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Egypt

Tough battle, but local table tennis players ready for fight at S’pore Smash

(From left) World Table Tennis match officials manager Tina Crotta, Ser Lin Qian of Singapore and Sun Yingsha of China at the draw for Singapore Smash at Resorts World Sentosa on Feb 20.
(From left) World Table Tennis match officials manager Tina Crotta, Ser Lin Qian of Singapore and Sun Yingsha of China at the draw for Singapore Smash at Resorts World Sentosa on Feb 20.

Epstein tried to build web of powerful ties across Middle East, documents show

Dubai port giant DP World's former chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, seen in this undated image with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Dubai port giant DP World's former chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, seen in this undated image with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

African Confederation Cup draw

Arne Slot says Liverpool are ‘still as good as last season’ after 3-0 FA Cup win

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty sport against Brighton on Feb 14.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their third goal from the penalty sport against Brighton on Feb 14.

For Palestinians returning to Gaza, a bittersweet reunion

Palestinian mother of three, Eatedal Rayyan, 29, sits and looks out from a window of a tent set up inside her war-damaged home, following her return from medical treatment in Egypt, after nearly two years away, in northern Gaza Strip, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinian mother of three, Eatedal Rayyan, 29, sits and looks out from a window of a tent set up inside her war-damaged home, following her return from medical treatment in Egypt, after nearly two years away, in northern Gaza Strip, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Egypt's drone deployment to border raises stakes in Sudan's civil war

FILE PHOTO: A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat aerial vehicle is exhibited at Teknofest aerospace and technology festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat aerial vehicle is exhibited at Teknofest aerospace and technology festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo

Egypt's drone deployment to border raises stakes in Sudan's civil war

A satellite image shows a Bayraktar Akinci, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, at an airport in East Oweinat, Egypt, January 9, 2026. ©2026 Vantor/Handout via REUTERS
A satellite image shows a Bayraktar Akinci, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, at an airport in East Oweinat, Egypt, January 9, 2026. ©2026 Vantor/Handout via REUTERS

Tearful Gazans finally reunite after limited Rafah reopening

Palestinians coming from the Rafah crossing from Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post. Around 150 people were due to leave the territory, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.
Palestinians coming from the Rafah crossing from Egypt arrive at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 2, 2026. Sick and wounded Gazans began crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory's Rafah border post. Around 150 people were due to leave the territory, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more than 20 months after Israeli forces fighting in Gaza closed the crossing.

Handball-Dominant Egypt ease to African Men's Handball Championship title

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Handball - Men's Preliminary Round Group B - Norway vs Egypt - South Paris Arena 6, Paris, France - August 02, 2024. Yahia Omar of Egypt reacts. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Handball - Men's Preliminary Round Group B - Norway vs Egypt - South Paris Arena 6, Paris, France - August 02, 2024. Yahia Omar of Egypt reacts. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Feb 1, said Israel

A gate at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Jan 29. The crossing will reopen on Feb 1.
A gate at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Jan 29. The crossing will reopen on Feb 1.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.