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Egypt blocks Roblox over child safety concerns

Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation announced the ban soon after several senators called for tighter controls on the platform

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05 February, 2026
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026
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Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row

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22 January, 2026
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country's 2011 uprising who has spent the last decade behind bars, arrives following his release from prison
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Egyptian activist arrested two years after presidential pardon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 January, 2026
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Trump invites Sisi, other leaders to join 'Board of Peace'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 January, 2026
Osama Abdel Khalek, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, attends a Security Council meeting on 8 August 2022.
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Egypt calls for stronger Africa role on UN Security Council

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 December, 2025
Egyptians head to the polls to elect a new parliament during the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt, on November 10, 2025.
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Egyptians vote in second phase of parliamentary elections

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24 November, 2025
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speak to the press before a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Sharm El Sheikh
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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Egypt president Sisi blames TV dramas for high divorce rates

The New Arab Staff
20 November, 2025
A voter casts his ballot at the polling station in the Tourist Village School during the first round of parliamentary elections on November 10, 2025 in Giza, Egypt. A second-round vote will be held at the beginning of December.
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Egypt begins voting in parliamentary elections

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 November, 2025
Alaa Abdel Fattah, an Egyptian blogger and activist, sits with his family and supporters in a waiting room at Cairo's High Court prior to a hearing on March 26, 2013
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Egypt's President Sisi pardons activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 September, 2025
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Egypt's Sisi calls Israel's war in Gaza a 'systematic genocide'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 August, 2025
2-year-old Palestinian Yezen Abu Ful, whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza on July 24, 2025 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty]
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Egyptians call on Sisi to take urgent action for Gaza

The New Arab Staff
25 July, 2025
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Egypt struggles for relevance as Israel moves to conquer Gaza

Ahmed Dahaby
29 May, 2025
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Trump mentioned Suez Canal plan to Sisi earlier in April: report

The New Arab Staff
29 April, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and French Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, listen to Dr Amal Emam, CEO of the Egyptian Red Crescent
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French President Macron tours Egypt aid outpost for Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2025
Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and French President Emmanuel Macron pose together for a picture during a trilateral summit to discuss the situation in Gaza at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on April 7, 2025
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PA must head post-war Gaza, say France, Egypt and Jordan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2025
Vehicles move underneath a billboard depicting Egyptian actor Karim Abdel Aziz advertising for the Egyptian television series "al-Hashashin" (The Assassins) along a road in Cairo's eastern suburb of Heliopolis on March 3, 2024
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Egypt to crack down on 'inappropriate' Ramadan TV series

The New Arab Staff
20 March, 2025
Farouk was arrested for Facebook articles criticising the Sisi regime
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Egypt renews detention of economist Abdel Khaleq Farouk

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2025
Ethiopia starts electricity production at Blue Nile mega-dam
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Could the Nile dam dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia escalate?

Amr Emam
22 July, 2024
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Egypt jails man for 3 years for wearing ‘anti-torture’ T-shirt

The New Arab Staff
27 June, 2024
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Why Egypt has been missing in action during the Gaza war

Maged Mandour
24 April, 2024
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The real price of Egypt's €7.4 billion agreement with the EU

Lara Gibson
27 March, 2024