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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict should be preserved, at a press conference in Cairo on Wednesday.

Friendly phone calls, an invite to the White House, a focus on Islamic militancy and what Donald Trump called “chemistry” have set the tone for a new era of warmer U.S.-Egyptian ties that could herald more military and political support for Cairo.

Hamas has met with Egyptian officials to discuss security coordination, and the results of the meetings were “overall positive,” a top Hamas official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

Contents: Egypt’s air force accused of bombing rebel targets in South Sudan; Egypt accused of ‘dirty deal’ to sabotage an Ethiopian dam project

A political crisis is brewing in Egypt, as the High Administrative Court (one of three bodies that effectively fills the role of Supreme Court in Egypt) shot down a plan by the administration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to hand over a pair of disputed Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.

Hamas and the Egyptian government have agreed on a series of measures to alleviate the blockade on the Gaza Strip, a senior official in the movement told Breitbart Jerusalem.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved a law to set up a council headed by his appointees that oversees the media and ensures compliance with “national security” requirements.

Ahead of a possible second attempt Friday to vote on a UN Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlements illegal, Breitbart News sources speculated that Russia could use its veto to kill the measure, even if the United States would not.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has instructed Egypt’s U.N. mission to postpone a Security Council vote on a draft resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, a western diplomat told Reuters on Thursday.

Islamic State supporters vowed revenge when Egypt executed militant leader Adel Habara by hanging on Thursday.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadist group has reportedly claimed responsibility for carrying out a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 and wounded an estimated 49 others inside a Coptic Christian Church in the Egyptian capital Cairo during Sunday service.

Contents: Egypt’s Christians demand revenge after Sunday’s church bombing; Italy’s bank crisis seems likely to cost thousands of people their savings

Contents: Furious Turkey vows revenge, as PKK/TAK takes credit for Istanbul bombing; Terror bombing of Coptic Christian church in Cairo Egypt kills 25; Europeans call Cairo bombing ‘terror’, but not the Istanbul bombing

Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority.

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has denied what it said were Arab media reports about an Egyptian military presence in Syria.

Contents: Egypt to send troops to Syria to aid Bashar al-Assad and Russia; Egypt rejects its former benefactor, Saudi Arabia, in favor of Russia and Iran

The highest court in Egypt has quashed the life sentence imposed on the country’s former president, Mohamed Morsi, of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB).

Egypt’s public prosecutor has brought before the military judiciary 292 suspected Islamic State militants, some of whom are accused of plotting to assassinate President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised US President-elect Donald Trump and said he expected greater engagement in the Middle East from his administration, in an interview with Portuguese media.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned on Tuesday a death sentence against deposed President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered a retrial.

The administration of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has reportedly discovered a cache of weapons and raided five bomb factories in connection to a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) plot to carry out terrorist attacks.

Riot police and armored vehicles filled the otherwise empty streets of central Cairo early on Friday as security forces built up a heavy presence in anticipation of popular protests over deteriorating economic conditions.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke to Donald Trump on the telephone on Wednesday, congratulating him on his victory in the U.S. presidential election and seeking to foster closer diplomatic ties, an Egyptian presidency statement said.

Contents: Egypt, in economic crisis, sharply devalues currency in order to get an IMF loan; Egypt’s government says that ‘the luxury of delay is not available’

An Egyptian judge who tried former president Mohamed Mursi in 2015 survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a parked car exploded as his vehicle drove by, the interior ministry said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi came under fire for telling a group of young Egyptians, in a discussion about the country’s flagging economy, that his “refrigerator was empty for 10 years.”

The Egyptians are looking to replace Cairo as their capital city, and they’re considering a $20 billion offer from China to build it.

As Egypt braces for austerity reforms, the military has expanded its economic role, at times helping President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi assuage the impact of rising prices on the country’s poor.

The European Union (EU) is watching the migrant situation in Egypt after an increase in sea crossings and following claims from Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that five million migrants are residing in the country waiting to cross the Mediterranean.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently visiting the United States, will separately meet U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Sunday, campaign sources and Israeli officials said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s address to the United Nations General Assembly was focused on economic issues, with a surprisingly strong critique of globalism.

The support offered by the Coptic Church to Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi ahead of his trip to the U.S. has been used by Islamists and other opposition groups to criticize the Egyptian leader.

Egyptian media leaders and distinguished members of the Egyptian parliament met with members of the American media and foreign policy community Tuesday to discuss how to mend the relationship between the United States and Egypt.

During an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “OutFront” on CNN, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stated that “Islamic rhetoric” must be corrected, and we should use the term “Islamic extremism” because “It is really important that we state the truth, so that

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Israel to “write a bright page” in Middle East history and make peace with the Palestinians.

JAFFA, Israel – Coptic Pope Tawadros’ call on his followers in the United States to welcome Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi upon his visit to the United Nations headquarters next week has split the community.