SHARM EL-SHEIKH: US President Joe Biden on Friday praised Egypt for speaking up strongly on the war in Ukraine and said Cairo had been a key mediator in Gaza.
Biden was speaking as he met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the COP27 summit in the resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
“In the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Egypt has spoken up strongly in the United Nations and that is appreciated very much as well,” he said.

DUBAI: The president of the UAE and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed ways to achieve peace in the region during a phone call on Thursday.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Netanyahu, who is on track to regain top office after last week’s election, also discussed bilateral relations, Emirates News Agency reported.

Sheikh Mohamed congratulated Netanyahu on his victory in parliamentary elections and stressed the UAE’s keenness to strengthen means for obtaining peace, cooperation, and positive partnerships in the region for the benefit of all.

JERUSALEM: A far-right Israeli lawmaker, whose surging popularity helped propel former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power in last week’s general election, delivered a glowing tribute Thursday at a memorial event for an extremist rabbi assassinated in 1990.

RAMALLAH: Palestinians have expressed anger at the decision by Israeli and US authorities to build a permanent US Embassy complex in Jerusalem on land they say was illegally taken from them.

The project will comprise the mission building, offices, staff housing, parking lots and security buildings.

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s divided parliament failed on Thursday to elect a new president for the fifth time, with the post vacant since the mandate of Michel Aoun expired last month.
A new session will be held next Thursday, Nov. 17.
Independent Michel Moawad was the frontrunner in the 128-seat parliament with 44 votes on Thursday, still far short of the two-thirds majority — or 86 ballots — needed to win.
Parliament is split between supporters of the Hezbollah movement and its opponents, neither having a clear majority.