Section: Egypt
Russia expels 35 US diplomats in tit-for-tat measures
Moscow on Friday announced retaliatory measures against the US State Department’s decision to expel 35 Russian diplomats and close two compounds used by Russian intelligence operatives. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at least 35 US diplomats will be expelled from the country, Russian news agencies reported. They include 31...
U.S. evicts Russians for spying, imposes sanctions after election hacks
President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian suspected spies and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies over their involvement in hacking U.S. political groups in the 2016 presidential election.The measures, taken during the last days of Obama’s presidency, mark a new post-Cold War low in...
Knesset summons Egypt’s ambassador to Israel over UN resolution: Israeli media
Egypt’s ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat was reportedly summoned by the Israeli foreign ministry among other ambassadors whose countries had supported the UN resolution condemning Israel’s settlement project in Palestine, several Israeli media outlets said on Sunday afternoon. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry did not publish any...
Red Sea Hotels occupancy to increase to 60% during Christmas: officials
An official at the Ministry of Tourism said that tourism occupancy in the Red Sea governorate is expected to reach 60% over the Christmas holiday, due in part to an expected influx of eastern European tourists. “We expect a high volume of tourists coming from Germany, the Ukraine, and Poland during the last days of December,” said the official....
Police break up blockade of Poland’s parliament amid political crisis
Police early Saturday forcefully broke up an hours-long blockade of exits from the Polish parliament by protesters who said ruling party lawmakers violated the constitution by illegally passing the budget for next year. The passage sparked the biggest political standoff in years in European Union member Poland and the sharpest escalation of the...
The Latest: Obama says US will respond to Russian hacking
President Barack Obama says the U.S. must and will take action against Russia in response to cyber interference with the election.Obama tells NPR News the U.S. will respond at a “time and place of our choosing.” His comments are the clearest indication to date that whatever response the U.S. is planning has not yet occurred.Obama says...
Conflict over Russia is rocky start for Trump and intelligence agencies
President-elect Donald Trump’s rejection this weekend of U.S. intelligence analysts’ conclusion that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help him win the White House is the latest in a string of conflicts between Trump and the intelligence community he will command. Most of them involve Russia, which has grown increasingly...
EU unblocks visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia
The European Union will soon let Ukrainians and Georgians visit the bloc without needing a visa after diplomats and lawmakers struck a deal on Thursday to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures.Agreement on a mechanism for suspending such visa waivers in emergencies ends mounting embarrassment for some EU...
Ties between Russia and the Taliban worry Afghan, US officials
Afghan and American officials are increasingly worried that any deepening of ties between Russia and Taliban militants fighting to topple the government in Kabul could complicate an already precarious security situation. Russian officials have denied they provide aid to the insurgents, who are contesting large swathes of territory and inflicting...
Trump complains in tweets about Chinese policy after Taiwan call raises hackles
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump complained about Chinese economic and military policy on Twitter on Sunday, showing no signs of a conciliatory approach after a phone conversation with Taiwan’s president raised hackles in Beijing. Trump’s unusual call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday prompted a diplomatic protest with the...
