Egypt’s Minister of Justice, Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif, underlined the importance of Anti-Terrorism Law, the Law on Organising the Lists of Terrorist Entities and Terrorists, and recent amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Law.

Minister El-Sherif made the remarks while addressing the 42nd session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice held in Algeria, in which he noted that amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Law secured the independence of the Egyptian Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Combating Unit and bolstered its role in coordination and information sharing.

Egypt, US mull advancing co-operation in capital markets, exchanging expertise

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid met on Wednesday with Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Paul Atkins on the sidelines of his participation in the B20 USA 2026 Business Summit in Washington.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed strengthening Egyptian-US co-operation in capital market development and exchanging regulatory and technical expertise.

FM calls for revitalising Egyptian-Czech business council

Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Co-operation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty has stressed Egypt’s keenness to strengthen its distinguished relations with the Czech Republic, expand co-operation across various sectors and increase bilateral trade.

The minister remarks came during a telephone conversation on Wednesday with Czech Foreign Minister Petr Matyáš, during which the two ministers discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.

Russia, Ukraine say some progress made at talks

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reported some progress in two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi that ended on Wednesday, but US mediators said there was a lack of trust between the warring sides and differences remained on major issues, including territory.

In their ‌first peace talks for nine months, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a major release of prisoners of war, but there was little else in the way of concrete announcements after the US-brokered meetings.

Conflict must not distract from climate action, leaders warn COP31

ANTALYA, Türkiye (Reuters) – Wars and trade disputes should not be allowed to distract the world from its struggle to combat global ‌warming, leaders told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday, as negotiators prepared to hash out a new deal to try to limit climate change.

COP31 host Türkiye has been pushing countries to put a goal to expand electrification at the centre of a final deal, even as critics say it may do little to curb warming without a clearer plan to reduce the use of fossil fuels.