Egypt partners with Google to promote 'unmatched diversity' tourism campaign    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Taiwan GDP surges on tech demand    World Bank: Global commodity prices to fall 17% by '26    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    UNFPA Egypt, Bayer sign agreement to promote reproductive health    Egypt to boost marine protection with new tech partnership    France's harmonised inflation eases slightly in April    Eygpt's El-Sherbiny directs new cities to brace for adverse weather    CBE governor meets Beijing delegation to discuss economic, financial cooperation    Egypt's investment authority GAFI hosts forum with China to link business, innovation leaders    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's Gypto Pharma, US Dawa Pharmaceuticals sign strategic alliance    Egypt's Foreign Minister calls new Somali counterpart, reaffirms support    "5,000 Years of Civilizational Dialogue" theme for Korea-Egypt 30th anniversary event    Egypt's Al-Sisi, Angola's Lourenço discuss ties, African security in Cairo talks    Egypt's Al-Mashat urges lower borrowing costs, more debt swaps at UN forum    Two new recycling projects launched in Egypt with EGP 1.7bn investment    Egypt's ambassador to Palestine congratulates Al-Sheikh on new senior state role    Egypt pleads before ICJ over Israel's obligations in occupied Palestine    Sudan conflict, bilateral ties dominate talks between Al-Sisi, Al-Burhan in Cairo    Cairo's Madinaty and Katameya Dunes Golf Courses set to host 2025 Pan Arab Golf Championship from May 7-10    Egypt's Ministry of Health launches trachoma elimination campaign in 7 governorates    EHA explores strategic partnership with Türkiye's Modest Group    Between Women Filmmakers' Caravan opens 5th round of Film Consultancy Programme for Arab filmmakers    Fourth Cairo Photo Week set for May, expanding across 14 Downtown locations    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Ancient military commander's tomb unearthed in Ismailia    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM praises ties with Tanzania    Egypt to host global celebration for Grand Egyptian Museum opening on July 3    Ancient Egyptian royal tomb unearthed in Sohag    Egypt hosts World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay for 3rd consecutive year    Egyptian Minister praises Nile Basin consultations, voices GERD concerns    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

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At least 12 militants killed in Yemen air strike
ADEN: At least 12 Al-Qaeda militants, including one wanted by the United States, were killed in a drone strike in southern Yemen, a tribal leader said in what he called one of the biggest US strikes against the group. Residents said the (...)

31 - 01 - 2012
Kuwait emir sets parliamentary election for Feb. 2
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday decreed that an early parliamentary election would take place on Feb. 2, the privately-owned Al-Rai television reported. The decision comes nearly two weeks after the emir dissolved (...)

18 - 12 - 2011
Watchdog wants Egypt to free hunger-striking blogger
CAIRO: Amnesty International urged Egypt on Monday to immediately release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for more than a month. Maikel Nabil, 25, is serving a three-year prison sentence for allegedly spreading false information (...)

27 - 09 - 2011
EgyptAir to resume flights to Libya next week
CAIRO: EgyptAir said on Sunday it would resume flights to Libya next week, seven months after the airline suspended operations to its Arab neighbor following the outbreak of an uprising in February that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Hussein Massoud, (...)

26 - 09 - 2011
Egypt changes election system in favor of party lists
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers have agreed to amend election rules, state-run media said on Saturday, but some politicians say the changes still leave too much scope for supporters of ousted President Hosni Mubarak to seek parliamentary (...)

25 - 09 - 2011
Egypt, Ethiopia to review impact of mega dam
CAIRO: Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to set up a technical team to review the impact of a $4.8-billion Nile river dam which Addis Ababa announced in March, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in Cairo on Saturday. Egypt has been worried (...)

18 - 09 - 2011
Egypt to start parliamentary vote on Nov. 21: media
CAIRO: Egypt will start parliamentary elections on Nov. 21, Al Arabiya Television and the Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Saturday, the country's first vote since a popular uprising toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February after 30 years of (...)

18 - 09 - 2011
Panamanian cargo ship sinks near Suez Canal
CAIRO: A Panamanian ship sank in the Red Sea at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal on Thursday, but the incident did not affect shipping in the strategic waterway, port officials and sources at the canal said. Officials at Egypt's General (...)

26 - 08 - 2011
ANALYSIS: Row over killings shows Egypt-Israel ties cooling
CAIRO: Egypt's stern rebuke to Israel over the deaths of five Egyptian security personnel is the clearest sign yet of cooling ties as Cairo's military rulers try to appease a newly-assertive public largely antagonistic to the Jewish state. The (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Egypt's revived anti-graft law may net Mubarak
CAIRO: Egypt's government revived an amended version of a 60-year-old anti-corruption law on Wednesday, the state news agency MENA said, in a move that could affect the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his aides. Egyptians who camped (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Arab Spring raises hopes of rebirth for Mideast science
CAMBRIDGE: Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail first proposed building a $2 billion science and technology institute in Cairo 12 years ago, just after he won a Nobel Prize. Then-president Hosni Mubarak promptly approved the plan and awarded Zewail the (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Libyan interior minister arrives with family in Egypt
CAIRO: Libyan Interior Minister Nasser Al-Mabrouk Abdullah flew to Egypt with members of his family on Monday, official sources at Cairo airport said, amid reports that he was abandoning Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi. They said the minister (...)

15 - 08 - 2011
Egypt media gains reversed by military rulers
CAIRO: Hafez Al Mirazi spent weeks preparing for his new primetime talk show on state television. But one week before "Cairo Local Time" was scheduled to start, an army general ordered it put on hold. Mirazi was told that the format for the show (...)

29 - 07 - 2011
Media gains reversed by military rulers
CAIRO: Hafez Al-Mirazi spent weeks preparing for his new primetime talk show on state television. But one week before "Cairo Local Time" was scheduled to start, an army general ordered it put on hold. Al-Mirazi was told that the format for the (...)

29 - 07 - 2011
PM taken to hospital, new cabinet delayed
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf was taken to hospital because of blood pressure problems on Monday, and the swearing in of a much-changed cabinet was delayed. Sharaf, 59, underwent medical tests in Dar Al-Fouad hospital in Cairo after (...)

19 - 07 - 2011
Egypt gas pipeline to Israel to be ready by weekend
CAIRO: Repairs on an Egyptian pipeline supplying gas to Israel and Jordan are expected to be completed by the end of the week, the state's MENA news agency reported on Sunday. The pipeline was blown up on July 4 in the third attack of its kind (...)

10 - 07 - 2011
Yemeni president not returning home soon
SANAA: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Saudi Arabia recovering from serious injuries suffered in an attack on his palace earlier this month, is not likely to return home soon, a Western diplomat said on Thursday. The United States and (...)

23 - 06 - 2011
New charges against Egypt ex-information minister
CAIRO: Egypt charged former Information Minister Anas El-Fiqi on Saturday with "deliberately causing financial harm" to the state-run Radio and Television Union, the state prosecutor said. It was the second indictment issued against El-Fiqi since (...)

29 - 05 - 2011
Egypt to open Gaza border crossing from May 28
CAIRO: Egypt will open its border with the Gaza Strip "on a daily basis" starting from May 28, the state MENA news agency said on Wednesday, to ease entry restrictions for Palestinians. The move, which is likely to raise Israel's objections, (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
Muslims rush to restore torched Egypt church
CAIRO: Mohammed Fathi worked his brush gently over an icon of Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, removing soot from its surface inside a church gutted in an attack by Islamists this month. "It takes a lot of careful work to do that," Fathi said. "We (...)

26 - 05 - 2011
Egypt orders ex-energy minister, former officials tried
CAIRO: Egypt on Saturday ordered former energy minister Sameh Fahmy and six other officials to stand trial on charges related to a natural gas deal with Israel, the public prosecutor said. The decision is part of a crackdown on graft during the (...)

25 - 04 - 2011
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