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Russia ‘getting what it deserves,’ Ukraine says, after launching counterattack in border region

CNN — Ukraine has launched a counterattack in in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, with the presidency saying Russia is “getting what it deserves.” The Ukrainian military first launched an incursion into Kursk in August and has held much of the territory it took, despite efforts by Russian and recently deployed North Korean …

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Egypt Independent January 6, 2025

Biden fulfilling promise to visit Africa as US looks to counter China’s deepening influence in region

CNN — President Joe Biden will fulfill a two-year promise to visit Africa as he departs Sunday night for Angola, a trip aimed at highlighting US investment in the continent under his watch in the face of China’s deepening inroads in the region. Biden’s three-day visit to oil-rich Angola comes at the tail end of …

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Egypt Independent December 2, 2024

Israel’s ground invasion threatens the region, says South Lebanon parliament member in exclusive interview

In an exclusive interview, a Member of Parliament for South Lebanon Elias Jaradi warned that Israel’s war against Gaza and Lebanon serves its expansionist agenda, while the US allows it to wage wanton destruction at full might. The world is witnessing a brutal war against humanity, he said, and not one against a single political …

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Egypt Independent October 4, 2024

Egypt welcomes Black & Decker’s first factory in MENA region

Hussam Heiba, CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, and a delegation from the American company Black & Decker have discussed Egypt hosting the company’s first investment outside the United States and Europe. This investment will involve setting up the first factory for the production of electrical equipment and tools in the …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2024

Jordan warns of danger for “regional war” after major flare-up between Israel and Hezbollah

The government of Jordan is warning that the heavy exchange of fire overnight between Israel and Lebanon could lead to a long-feared wider war in the Mideast involving Israel, Iran and its proxies. In a statement Sunday, the country’s foreign ministry stressed the need “to prevent further escalation and to unify efforts to de-escalate and …

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Egypt Independent August 26, 2024

Quit dating apps, Russia tells border region citizens over security fears

CNN — Russian authorities have urged people in the border regions to stop using dating apps and limit their use of social media to prevent Ukrainian forces from gathering intelligence as it presses on with its incursion into the Kursk region. Russia’s interior ministry issued the plea on Tuesday, telling residents of Bryansk, Kursk, and …

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Egypt Independent August 21, 2024

Israeli strike targeting a top Hezbollah military leader takes region to the brink of all-out war

CNN — Israel says it has killed Hezbollah’s most senior military official, Fu’ad Shukr, in a drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a populous neighborhood that is also the Iran-backed group’s stronghold. If true, Shukr would be the most high-ranking Hezbollah official to have been assassinated since 2016 when Mustafa Badreddine, the group’s …

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Egypt Independent July 31, 2024

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