Egypt's top female Greco-Roman wrestler Samar Hamza kept her winning streak alive by taking the gold medal at the Ivan Yargin Grand Prix, held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in the women's seniors 76kg weight category. The 26-year-old skillfully beat (...)
The world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L) collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (...)
Thomas Cook on Sunday morning is holding last-ditch negotiations with major players in a bid to avoid a collapse that will affect 150,000 UK holidaymakers abroad and put 9,000 British jobs at risk.
The British travel company is at risk of falling (...)
According to the 2017 Global Terrorism Index produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace in New York, the costs of terrorist acts reached a grim $84 billion in 2016. Countries embroiled in conflict suffer the highest economic impact of (...)
أصدر الكينج محمّد منير برومو عمله الفنّي المصوّر الجديد تحت اسم "أفرح بالحياة" يوم الأحد الواقع في الخامس من شهر تشرين الثاني 2017، على أن يصدر الكليب كاملاً في الفترة القريبة المقبلة.
"أفرح بالحياة" إخراج ياسر سامي، كلمات نصر الدين ناجي و ألحان (...)
Egypt, represented by the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), will host the Arab and African preparatory meetings of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2016 (WTSA 16).
The (...)
يستعد الفنان رامي عياش لإحياء حفلين غنائيين كبيرين بمناسبة عيد الحب خلال شهر فبراير .
يقدم عياش، الحفل الأوّل في "Hotel Le Royal Hammamet" بتونس يوم السبت 13 فبراير، كما يقيم الحفل الثاني في "InterContinental Cairo Citystars Hotel" في مصر الأحد 14 (...)
The resignation of 32 MPs from the Nidaa Tounes Party in November, and more recently of others from the party's parliamentary bloc, has thrown into relief the divisions wracking Tunisia's ruling party and could lead to its main rival, the Islamist (...)
After Tunisia's successful completion of the political transition process in 2014, 2015 was expected to usher in economic and social reforms that w ould promote the aspirations for human dignity and social justice that had originally fired the 2011 (...)
بعد النجاح الباهر الذي حققه السوبر ستار راغب علامة في قرطاج تونس الأسبوع الماضى، عاد مجدداً إلى تونس لكن ليطل هذه المرة من مدينة الحمامات التونسية، حيث أحيا مساء السبت الموافق في 29 أغسطس الماضي حفلاً غنائياً ساهراً في فندق The Club- Hammamet. (...)
The blood on the sand has washed away, but the damage inflicted on Tunisia by a few terrifying minutes of gunfire at a beach resort will be deep and lasting.
The tourism industry, the lifeline for the north African country's economy, is likely to be (...)
Tour operators from across Europe are evacuating their customers from Tunisia and cancelling travels to the country following the terror attack at a beach resort that left 39 people dead Friday.
British travel companies Thomson and First Choice say (...)
On the roof of a concrete building in an impoverished Tunis neighborhood, hip hop beats pound out from a PC hooked up to cheap speakers.
Under graffiti-daubed cloth, young men in sweatpants and baseball caps breakdance, popping and locking (...)
A haze continues to envelop the political and security situation in Libya due to sharply conflicting reports. On the one hand, Libyan army units backed by armed supporters of retired General Khalifa Haftar announced that they were in full control of (...)
Egypt has formulated an approach to the complex crisis unfolding in its westerly neighbour, but must rally local and international support for its ideas, says Egypt's foreign ministry point man on Libya
Ambassador Mohammad Badr Al-Din Zayed, (...)
Ambassador Mohammad Badr Al-Din Zayed, assistant foreign minister for neighbouring countries' affairs, is the top Egyptian official dealing with Libya. I met him in his office in the ministry, following his return from Libya.
During our (...)
On Thursday 22 August, during the International Festival of Hammamet, security forces interrupted the performance of Tunisian rappers Weld el 15 and Klay BBJ, arresting them for allegedly insulting security forces in their songs.
In a video by the (...)
Egyptian Sports Minister El-Amry Farouk has congratulated Ahly for winning the African Handball Winners' Cup and promised them a warm reception.
The Red Devils defeated Tunisia's AS Hammamet 31-18 in the final on Saturday in a one-side game that was (...)
‘The Relationship between the State and Religion in the Arab World' was the title of a recent seminar, organised by the Swedish Institute in Alexandria and the Centre for Arab Unity Studies in Beirut.
The seminar, attended by 65 high-level scholars (...)
A few hours before Lotfi Abdeli was due to stage his play "Made in Tunisia, 100 per cent halal" last month, hundreds of Salafi Muslims who believed the show was offensive to Islam occupied the open air theatre and began to pray.
The play, a satire (...)
Europeans in white bath robes saunter across the marble lobby of a luxury hotel on the Tunisian island of Djerba, heading for a spot of relaxation at the spa or a few hours' soaking up the sun on the resort's pristine beaches.
At breakfast, the (...)
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki urged Arabs to rehabilitate their security institutions, insisting on the necessity of "radical, swift and real reforms" as he opened the 29th Arab Interior Ministers' council in Hammamet, Tunisia on (...)
CAIRO: Deputy Interior Minister Prince Ahmad stressed keenness of the Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, to provide the best possible service for the Arab nation and promote cooperation among Arab Interior Ministers in the (...)
Summer needs ambitious musical projects to give Egypt energy. Despite a few attempts by art institutions to endorse the music scene, the Ministry of Culture still needs to give more attention to this field
In many corners of the world, summer is the (...)
Ati Metwaly assesses the seasonal fever
In many corners of the world, summer is the time for festivals. Theatre, dance and music are among the dominant themes of these annual events, which attract millions of viewers in countries all across the (...)