Egypt beat Germany 31-26 in the quarter-finals of 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the first time an Egyptian handball team has appeared in the semi-final, making this team's generation the most successful and Egypt a potential medal winner.
The half-time lead (...)
The Egyptian men's handball team finished in style their group stage campaign after beating Bahrain 30-20 on Sunday to set up a clash against Germany in the quarter finals of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Egypt overcame a slow start to finish the first (...)
Egypt's handball icon Ahmed El-Ahmar said on Sunday that the Pharaohs do not fear any opponents as they are on a quest for an Olympic medal.
Egypt will take on Germany in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Olympic Games on Tuesday.
They finished (...)
The Egyptian men's handball team have booked their place in the quarterfinals of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games after beating Sweden 27/22 in the 4th matchday of Group B Games.
The Pharaohs dominated their foes in the first half, going to the locker room (...)
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has on Thursday named ambassadors to Egypt and Libya, his office announced in a statement, as the Gulf Arab state moves to improve ties with some regional states.
Salem bin Mubarak Al-Shafi was named the (...)
Israel has been reinstated to the African Union two decades after it was ousted from the 55-nation pan-African bloc shortly after the union was formed in 2002 under pressure from the then Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
Today Israel celebrates what (...)
Egypt's buying of U.S. treasuries recorded $2.2 billion at the end of May, recent data by the U.S. Department of the Treasury showed.
This makes Egypt becoming the eighth largest Arab holder of U.S. treasuries, capturing a 0.8 percent share.
Arab (...)
A new study suggests that a Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection from COVID-19 among the elderly, raising questions for dozens of countries that have given the Chinese company's shots to their most vulnerable populations.
A survey of blood (...)
Israel's foreign minister announced Monday he will soon visit Morocco on a trip aimed at cementing the budding diplomatic ties between the two countries.
The trip by Yair Lapid, expected in mid-August, will mark the first visit to Morocco by an (...)
اقتحمت الشرطة الفرنسية مقر تدريبات وإقامة فريق فيكتوريوس البحريني في طواف فرنسا للدراجات مساء أمس .
وقامت الشرطة بتفتيش مقر إقامة الفريق في الفندق ولم يتم القبض على أحد.
Breaking: Police raid Bahrain Victorious hotel at Tour de France #TDF2021 (...)
Google has announced the list of startups for the second cohort of the 'Google for Startups Accelerator Middle East and North Africa'.
The three-month digital accelerator programme is aimed at Seed to Series A technology startups based in the (...)
The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday become the first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel, as its envoy hailed the trade and investment opportunities that closer ties would bring at a flag-raising ceremony also attended by Israel's (...)
The UAE opened its embassy in Israel, on Wednesday, in an official ceremony that marked the latest step under a normalisation agreement brokered by the US last year.
The UAE's Ambassador to Israel Mohammed Al Khaja described the opening of the (...)
On his first foreign trip since his enthronement last year, the Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq Al-Said landed in Neom – northwest of Saudi Arabia – on Sunday. This is also the first visit by an Omani ruler to Saudi Arabia in many years.
All (...)
Raya Contact Center Services Company (RCX), a subsidiary of the Raya Holding Group for Financial Investments, announced, on Monday, that it has acquired an 85% stake in Gulf CX, with a transaction value of $12.2m.
The move comes after Raya Call (...)
Last Saturday, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the 3 July naval base in Gargoub equidistant from the border with Libya and the Mohamed Naguib military base, opened in July 2018 west of Alexandria. The 3 July naval base, now the largest (...)
Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli and Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem inaugurated the 52nd Cairo International Book Fair (30 June-15 July) at the Egypt International Exhibitions Centre (EIEC) in New Cairo. Held under the auspices (...)
"Coming Together", a dual exhibition of paintings by Georges Bahgory and Jordanian artist Fady Dawoud, is currently showing at Picasso
gallery in Zamalek.
Born in 1984, Fady Dawoud grew up among artists, his father being the owner of Al-Balqaa (...)
The World Health Organization said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorized for emergency use should be recognized by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travelers.
The move could challenge Western countries to broaden (...)
According to the Israeli foreign ministry, Yair Lapid will be inaugurating Israel's Embassy in Abu Dhabi, meeting with senior Emirati officials, including Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and attending a trade expo where Israeli (...)
This week, as part of an ambitious diplomatic scheme to rework inter-Arab relations, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi made a rare visit of an Egyptian head of state to Iraq. "It is the first visit to Baghdad by an Egyptian president in 30 years," the (...)
Bahrain's investments in Egypt stand at $3.2 billion, through 216 projects in the country, Bahraini ambassador to Cairo said on Sunday.
Speaking at the Egyptian Bahraini Forum held in Cairo, Ambassador Hisham bin Mohammed Al Jowder said Bahrain is (...)
Israel's top diplomat will travel to the United Arab Emirates next week in the first official visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf state since the two countries established diplomatic relations last year.
Yair Lapid, who was sworn in last week (...)
Kuwait forward Bader Al Mutawa made his 185th international appearance on Friday to overtake ex-Egypt skipper Ahmed Hassan as the world's most-capped player.
Al Mutawa, 36, took part in Kuwait's clash against Bahrain in the FIFA Arab Cup qualifiers (...)
Amr Osman is director of the National Fund for Drug Control and Treatment of Addiction, and assistant to the minister of social solidarity. Osman has long been involved in drug prevention. He is a former director of the Drug Prevention Programme at (...)
