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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were in Cairo July 22 in a bid to broker a truce between Israel and Hamas after two weeks of fighting which has left over 570 Palestinians dead.

A significant part of this year's Bulgarian wheat is expected to be exported through Romania.

The reason is that Romania won a wheat supply auction in Egypt and Bulgaria couldn't participate in it.

US Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Cairo early Monday for crisis talks on Gaza, following President Barack Obama's call for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israelis and Palestinians.
      

Egypt's foreign ministry on July 20 summoned Turkey's charge d'affaires over criticism of Cairo's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas in neighbouring Gaza.
      
Turkey and Egypt withdrew their ambassadors last year after the military ousted Egyptian Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who had forged closer ties with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

More than 300 civilians, including women and children, have been killed; around 1,000 houses, schools and medical facilities have been destroyed as a result of Israeli operations on Gaza in the last 11 days.

The holy month of Ramadan is an age-old tradition that brings fasting by the day and celebrations by the night, the faithful keep their bellies empty while the sun sets ablaze, following the Prophet’s plight Once again, it’s the month of Ramadan, a month filled with centuries-old traditions and especially that of fasting during daylight hours and breaking one’s fast, feasting if yo

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to head to Turkey on July 18 to push a ceasefire in Gaza after Egyptian-mediated negotiations stalled and Israel launched a ground operation.

Cairo has been the hub of intense negotiations to end the 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel, after the Palestinian militants in Gaza rejected an initial Egyptian truce proposal.

A son of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who was sentenced to a year in prison for possession and use of hashish, was arrested early July 18 at a train station south of Cairo, security officials said.

President Abdullah Gül has urged Israel to end its military operations on Gaza Strip, warning against “massive consequences,” and called on the U.N. Security Council to make a “cogent decision to end the Israeli offensive.”

Egypt's foreign minister accused Qatar, Turkey and Hamas on July 17 of conspiring to undermine Cairo's efforts to bring about a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel in Gaza, Egypt's state news agency reported.