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World
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Region
4/27/2023 5:33:06 PM
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry rejected what they described as “inappropriate, false and discriminatory” remarks by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Israel’s 75th anniversary, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
4/26/2023 4:10:23 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has approved a simplified loan agreement from the French Development Agency (AFD) to the tune of €250 million to construct the Abu Qir metro project in Alexandria, read an Official Gazette statement on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
4/25/2023 2:50:56 PM
The U.N. refugee agency warned Tuesday of “further displacement” of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighboring Chad and South Sudan despite a tenuous cease-fire between the two warring Sudanese generals battling for control of the country.
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Life & Style
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Health
4/25/2023 2:49:31 PM
Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said.
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World
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Region
4/24/2023 4:12:00 PM
The Sudanese Armed Forces announced, Monday, that the operational situation is remarkably stable, stressing that it is gradually expanding its efforts to secure the capital Khartoum to avoid damaging the residential areas, according to the German Press Agency (DPA).
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World
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Region
4/24/2023 2:46:24 PM
Russia is set to host talks on Tuesday aimed at repairing ties between Turkey and Syria, with delegations from Iran, Turkey, and Syria in attendance, reported both state state-owned Turkish and Syrian news agency.
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World
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Region
4/19/2023 11:12:19 PM
The Iranian nuclear chief said on Wednesday the negotiations between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are "progressing," according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/19/2023 12:46:29 PM
Russia's FSB domestic security agency said Wednesday it had detained a Russian-Ukrainian citizen suspected of planning to "sabotage" an energy infrastructure site in annexed Crimea.
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Egypt
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Tourism
4/18/2023 6:07:43 PM
Chairman of the Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee Mohamed Othman stated that this year’s tourist season in Luxor and Aswan has been “exceptional” in the first quarter, according to remarks reported by the state-owned Middle East News Agency.
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World
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Region
4/16/2023 7:57:03 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Sunday condemned clashes in Sudan that have left dozens of civilians dead including three workers for the global body's food agency, demanding swift justice over the killings.
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World
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Region
4/16/2023 5:22:06 PM
The UN's food agency on Sunday said it was suspending work in Sudan after three staff were killed in the restive Darfur region, as fighting raged between the army and paramilitaries.
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Business
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Economy
4/16/2023 3:25:12 PM
A total of 246,100 residential units were built in Egypt during FY2021/2022, a 36.65 percent decline over the previous year, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics' (CAPMAS) Bulletin of Housing.
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World
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Africa
4/13/2023 11:05:24 PM
Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have displaced tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from disputed territory in the north of the country in recent weeks despite a peace deal agreed late last year, according to aid workers and internal agency documents seen by the AP.
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Business
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Economy
4/13/2023 5:47:51 PM
The trade exchange between Egypt and the UAE increased by 6.5 percent to $4.6 billion during the first 11 months of 2022, compared to $4.3 billion in the same period in 2021, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
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Business
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Economy
4/13/2023 4:57:12 PM
The Egyptian House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 41 billion yen ($307.68 million) concessional loan agreement with Japan to implement the first phase of the fourth line of the Cairo Metro, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
4/12/2023 9:19:02 PM
Egypt and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed on Tuesday a project document for Transforming Financial Systems for Climate in Egypt (TFSC Egypt) via a grant from the French Development Agency (AFD) worth 1.5 million Euros.
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World
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International
4/12/2023 7:52:11 PM
Spain recorded its second hottest and driest March this century, the country's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) said late on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
4/12/2023 7:39:38 PM
Inflation dropped below four percent in March for the first time since the West slammed Russia with a slew of sanctions over Ukraine, state statistics agency Rosstat said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
4/11/2023 4:03:00 PM
Around 800 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Tuesday morning, under heavy protection of Israeli police, carrying out provocative tours and performing Talmudic rituals in its courtyards, Palestinian press agency SAFA reported.
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World
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Africa
4/11/2023 10:19:37 AM
The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
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