The Iranian and Egyptian presidents Ebrahim Raisi and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held a phone call on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Occupied Palestine and the importance of Islamic unity.

Press TV - Anofficial with the Palestinian Authority (PA) says top Israeli and Saudi officials held a series of secret Egypt-brokered meetings in Cairo, last week, as more signs emerge of warming relations between the two regimes. The unnamed official, told Emirati daily Khaleej Timeson Friday that the meetings were a significant development ...

Press TV - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has announced that he will stand for re-election in thepresidential votedue to be heldin March. I announce to you in the honesty and transparency which we are used to... my candidacy for the post of president of the republic, Sisi said at a Cairo conferencebroadcast live on state television on ...

Press TV - A newly released report says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog secretly traveled to Egypt last year to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Netanyahu, his advisers, Herzog, and a security team flew directly to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in a private plane back in April 2016,...

Press TV- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says his country supports a "united Syria" and a political resolution tothe foreign-sponsored militancy that has ravaged the Arab country for six years and killed thousands of people. Speaking of Egypt's stance on Syria, we want a united Syria, a political agreement to resolve the crisis, and reconstruction ...

Relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been characterized with serious ups and downs during the past week. Media outlets have been reporting new developments in these relations on an almost daily basis, the result of which is expected to be less cordiality in the two countries relations. It was just last week when Egypt voted positive for ...

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threw his weight behind a presidential bid by Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, voicing hope that ties would strengthen after the election. Russiais looking to take advantage of strains between Cairo and Washington, which has withheld some of its annual aid toEgyptafter ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Egypt's military chief is looking for a strong turnout in next week's constitutional referendum as a mandate to run for president. But the popular general who ousted President Mohammed Mursi and ordered a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood could be disappointed: His Islamist foes have promised a boycott and mass demonstrations aimed ...

(Reuters) - The top U.S. defense official expressed "concern" about recent developments in Egyptin a call on Sunday to Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Pentagon said. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed his condolences for the victims of a spate of recent bomb attacks inEgypt, and offered U.S. assistance to investigate the ...

(Reuters) - Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after the interior ministry accused the Qatar-based television channel of broadcasting illegally from a hotel suite together with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo have been closed since July 3 when they were raided by security forces ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- While dissatisfied with Egypt's progress toward reinstating a democratic government, the U.S. is holding out the possibility of restoring hundreds of millions of dollars in aid if its Mideast ally moves toward free and fair elections. At stake: a sizable portion of the $1.5 billion the U.S. provides Egypt each year. Much of the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, met with Egypts Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a closed-door meeting. Catherine Ashton is on a three-day visit aimed at urging reconciliation between army-backed government and opposition. A senior member of the Brotherhood, Amr Darrag, said on Wednesday that talks included ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A farmer in Southern Egypt was taken into custody after putting a military chiefs name and a military hat on a donkey, state media reported. Omar Abul-Magd was arrested late Friday as he rode the donkey through the town in Qena province, MENA news agency reported. The farmer was taken into custody for insulting General Abdel-Fattah ...