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A meeting between Iranian and Saudi oil ministers on the sidelines of the OPEC conference in Vienna last week has generated new hopes for cooperation and convergence in the region after years of tensions.
The devaluation of the Egyptian pound combined with rising food prices is taking its toll on Egypt. More and more people are slipping into poverty. Karim El-Gawhary reports from Cairo
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who overthrew the elected government of Muslim Brotherhood affiliated President Mohammed Morsi in a bloody coup in July 2013, has ruled the country with an iron fist ever since.