Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian Presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady said. A statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced in August that Sisi invited Bennett for an official visit to Egypt in the coming weeks. “Today, Bennett met for the first time with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel in his office in Jerusalem and spoke with him about the political, security and economic dimensions of Israeli-Egyptian relations,” the director of the Prime Minister’s Office in Israel Ofir Gendelman wrote on Facebook. Egypt was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979. Egypt and Israel were both signatories last year at the East Mediterranean Gas Forum charter, and the two are currently coordinating cooperation in natural gas and future plans to liquefy Israeli gas in Egypt for re-export.

The minister's remarks were made during her meeting with a delegation of the National Commission for Human Rights in Sudan chaired by Refaat Merghani in the presence of a delegation of the National Council of Human Rights in Egypt. The Sudanese official, for his part, lauded the Egyptian experiment in the field of enhancing human rights, terming it as a pioneering step at the Arab and regional levels. At the launch of Egypt’s 1st national human rights strategy on Saturday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced that 2022 is a year of civil society. “The launch of the first national strategy for human rights is a luminous point in Egypt’s history. “Egypt is one of the first countries that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),” he added, affirming that Egypt’s vision for human rights is based on a number of principles.

Barca were left reeling from the departure of Messi to Paris St Germain last month after the Spanish club were unable to afford to give their all-time top scorer a new contract. Nagelsmann said things were changing at Barcelona after the Argentine forward's exit but added that players like midfielders Pedri and Frenkie De Jong and forward Memphis Depay would get opportunities to shine. They don't have that extravagant style anymore without Messi, but they have players who can step out of his shadow," Nagelsmann told reporters ahead of Tuesday's game. That's something they didn't do with Messi at Barca in the past two to three years. Nagelsmann said Serge Gnabry would have to pass a late fitness test to play but Corentin Tolisso was left out due to a calf problem.

The United Nations, meanwhile, hosted a donors conference to drum up emergency funds for beleaguered Afghans who could soon face widespread hunger after decades of conflict. There are concerns that instability and upended humanitarian efforts, compounded by an ongoing drought, could further endanger lives and plunge Afghanistan toward famine. The Taliban seized power on Aug. 15, the day they overran Kabul after capturing outlying provinces in the blitz campaign. Bachelet cited “multiple” allegations of Taliban forces conducting house-to-house searches looking for specific officials in the previous government and people who cooperated with U.S. forces and companies. Many thousands of Afghans remain desperate to get out, too, afraid of what Taliban rule might hold.

Authorities have arrested a doctor who appeared in a video that went viral on social media, shown bullying a nurse and forcing him to bow down to a dog, security sources reported. After monitoring the clip on social media, the Public Prosecution asked the police to quickly arrest the doctor, examine the clip and identify the owner of the social media account that published it. Prosecutors ordered the detention of the doctor and an employee of a private hospital for four days, pending investigations, and the arrest of another doctor, accused of bullying a hospital nurse and abusing their authority over him. The suspects denied the accusations brought against them. The victim denied he was in on the joke.

Egyptian international football star Mohamed Salah scored his 100th goal in the Premier League with his 162th match in the competition. Liverpool maintained a strong start in the Premier League this season and achieved their third victory after they beat Leeds United three to zero in the fourth round of the Premier League 2021/2022. The guests ended the first half with a clean goal for Salah, who opened the scoring in the 20th minute. In the second half, Brazilian midfielder Fabinho scored the second goal after only five minutes from the start. – Liverpool team made 30 shots against Leeds, bringing the total of their shots in the Premier League this season to 100.

Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady added that the meeting also tackled the implementation status of the Grand Egyptian Museum project. President Sisi giving directives to finalize it in line with the latest techniques and trends to reflect the magnitude of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Last June, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled El-Anany, went on a tour to the Grand Egyptian Museum to inspect preparations as GEM prepares for opening. The project has reached 98% complete, with artefacts completely installed in the Great Hall and Grand Staircase. Major General Atef Moftah, General Supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project and the Surrounding Area, also revealed the details regarding the new museum being constructed besides the GEM main building to house King Khufu's boats.

A dominant feature of the latest coronavirus strain in the fourth wave is that it can infect children and spread quickly, the head of the Allergy and Immunology Department at the Serum and Vaccine Authority Amgad al-Haddad warned. Haddad stressed the need of give children over six months old the flu vaccine, while giving the elderly the coronavirus vaccine. He added adults may receive the flu and coronavirus vaccines together, provided that there is a two-week break between both. Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday reported 481 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths, and 651 recoveries. Health Minister Hala Zayed announced last week that Egypt had given 11 million doses of coronavirus vaccines so far, as it works toward vaccinating its population of 104 million.

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas was moving up the Gulf Coast on Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and storm-battered Louisiana. Much of the state’s coastline was under a tropical storm warning as the system was expected to bring heavy rain that could cause flash floods and urban flooding. “This is a storm that could leave heavy rain, as well as wind and probably flooding, in various different regions along the Gulf Coast. However, it is also likely that all of south Louisiana will see heavy rain this week, including areas recently affected by Hurricane Ida,” Edwards said. “Heavy rain, flash flooding appears to be the biggest threat across our region,” he said.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday in response to rocket launches out of the Hamas-ruled territory. The Israeli military reported three separate rocket launches late Sunday and early Monday, saying at least two of them were intercepted by its rocket defenses. In response, it said it attacked a number of Hamas targets. Hamas is pushing for Israel to end a crippling blockade that has devastated Gaza’s economy, while Israel is demanding that Hamas free two captive Israeli civilians and return the remains of two dead Israeli soldiers. Since then, Israel and Hamas have fought four wars and numerous smaller rounds of fighting.

After giving up farming in Pakistan, he had been working in Dubai as a contractor for Talabat, an online food delivery app popular in the United Arab Emirates. Ifran’s June death represents just one in a growing number of casualties among food delivery riders in Dubai, workers and advocates say, as the pandemic pushed millions of people indoors and accelerated a surge in app-based orders. The boom has transformed Dubai’s streets and stores and drawn thousands of desperate riders, predominantly Pakistanis, into the high-risk, lightly regulated and sometimes-fatal work. “For food delivery riders in the UAE, the issue of exploitation is usually on the part of the sponsor. On Dubai’s streets, more than a dozen delivery riders interviewed said they knew of two or three co-workers killed every month.

North Korea’s cruise missiles usually generate less interest than ballistic missiles because they are not explicitly banned under U.N. Nations Security Council Resolutions. “This would be the first cruise missile in North Korea to be explicitly designated a ‘strategic’ role,” said Ankit Panda, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers’ Party’s official newspaper, ran photos of the new cruise missile flying and being fired from a transporter-erector-launcher. It was seen as the North’s first missile launch after it tested a new tactical short-range ballistic missile in March. North Korea also conducted a cruise missile test just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden took office in late January.

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Late goals by Kasper Dolberg and Amine Gouiri earned Nice a 2-0 victory at Nantes to move into fourth place in Ligue 1 on Sunday. In Sunday's late game Olympique Lyonnais enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win over Strasbourg thanks to goals by Moussa Dembele, Jason Denayer and Lucas Paqueta. Montpellier are ninth after their 2-0 win at home to struggling St Etienne while Reims moved into 10th place thanks to their 2-0 win at Rennes. Troyes moved off the bottom of the table with their first win of the campaign -- a 2-0 victory at Metz. Paris St Germain beat Clermont 4-0 on Saturday to claim their fifth win from five this season.

MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was not happy with how his side defended despite their battling 5-2 victory at home to Celta Vigo on Sunday. "It wasn't a perfect night, we gifted them too much from that start," Ancelotti said. Our reaction was great and let us win the game, but we can't be gifting goals like that." However, Ancelotti refused to be drawn on the Brazilian's celebration, which has sparked criticism from supporters and pundits across Spain. The win left Real top with 10 points from four games along with Valencia and champions Atletico Madrid.

DARAA, Syria (AP) — The badly damaged old section of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, which until recently was held by opposition gunmen, appeared to slowly return to some sense of normalcy Sunday. A Russian-negotiated cease-fire deal went into effect last week to end a government siege and intense fighting in Daraa city with rebel fighters holed up in Daraa al-Balad. At the entrance of the Daraa al-Balad district, Syrian troops took position on the first floor of a heavily damaged building overlooking a main street. One person walking through Daraa al-Balad was Ahmed Kiwan, 45, who came to the area to buy scrap metal from residents. Under the deal, nearly 900 fighters surrendered their weapons and will stay in Daraa al-Balad, according to Syrian opposition activists.