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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/16/2022 9:29:23 AM
Several explosions rocked Kyiv early Wednesday, according to AFP journalists in the city, with emergency services saying two residential buildings were damaged and two people wounded.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Focus
3/15/2022 9:07:19 PM
The architecture of many older buildings in Alexandria is symbolic of how Egypt’s Levantines were once part and parcel of the country’s cosmopolitan character, writes Farah El-Akkad
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/7/2022 12:19:54 PM
Even as Russia announced a ceasefire starting Monday morning and the opening of humanitarian corridors in several areas, its armed forces continued to pummel Ukrainian cities, with multiple rocket launchers hitting residential buildings.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/2/2022 7:33:14 PM
Cairo has a population density of 500 people per feddan and Giza has 100 people per feddan, with residential and non-residential buildings taking up 70 percent of the urban area, Minister of Housing Assem El-Gazzar said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/2/2022 3:50:15 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Wednesday that any removal of residential buildings to carry out national projects is always accompanied by compensation for the affected residents.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
3/1/2022 10:52:15 AM
More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram.
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Egypt
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Society
2/10/2022 5:39:16 PM
Egypt will stop providing all forms of state subsidies, including subsidised bread, rationing system, and fertilisers to those constructing new buildings illegally on farmland, in a new bid to put a brake on the decades-old issue, the cabinet stated.
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World
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Region
1/18/2022 6:55:47 PM
Survivors of twin earthquakes in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 people said Tuesday they had to spend the night without shelter in plummeting temperatures, after hundreds of buildings were damaged in the tremor.
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Egypt
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Society
1/12/2022 4:11:00 PM
Egypt’s official gazette published on Wednesday a cabinet decree to legalise the status of 50 unlicensed churches and 91 Christian service buildings that had been operating without a permit.
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World
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International
1/6/2022 6:39:11 PM
Burnt-out cars littering the streets, government buildings in ruins, bullet casings on the ground -- residents of Kazakhstan's largest city were in shock Thursday after their sleepy nation suddenly erupted into violence.
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World
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International
1/6/2022 10:12:18 AM
Security forces in Kazakhstan killed dozens of protesters trying to storm government buildings overnight, police said Thursday, after a Moscow-led military alliance agreed to send forces to help quell mounting unrest.
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Egypt
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Society
12/31/2021 4:57:00 PM
You know it's that time of the year when you see all those lights hanging throughout Shubra's main commercial streets, on the buildings, and across shop windows. It's Christmas time.
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World
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Africa
11/13/2021 8:46:10 PM
An Islamic State-linked extremist group blamed for killing thousands in Nigeria and neighboring West African countries has killed four members of the Nigerian army, including a general, the army said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
11/7/2021 11:02:36 PM
A cabinet committee tasked with legalising the status of unlicensed churches in Egypt approved on Sunday the legalisation of 63 churches and Christian service buildings that had been operating without a permit, the cabinet announced in a statement.
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World
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International
10/12/2021 1:17:14 PM
A strong earthquake has jolted the Greek island of Crete, three weeks after another temblor killed a man on the island and damaged hundreds of buildings.
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World
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International
9/26/2021 7:52:12 PM
Firefighters were gaining the upper hand Sunday on a forest fire that displaced thousands of people and destroyed more than 100 buildings near Shasta Lake in Northern California.
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World
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Region
9/12/2021 12:43:29 PM
F-16 warplanes fired six missiles towards the coastal road in western Rafah city, causing damage to nearby buildings.
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World
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Region
9/1/2021 5:52:23 PM
'Sixty percent of the buildings do not comply with the anti-seismic standards and will be seriously damaged' in the case of a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, the head of the city's risk management department Reza Karami
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World
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Region
8/23/2021 10:57:34 AM
Human Rights Watch noted that the attacks damaged buildings, left dozens of people homeless and destroyed scores of businesses
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World
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International
8/21/2021 8:06:12 PM
Since the hardline Islamist group seized power six days ago, government buildings, banks, schools and universities have remained largely closed
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