
World
July 25, 2022
Mother identifies son as one of two Americans killed in Ukraine’s Donbas region
One of the two American citizens who recently died in the Donbas region of Ukraine has been identified as Luke…
US Senate approves sale of C130 military planes to Egypt
Egypt
March 11, 2022
US Senate approves sale of C130 military planes to Egypt
The US Senate approved the sale of C130 military aircraft to Egypt, worth US$2.2 billion, by a majority vote of…
US congressman on Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia: “We’re going to do everything we can to get her home”
Egypt
March 11, 2022
US congressman on Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia: “We’re going to do everything we can to get her home”
The detention of basketball player Brittney Griner in Russia — where she has been held for three weeks on allegations of drug…
US State Department approves an arms deal to Egypt worth more than two billion dollars
Egypt
January 26, 2022
US State Department approves an arms deal to Egypt worth more than two billion dollars
The US State Department announced, on Tuesday, its approval of an arms deal to Egypt, including radars and C-130 Super…