President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had called on Egyptian lawmakers to authorize military assistance to the kingdom, saying any support would be defensive.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt in Jakarta last week. The National Defense Council, which Mr. el-Sisi leads, said Egypt would provide support to defend Saudi Arabia.
Archaeologists said that they had found jars from a shipwreck as much as 4,700 years old, with black residue inside. Outside experts were skeptical but intrigued.
The Iran-backed group’s attacks have disrupted sports tournaments and threatened business events that the kingdom has long used to attract investment and raise its profile.
Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, has been rocked by Houthi attacks in recent weeks that have forced the authorities to close the city’s main international airport.
The two nations fought alongside each other during a brutal conflict in Tigray that left hundreds of thousands of people dead just a few years ago. Now they are on the brink of fighting each other.
Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police on patrol aboard a pickup truck as they continued operations after federal forces pushed back the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front in Mekelle, Ethiopia, last week.
Rising demand for copper has fueled interest in Bougainville’s Panguna mine, which has been shut for four decades. Yet some fear a rush to reopen risks a return to violence.
Workers clearing debris within a former processing plant as part of preparations to reopen the Panguna copper and gold mine.
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