Sisi, as a champion of stability, commands the support of Western powers
It may have ended in a lame-duck session with Democrats set to lose their majority, but the first US Congress of the Obama era was prolific.
Flexing their political muscle, US Republicans have promised a string of investigations into Barack Obama’s administration.
A French judge has placed the chief executive of the Total oil group under formal investigation on suspicion of paying bribes to secure a major gas-field deal in Iran. Christophe de Margerie, who is already under investigation over the Iraq "oil-for-food" bribes scandal, was officially warned of the new accusations on Thursday night after he had spent more than a day in detention.