World
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Africa
2/24/2024 10:47:28 PM
Polls suggest South Africa will face a historic turning point in a national election in May as the ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time since coming to power in the country's first all-race vote at the end of apartheid in 1994.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/16/2024 2:53:30 PM
Egypt was elected as a member of the African Peace and Security Council (PSC) for the 2024-2026 term, receiving an overwhelming majority of 44 out of 46 votes in the elections held on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
2/11/2024 2:12:28 PM
Egypt's leading real estate developer Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG) has completed the final acquisition contract for a majority equity stake of 51 percent with full management rights in seven state-owned hotels, the TMG said in a disclosure statement to the Egyptian Exchange on Sunday.
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World
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Africa
2/10/2024 9:49:37 PM
Firebrand leftist politician Julius Malema on Saturday accused the ruling ANC of neglecting the country's ills as he launched the party's electoral campaign ahead of a hotly contested poll that could cost the ruling party its parliamentary majority.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
12/19/2023 10:32:32 PM
Beltone Financial Holding, a prominent Cairo-listed investment company, has announced its subsidiary Beltone Capital is in the process of acquiring a 51 percent stake in the National Seeds Company (NSC) for EGP 150 million, according to a statement by Beltone on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
12/18/2023 11:45:26 AM
Nearly 70% of Iran’s gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage — a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported.
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Egypt
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Health
11/27/2023 3:37:38 PM
Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar revealed on Sunday that a majority of the injured Palestinians arriving in Egypt from Gaza for treatment are children, while approximately 43 percent are women.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/22/2023 4:14:01 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron will on Wednesday discuss "the situation in the Middle East" with foreign ministers from major Arab and majority-Muslim countries, his office said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/21/2023 8:04:06 PM
A majority of South African lawmakers on Tuesday voted in favor of a motion calling for the closure of the Israeli embassy and the cutting of diplomatic ties until Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/19/2023 8:45:36 PM
Top foreign policy officials from the Palestinian Authority and four Muslim-majority countries will visit China on Monday and Tuesday, Beijing announced, as the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza claims thousands of civilian lives.
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World
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International
10/17/2023 11:58:19 AM
Three opposition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation's weekend parliamentary election, putting them in a position to take power, according to a complete ballot count reported Tuesday.
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World
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International
10/2/2023 7:38:08 PM
Serbia said Monday that its troop numbers are back to normal near the border with Kosovo, which accuses it of trying to annex the Serb-majority north, following deadly clashes there which brought a warning from the United States.
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World
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International
10/2/2023 2:49:18 PM
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Monday accused Serbia of trying to annex the country's Serb-majority north and said that recent deadly clashes were part of the plan.
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World
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International
9/30/2023 10:09:23 PM
The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday that some 186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, the vast majority in Italy.
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Egypt
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Presidential Elections 2024
9/21/2023 9:35:30 PM
Farid Zahran, Chairman of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said he is ready to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential election after gaining the support of the majority of the party's higher council.
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Egypt
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Presidential Elections 2024
8/23/2023 9:14:00 PM
Egypt's parliamentary majority party Mostaqbal Watan (the Nation's Future) announced that it would give its backing to President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi should he decide to run in the 2024 presidential election.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
8/22/2023 3:13:14 PM
A majority shareholder in Egypt's largest tobacco producer Eastern Company has received offers from foreign investors for the acquisition of up to 30 percent of its stake in the company, according to a bourse statement on Tuesday.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/3/2023 8:10:52 PM
The sale of the majority stake of the Charlotte Hornets from six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan to Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall has been finalized, the team announced Thursday.
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World
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Region
8/3/2023 12:42:14 PM
The vast majority of over 55 countries that made submissions to the U.N.’s highest judicial body which will give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories supported the Palestinians view that Israel is taking over land they seek for an independent state, their U.N. ambassador said Wednesday.
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World
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Region
7/29/2023 3:40:18 PM
The leader of Lebanon’s Shia militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow the desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam's holy book.
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