Amid tremendous efforts from the government to revive local tourism, Egypt was announced as the number one destination among a list of 15 countries, which international billionaires plan to visit in 2019, according to a study held by Business (...)
Referees should not penalize players for making contact with their opponents inside the penalty area unless it is a legitimate foul, Leicester City defender Harry Maguire has said.
Maguire, 26, believes defenders should be allowed to mark their man (...)
England manager Gareth Southgate hailed an “electric” Raheem Sterling as the Manchester City forward, not long ago a target for boos, scored his first international hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of the Czech Republic on Friday.
A slick England attack (...)
A knee problem has forced Manchester United forward Anthony Martial to withdraw from the France squad for this month's Euro 2020 qualifiers against Moldova and Iceland, the French Football Federation (FFF) said on its website.
Martial, who is (...)
This past weekend saw the last of the national finals, so now all of the contestants for the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv are known. Some are already making waves. Here's our rundown.The host country announced last: representing Israel at the (...)
The 69th Berlin International Film Festival will see four worthy individuals honoured with the Berlinale Camera including US producer and IFP founder Sandra Schulberg, Wieland Speck, who headed the Berlinale's Panorama section for many years, French (...)
صدم وزير الخارجية الأمريكي مايك بومبيو رواد مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي الأتراك في آخر تغريداته على موقع "تويتر"، والتي أظهرت خريطة الدول التي تدعم زعيم المعارضة الفنزويلية خوان جوايدو، الذي أعلن مؤخرا توليه رئاسة البلاد بشكل مؤقت.
لم يكن دعم جوايدو هو (...)
For years, scientists have raised concerns about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. Facebook said it chose Germany because of its position “at the forefront of the conversation.”Facebook announced on Sunday that it will help create (...)
Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one.
The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. At the same time, the moon will be ever so closer to Earth and appear (...)
Egypt suffered a poor start in the 2019 World Handball Championship currently taking place in Germany and Denmark, losing their first two matches in the preliminary round against Sweden 27-24, then Qatar 28-23.
But, on Monday, the African champions, (...)
This is the 15th time for the Pharaohs to take part in the competition since their first appearance in the 1964 edition in the Czech Republic. The best performance by the Egyptian team was in the 2001 World Championship held in France where Egypt (...)
Although the global gender gap has narrowed slightly in 2018, proportionately fewer women than men are participating in the labour force or political life. Access to health, education, and political empowerment suffered reversals.
According to the (...)
The 26th edition of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's World Championship will take place in Germany and Denmark from 10-27 January.
The two-week tournament will see the participation of 24 teams from six continents: hosts Germany and (...)
Below are the groups for the 2020 European Championship qualifying competition, after the draw was held in Dublin on Sunday. The qualifying matches will be played from March to November 2019:
Group A
England*
Czech (...)
Everton's ability to grind out results has boosted their confidence ahead of Sunday's Merseyside derby against Liverpool in the Premier League, midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson has said.
Iceland international Sigurdsson scored the winning goal as Everton (...)
Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has been ruled out of Belgium's Nations League match against Iceland due to a hamstring injury, the Belgian Football Association (RBFA) said on Thursday.
The 25-year-old came on as a substitute during United's (...)
The five-man shortlist for the 2018 BBC African Footballer of the Year has been announced. Mehdi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane, Thomas Partey and Mohamed Salah are all in contention with our Egyptian superstar the favourite to retain the (...)
Main Theatre
Thursday 22 November
*12pm: Pause (Cyprus/Greece, 96min, Official Competition, Arabic subtitles)
*3:30pm: Mamang (Philippines, 90min, Official Competition, Arabic subtitles)
*6:30pm: Roma (USA/Mexico, 135min, Official Selection Out of (...)
Driven by Estonia's 100th anniversary celebrations, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will focus on 12 countries that are celebrating their centenary this year, offering a rich retrospective with films made between 1958-1977.
Europe's map was (...)
This year marks the 11th round of the Panorama of European Film (7-17 November), an annual event that film buffs impatiently anticipate, writes Soha Hesham. Launched in 2004 by the Zawya Art House, the event provides a carefully curated programme of (...)
Military forces from 31 countries began NATO's largest exercise in decades, stretching from the Baltic Sea to Iceland, on Thursday, practicing military manoeuvres close to Russia, which itself held a huge military drill last month.
As temperatures (...)
Belgium have edged ahead of France to take outright top spot in FIFA's world rankings released on Thursday while tiny Gibraltar were the biggest risers thanks to their first two competitive wins this month.
Belgium and France had been tied at the (...)
Romelu Lukaku scored twice to earn Belgium a 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the Nations League on Friday, lifting the mood in the country after a week marred by match-fixing allegations.
Belgium's second win in the group means they have won 11 of (...)
Former Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said the 'Albiceleste' were saddled with excessive expectations at the World Cup, stifling the performances of his players, including Lionel Messi.
Argentina were tipped as possible winners of the tournament in (...)
Who will lose their nerve and blink first?
This question sums up the new Brexit strategy for the British government.
“Now is the time to hold our nerve in the face of opposition from Brussels,” the UK's Prime Minister Theresa May told her government (...)
