World
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Africa
3/15/2025 10:17:49 PM
The Ethiopian government says it is closely following the situation in its northern region of Tigray, where tensions between rival factions are threatening a fragile peace agreement.
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World
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Region
3/14/2025 7:15:00 PM
Syria's interim foreign minister said in Baghdad on Friday his government was ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq in the fight against remnants of the IS group.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/14/2025 12:32:30 PM
Safe-haven gold surpassed $3,000 for the first time Friday, boosted by uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariffs, while stock markets gained on hopes US lawmakers will avert a government shutdown.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/14/2025 12:00:01 PM
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump's proposed postwar plan, American and Israeli officials say.
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World
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Africa
3/13/2025 11:44:23 PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group welcomed Thursday the prospect of direct negotiations with the Congolese government to end the conflict in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/13/2025 9:11:00 PM
The Britain Palestine Project (BPP) urged the UK government to take a leading role in forming a global coalition — particularly within the Arab world — to oppose the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, defend their rights, and demand an end to the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territories, according to a statement on Thursday.
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World
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International
3/13/2025 2:07:28 PM
Veteran conservative lawmaker Constantine Tassoulas was sworn in as Greece’s new president Thursday, as the government grapples with lingering public anger over a deadly rail disaster two years ago.
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World
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Region
3/13/2025 10:49:27 AM
Canada announced plans Wednesday to ease its financial sanctions against Syria and to appoint an ambassador, as the Damascus interim government seeks international support.
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World
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War in Sudan
3/12/2025 7:15:02 PM
The African Union on Wednesday said the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risked cleaving the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of unrest.
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World
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International
3/12/2025 3:45:32 PM
Talks to form a new Greenland government tasked with mapping a timeline for independence from Denmark were to begin Wednesday, a day after elections that saw support soar for a party seeking to cut ties swiftly.
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Sports
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Africa
3/12/2025 1:09:08 PM
African soccer leader Patrice Motsepe was re-elected Wednesday and urged working with private financiers to help federations build national stadiums in countries where government budgets are tight.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/12/2025 11:17:07 AM
The White House complained Tuesday that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, as the administration continued to punish the school by yanking federal research dollars.
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World
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International
3/11/2025 5:15:22 PM
A US judge on Monday ordered billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to release its internal documents, saying the agency's work to slash the size of government has been marked by "unusual secrecy."
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/11/2025 10:18:08 AM
The government is overhauling slaughterhouses before handing them over to the private sector to operate.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/10/2025 10:18:24 PM
Central Gaza’s main desalination plant was forced to scale down on Monday due to the electricity supply cut imposed by the Israeli government on the entire strip one day earlier, depriving Palestinians of clean water.
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World
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Africa
3/9/2025 7:09:34 PM
The US State Department on Sunday ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/9/2025 6:10:50 PM
The European Union endorsed on Sunday the Arab counterproposal to US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents after European governments gave their backing.
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World
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International
3/8/2025 1:19:06 PM
With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.
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World
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Region
3/8/2025 10:37:23 AM
A Syria war monitor reported on Saturday that more than 300 Alawite civilians have been killed in recent days by the security forces and their allies, as authorities clash with militants loyal to the former government of Bashar al-Assad.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
3/7/2025 8:07:00 PM
The government is set to launch its seventh social protection package to alleviate economic pressures on low-income families.
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