Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat to global energy supplies.

29 countries sign global AI pact

Twenty-nine countries signed on Thursday an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organisation (WACO), an intergovernmental body that China claims aims to foster international cooperation and global governance in artificial intelligence.

Egypt seeks to boost Czech tourist arrivals, investment

Egypt’s Tourism Minister Sherif Fathy held talks in Prague on Thursday with Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček on ways to strengthen cooperation and increase tourist arrivals from the Czech Republic.

Egypt eyes regional healthcare hub with two new medical cities

Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met on Thursday  with representatives of Inventure Group to discuss cooperation on developing two major medical cities in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital and New Alamein City.