Kuwait will provide $4bn in aid to Egypt, state news agency Kuna said on Wednesday, matching pledges by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that showed Gulf Arab approval of the Egyptian army’s ousting of Islamist

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that he opposes cutting off US military aid to Egypt but vowed Washington would keep pressing for “reconciliation” in the country.

Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh received, on Thursday in Tunis, the Maghreb Social Affairs Ministers attending the 10th Session of the Maghreb Council of Ministers for Training, Employment, Social Affairs and Maghreb Community abroad.