Monthly Archives: April 2025

As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another

Muhamad Yehia ..Cairo WASHINGTON  — The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of personal loyalty. The latest turmoil threatens to engulf the Pentagon, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out top advisers and …

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Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

 Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukraine’s president, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prolonging the “killing field” after pushing back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a potential peace plan. Zelenskyy on Tuesday ruled out ceding territory to Russia in any deal before talks …

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire a missile at northern Israel, the first time for the group to reach there

Muhamad Yehia ..Cairo  Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, the first such attack by the group to reach the area as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen. Sirens sounded …

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Moroccans Protest Ship Suspected of Carrying Us Fighter Jet Parts to Israel

More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found. Dockworkers and organisations supporting Palestinians in Gaza said in …

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Putin hails the pope’s ‘highly positive attitude to Russia’

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Eiffel Tower goes dark in a tribute to Pope Francis With clouds descending over the last glimmer of the setting sun, the Paris monument extinguished its sparkling lights for a moment of memory. Bells of mourning tolled across predominantly Catholic France when the pope’s death was …

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More from the pope’s final will and testament

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo In the short text, Pope Francis decreed he would be buried in a simple underground tomb — with only “Franciscus” written on it — at St. Mary Major Basilica, home to Francis’ favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, to whom he was particularly devoted. Francis thanked …

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Nigeria’s president mourns a pope who ‘challenged the powerful’

Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and is home to around 30 million Catholics, roughly 14% of the country’s population. President Bola Tinubu, who is Muslim, said Pope Francis was “a steadfast advocate for the developing world.” “He challenged the powerful to act with justice, called …

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Francis was a revered figure in war-battered Gaza

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo In the past year and a half of war, Francis became increasingly outspoken in his criticism of the Israeli military’s harsh tactics. A month into the war, he urged an investigation into whether Israel’s war amounted to genocide — a charge Israel vehemently denies. In December, Francis expressed his …

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Live updates: Vatican says Pope Francis died after cerebral stroke

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Cause of death: The Vatican says Pope Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. The death was confirmed Monday by Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, the head of the Vatican’s health department. Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had …

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 Turkish investments in Africa stand currently at US$10 billion

Wagdy Abdelaziz Prof. Dr. Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade, Republic of Türkiye, has stressed that his country attaches great importance to strengthening international trade partnerships in light of the current global economic challenges. He pointed out that Turkiye seeks to establish new frameworks of cooperation based on transparency and reducing …

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