October 3, 2026

Politics

Ethiopian parliament names new pres.

The Ethiopian parliament on Monday voted for Taye Atske Selassie as the country’s new president, succeeding the current president Sahle-Work Zewde.

The newly-appointed president was sworn in before members of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representati…

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Cairo, Tehran mull over Mideast situation

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Monday discussed over the phone the rapid Middle East developments, mainly Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

During the phone conversation, the Egyptian foreign minister…

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Tunisia’s Saied on threshold of 2nd term

As polling stations closed across Tunisia on Sunday evening, preliminary estimates showed that President Kais Saied won 89.2 percent of votes, Ayachi Zammel 6.9 percent and Zouhair Magzhaoui 3.9 percent.

The estimates are usually identical by 95 perc…

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Saudi King undergoes medical tests

The Saudi Royal Court announced on Sunday that King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was undergoing medical tests due to lung inflammation.

The tests were recommended by the Royal Clinics, the Saudi Press Agency reported this evening, citing a statement …

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Egypt denounces ‘Deir al-Balah’ massacre in Gaza

Egypt has denounced the massacre carried out by the Israeli army in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, which led to numerous civilian casualties and injuries, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.

In its stat…

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