CAIRO, June 23 — Egypt has withdrawn the operating licenses of 16 tourism companies and referred them to the public prosecutor, accusing them of being responsible for the deaths of Egyptian pilgrims in Mecca, a crisis unit tasked with addressing the situation said yesterday.

ISTANBUL, June 12 — Egypt and Qatar received a response from Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad on a recent ceasefire and hostage swap proposal, the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Ministry said last night, Anadolu Agency reported.

ISTANBUL, June 10 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to intensify efforts to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani will lead a Malaysian delegation to Egypt and Turkiye for a working visit from May 27 to June 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) has generated total sales of RM250 million through an export acceleration mission to Egypt and Libya.

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KUALA LUMPUR,  April 13 — Like the Malay proverb, ‘Sambil Menyelam Minum Air’, a Malaysian student in Egypt went on a drive to collect nearly 200 old indigenous Nusantara books (kitab turath) written by Malay scholars from around the 1920s to the 1960s during his studies at Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul has communicated Malaysia's request to the Egyptian government, urging them to consider opening their borders to facilitate the delivery of food and medical assistance to the Palestinian people.

GEORGE TOWN, April 5 — The government has expressed its readiness to provide additional assistance for humanitarian missions to the Palestinian people after Israel allowed the delivery of aid through border crossings with the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Malaysia will be sending 100 containers with 1,358 tonnes of goods comprising various donations to Gaza through the fourth humanitarian aid mission launched today.

CAIRO, March 21 — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called Thursday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during a meeting with United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Anadolu Agency (AA) quoted the Egyptian presidency’s statement.

CAIRO, March 11 — Workers and volunteers with the non-profit organisation Egyptian Food Bank (EFB) are working non-stop to prepare free food boxes for those underprivileged both in Egypt and the neighbouring besieged Gaza Strip, as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan started on Monday, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The Ambassador of Egypt to Malaysia Ragai Tawfik Said Nasr has emphasised the urgent need for the Muslim ummah to unite in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Malaysia has agreed to increase financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after several major countries decided to stop contributing, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 22 — A five-member delegation comprising Malaysian parliamentarians, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin, is on a special visit to Egypt from February 21 to 24 to reiterate Malaysia’s staunch support for the Palestinian cause.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Plantation and Commodities Ministry intends to make Egypt an essential part of its plan to expand Malaysia's palm oil exports to the African continent through the Suez Canal Economic Zone.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 —  The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) recently held a meeting with the Egyptian Ambassador to Malaysia, Ragai Tawfik Said Nasr, to discuss Egypt’s role in supporting Malaysia’s efforts for the humanitarian crisis in Palestine and emphasised the shared commitment of the two countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Egypt welcomes the establishment of a United Nations (UN) mechanism for accelerating the provision of humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza, to address the dire situation in the besieged enclave.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — The third delivery of humanitarian aid for Palestinians through Ops Ihsan, which left at 2 am, reached the El Arish International Airport in Egypt safely at 7.50 am local time today.

CAIRO, Dec 19 — Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) declared on Monday that incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the 2024 presidential election with some 40 million, or 89.6 per cent, of valid votes, Xinhua reported.