Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his re-election as president, a Kremlin statement said.

A source in the Suez Canal said that the decline in trade flows through the Red Sea due to Houthi attacks will have a negative impact on the Egyptian economy.

The United States announced the activation of Task Force 153 on Red Sea Security, after the Houthi group in Yemen announced that it would continue to attack Israel and ships heading to it.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Elections Authority in Egypt announced the victory of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the presidential elections after obtaining 39 million and 702 thousand and 451 votes of the total valid votes, with a percentage of 89.6%.

The International Federation of Football (FIFA) imposed a financial penalty on the Egyptian club Al-Ahly, after defeating its counterpart Al-Ittihad 3-1 on Friday, in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup.

South Korea’s military issued an alert on Monday that North Korea had fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan.

The Israeli military announced on Sunday that it had discovered what it described as the “largest” Hamas tunnel to date in the Gaza Strip, located 15 stories underground.

The Russian Ministry of Emergencies announced the completion of the evacuation of Russian citizens and their families from the Gaza Strip and the completion of the latest procedures in Egypt to deliver them to Russia.

Egypt’s National Elections Authority will hold a press conference on Monday at 2 p.m. to announce the result of the 2024 presidential elections.

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday ordered the granting of special pardons to 951 convicts, leading to the release of 272 of them, on the occasion of the “December 17th Revolution” holiday.

The French newspaper “Le Monde” said that Moscow is seeking to establish a new entity under the name of “African Legion”, as part of the second phase of an attempt to impose influence in 6 countries in the African continent.

The United States insists on its position of wanting to set a time plan for military operations in the Gaza Strip despite Israeli statements that the war may last months and even years.

The Economist revealed that the 4 companies that halted operations in the Red Sea account for 53% of the global container trade.

Oil prices rose due to lower exports from Russia and increased fears of supply disruptions in the Red Sea.

The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the State of Kuwait, offered condolences on the death of the late Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Moroccan officials in Morocco have been questioned as part of a corruption investigation into the European Parliament involving Qatar and Morocco, prosecutors said on Saturday.

Trucks loaded with relief aid began entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, for the first time since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas.

Mohamed Moazab, a member of the State Advisory Council and a member of the Libyan General Congress since 2012, said that the visit of Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh to Turkey did not achieve the desired results.

Pyotr Ilyichev, director of the Department of International Organizations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that some Western countries are trying to turn Libya into a new arena for confrontation with Russia.

The official spokesman of the Houthi group “Ansar Allah”, Mohammed Abdul Salam, stated that communication is continuing with international parties regarding the operations of the Yemeni armed forces in the Red Sea, and stressed that Yemen’s position with Gaza is consistent and is not subject to any compromise.