Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation and Egyptian Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, met his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Istanbul on Friday.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Quadripartite Ministerial Group (R4) meeting, which brings together the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye, as well as a joint ministerial meeting between the R4 and the European E3 group, comprising France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Egypt seeks Brazilian expertise for industrial development

Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Khaled Hashem, met on Friday with a delegation from the Brazilian Association of Tooling Industries (ABINFER) to discuss the transfer of technology and technical expertise in mould and die manufacturing to Egyptian factories.

Egypt sets 2030 growth, jobs, inflation targets

Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Ahmed Rostom, said gross domestic product (GDP) would reach 6.8 per cent by fiscal year 2029/2030.

North Sinai cities get new urban development plans

Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Environment, Manal Awad, announced on Friday that detailed urban plans for the cities of Nakhl and El-Hasana in North Sinai Governorate have been completed.

Russian diesel heads to US under Trump-Putin deal

The first Russian diesel bound for the ‌US following a surprise agreement reached between Moscow and US President Donald Trump is aboard a tanker heading for New York, ship-tracking data showed on Friday.

Suspect arrested after deadly Paris-area shooting

One person was killed and four others were wounded when gunshots were fired from a vehicle in a Parisian suburb on Friday, French authorities said.

2 dead, 5 injured in coal mine explosion in Türkiye

A firedamp explosion at a private coal mine in northern Türkiye killed two workers and injured five others on Friday, two of them seriously, authorities said.