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US-Egyptian cooperation should go beyond security, al-Sissi

Egyptian President Fatah al-Sissi Sunday urged the United States to expand its cooperation with Egypt beyond security and counter-terrorism. At a meeting with CIA boss John Brennan, the Egyptian President called on Washington to diversify its ties with his country and expand cooperation to social, cultural and intellectual realms. Egypt and the U.S. have strong […]

UK court rules migrant deportation flights to Rwanda are legal

London’s High Court ruled Monday (19 December) that the government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, whereby the decision comes as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stakes his future on stopping a record number of migrant arrivals in small boats. Under a deal struck by the British government with Kigali in […]

UN warns Congo’s M23 rebels war could spill over to region

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that the ongoing war between the central government of DR Congo and the M23 rebels in the east could spiral into a regional war. Guterres rang the alarm bell as 178,000 people were forced to displace amid a surge in M23 insurgency in the past two weeks. Tutsi-led M23 is […]