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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis delivers a speech during Thessaloniki’s international trade fair, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, September 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)
September 6, 2026, 6:40 pm
Greek premier, leaning into Israeli defense cooperation, courts Arab states as well
Days after inking $3.5b deal with Israel for air defense help amid shared Turkey concerns, Kyriakos Mitsotakis to visit Egypt this week, says he’s planning Saudi trip soon
By DEMETRIS NELLAS
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, center right, and his wife Entissar Amer, right, welcome China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan as they arrive at Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt, for an official visit to Egypt, September 1, 2026. (Khaled Desouki/Pool photo via AP)
September 1, 2026, 10:13 pm
China’s Xi arrives in Egypt amid US sanctions threat over Iran links
Egyptian and Chinese banks could be hit by Washington’s boosted sanctions regime; Beijing seeking to prop up relations with US-friendly nations ahead of Xi-Trump meeting
By Menna Farouk and Mary Yang
US envoy Jared Kushner (left) and Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya (right) in a photo montage. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP; AP/Khalil Hamra)
August 16, 2026, 6:33 pm
Kushner meets Hamas chief in Egypt in push for Gaza disarmament; IDF continues strikes
Hamas says it will only begin disarming if Netanyahu publicly commits to plan, diplomat tells ToI; Egyptian, Turkish and Qatari mediators also present; after his first meet with terror group head since ceasefire, Kushner flies to Israel
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Screen capture from undated video of Egypt's new defense headquarters, 'The Octagon.' (ON network)
July 5, 2026, 5:14 pm
Egypt inaugurates new ‘Octagon’ defense headquarters
President Sissi lauds massive command center’s capabilities, thanks Trump for ceasefire agreements in Gaza and Iran, says Palestinian statehood key to regional peace
By ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrives for the official greeting ahead of a work lunch as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
June 16, 2026, 11:26 pm
At G7, Egypt’s Sissi urges Israel to abandon plans to expand control of Gaza
Report says US blocked fresh IDF operation in Gaza as witnesses inside enclave claim IDF has expanded area under occupation; 2 brothers reported killed in Nuseirat strike
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel-Fatteh el-Sissi delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
March 6, 2026, 12:28 am
Sissi says Egypt in ‘state of near-emergency’ as Iran war threatens economy
Egyptian president warns price-gougers could be tried ‘in military courts,’ as shipping companies, seeking to avoid Strait of Hormuz near Iran, no longer pass through Suez Canal either
By AFP
A billboard across the road depicting US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with the slogan "together in peace" is pictured in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 14, 2025. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
January 17, 2026, 5:16 pm
Egyptian President Sissi thanks Trump for offer to mediate with Ethiopia
Cairo and Addis Ababa in years-long dispute over sharing water from Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which would double electricity production in Ethiopia
By AFP
A depiction of the planned high-speed rail line in Egypt. (Siemens Mobility)
December 24, 2025, 9:04 am
Workers begin laying tracks for Egypt’s high-speed rail megaproject
Described by transportation minister as the ‘new Suez Canal on rails,’ country’s first high-speed train will link Red Sea with Mediterranean, is set to be completed in 2026
By Nada ABOU EL-AMAIM
A handout released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi in New York on September 18, 2017. (HO/AFP)
December 12, 2025, 9:56 pm
Sissi not planning to meet PM without changes in conduct toward Egypt – official
Official says unresolved disputes over Gaza, Rafah Crossing and security make summit with Netanyahu unlikely despite interest from Jerusalem, Washington
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2018. (Avi Ohayon / PMO/ File)
December 12, 2025, 2:37 am
Netanyahu planning Cairo trip to sign multibillion-dollar gas deal with Egypt
Senior US source confirms to ToI that Israeli officials are working with American diplomats on preparations for trip, which would be PM’s first official state visit to Egypt in 15 years
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27, 2018. (Avi Ohayon / PMO/ File)
December 7, 2025, 10:15 pm
White House said to be pushing for summit between Netanyahu and Egypt’s Sissi
US nudging Israel to sign off on stalled major gas deal with Cairo to ‘create a warmer peace’ as it encourages Jerusalem to offer economic incentives to potential allies
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Visitors tour the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo on May 5, 2025. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 31, 2025, 5:27 pm
Egypt set to open grand Giza museum, more than two decades in the making
Billion-dollar project, which chronicles 5,000 years of history, was set to open in July, but ceremony was pushed off due to Israel-Iran war
By Sophie Pons
US President Donald Trump (C) and other world leaders pose for a group photograph at the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)
October 13, 2025, 11:51 pm
At Sharm summit, Trump and world leaders sign up for peace in Gaza, with Netanyahu absent
In speech, US president urges world leaders to join Abraham Accords; leaders sign document said to lay out groundwork for Strip’s future
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog during an arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 13, 2025, 2:43 pm
Netanyahu turns down last-minute invite to Egypt summit, citing upcoming holiday
PM said to back out of Trump-brokered visit for fear of criticism over being seen with PA’s Abbas, Turkey’s Erdogan; Indonesia denies president to arrive Tuesday for historic visit
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
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