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World
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International
12/28/2024 10:21:48 AM
The sinking of a vessel carrying migrants in Moroccan waters on December 19 left 70 people missing, including 25 from Mali, that country's government said on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/27/2024 8:39:00 PM
Syria’s new government will have to deal with the challenges of rebuilding the country and its political future after the fall of the regime led by former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad,
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World
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Region
12/27/2024 4:40:24 PM
Saudi Arabia will give war-riven Yemen's internationally recognized government $500 million to pay salaries and other expenses, a Saudi official said Friday.
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World
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Africa
12/27/2024 3:57:11 PM
Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said Friday that his government would submit legislation to repeal a law by former president Macky Sall granting amnesty for deadly political violence.
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World
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Africa
12/27/2024 3:25:58 PM
A Guinean opposition leader has been arrested and taken into custody for allegedly "insulting" the head of the military government in power since 2021, his lawyer and party told AFP on Friday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
12/27/2024 2:40:03 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly discussed tourism investment opportunities in Downtown Cairo with several investors on Thursday, focusing on a project to repurpose the government ministries' buildings into world-class hotels, according to the Egyptian cabinet.
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World
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Region
12/27/2024 1:22:34 PM
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected date for the early general election prompted by the collapse of Olaf Scholz's government last month.
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Business
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Economy
12/26/2024 11:02:45 PM
The Egyptian government has announced a new decision that limits the import of personal vehicles to one car per importer over the next five years starting Friday, according to the official gazette by the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade.
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World
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Region
12/26/2024 1:35:35 PM
Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.
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World
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Region
12/25/2024 12:03:19 PM
Pakistan air strikes in an eastern border province of Afghanistan killed 46 people, the Taliban government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday, as the defence ministry vowed retaliation.
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World
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International
12/23/2024 9:35:20 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.
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World
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International
12/22/2024 3:11:44 PM
German authorities received a warning last year about the suspected perpetrator in a car attack at a Christmas market, a government office said Sunday as more details emerged about the five people killed in the attack.
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Egypt
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Society
12/22/2024 2:19:27 PM
The Egyptian government targets reclaiming four million feddans by 2025-2026, aiming to attain self-sufficiency and strengthen its position as a major supporter of food security in the region, the Ministry of Agriculture Spokesman Mohamed El-Qersh said.
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World
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Region
12/21/2024 5:04:17 PM
Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, who previously operated under several aliases, including "Zaid al-Attar" and "Abu Aisha," has been appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs in Syria's recently established government, which is supported by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
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World
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War in Sudan
12/21/2024 3:17:49 PM
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have signaled a shift towards partitioning the country, announcing plans to collaborate with a new government to oversee the territories they control, Reuters reported.
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World
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Region
12/21/2024 3:07:32 PM
The United States government on Friday authorized the sale of more than $5 billion in military equipment to Egypt, which has become an increasingly close partner in mediating the Gaza crisis.
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World
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International
12/20/2024 7:17:39 PM
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures “start now.”
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World
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International
12/20/2024 6:25:58 PM
France's new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was Friday racing to name by Christmas at the latest a government to lead the country out of its political crisis but with no sign of an end to months of tensions that have rattled President Emmanuel Macron.
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World
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International
12/19/2024 8:07:31 PM
The United States was staring down the barrel of a holiday-period government shutdown Thursday after a late-hour intervention by Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatened efforts in Congress to keep the lights on through the New Year.
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World
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Region
12/18/2024 12:50:41 PM
The head of the U.N. migration agency said she was reassured by commitments she heard from Syria’s new caretaker government in meetings in Damascus, as the country seeks to rebuild after more than a half-century of rule under the Assad family.
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