World
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International
9/10/2024 9:47:01 PM
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Tuesday as massive floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, while the death toll climbed to 127.
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World
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International
9/10/2024 12:48:45 PM
An estimated 600,000 people — a figure nearing half of East Timor’s population —- packed a seaside park Tuesday for Pope Francis’ final Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed during the nation’s fight for independence from Indonesia.
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World
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Africa
9/2/2024 2:08:17 PM
A massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC is mired in reports of sexual violence, forced evictions and environmental damage, climate activists said Monday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/1/2024 10:42:58 AM
Russia said Sunday that it had thwarted a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack by downing 158 drones across 15 regions, including two over the capital Moscow.
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World
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Africa
8/29/2024 5:58:06 PM
The European Union on Wednesday condemned an attack claimed by jihadist rebels that killed dozens in Burkina Faso last weekend, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/27/2024 8:41:37 PM
Sahar Zahran talks to Massad Boulos, a strategic planner for the Trump campaign’s outreach to Arab-American voters, about the upcoming US presidential elections.
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World
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War in Ukraine
8/26/2024 10:57:40 AM
Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday, and at least three people were reported killed in the attack that appeared to target energy infrastructure.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/26/2024 10:19:56 AM
Some 60 media and rights organizations on Monday urged the European Union to suspend a co-operation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of "massacring journalists" in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/25/2024 4:43:28 PM
Israeli forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing at least 71 Palestinians, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the Israeli delegation headed to Cairo for high-level ceasefire talks.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/23/2024 4:47:26 PM
The recent discovery of the first case of polio in the Gaza Strip in 25 years presents a significant challenge for health workers and aid agencies as they prepare for a mass vaccination campaign in the war-torn territory.
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Business
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Energy
8/21/2024 11:24:31 AM
An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the 30 billion Australian dollar ($19 billion) project Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/20/2024 6:22:55 PM
Despite American and Israeli expressions of “cautious optimism” regarding a ceasefire deal to end Israel’s nightmarish war on Gaza, public statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ongoing, daily massacres of Palestinian civilians by the Israeli Occupation Forces bear little hope of an end.
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World
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International
8/19/2024 5:44:28 PM
A Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal set up by ousted premier Sheikh Hasina has launched three "mass murder" probes into its founder over the unrest that forced her to flee the country, its investigator said Monday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/15/2024 4:45:00 PM
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced that its guard who killed an Israeli captive on Monday acted in a vengeful manner after receiving news that his two children were killed in one of the massacres committed by Israel.
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World
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Africa
8/14/2024 7:54:03 PM
At least 39 people are still missing following a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala at the weekend that has so far claimed 26 lives, police said Wednesday.
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World
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International
8/13/2024 2:14:19 PM
Greek emergency services battled a massive wildfire threatening Athens for a third day Tuesday after finding the first victim and thousands of people were kept away from their homes by the flames.
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World
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International
8/13/2024 12:43:57 PM
When a mass uprising forced Bangladesh’s longtime prime minister to step down and flee the country last week, a 65-year-old retired auditor who had worked for her political party feared for his life.
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Business
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Tech
8/13/2024 11:25:56 AM
Orange Egypt and Huawei announced Sunday they are collaborating to implement the first bare metal container in Egypt which will provide unique services and solutions utilizing the mass-market virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) deployment.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/12/2024 10:47:00 PM
The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Monday its combattants killed an Israeli captive and wounded two others, both women, "in two separate incidents" in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/12/2024 7:11:58 PM
Gaza officials said on Monday they had identified 75 of at least 93 Palestinians killed in an Israeli school massacre in Gaza, underscoring persistent violations of the Geneva Conventions on their 75th anniversary Monday.
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