Anxiety over what Donald Trump might be up to as president ended with Joe Biden's inauguration yesterday, though Trump is still likely to stir up trouble in other ways. Back here our concern is rather with Biden's plans for the Middle East. Biden's (...)
Egypt's Ministries of International Cooperation and of Tourism and Antiquities have signed a COVID-19 tourism recovery technical assistance cooperation package with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the the United (...)
The last chapter in the most controversial US presidential elections in living memory unfolded on 7 January when thousands of outgoing US president Donald Trump's supporters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington, the seat of the US government (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
According to the continental disease control and prevention agency's (...)
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Saturday said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the East African country rose to 127,792 after new 220 cases were reported.
The ministry said that the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country (...)
Trawlers pack the bustling Western Saharan port of Dakhla, where fish scales glisten from workers' arms as they roll up their nets and buyers shout bids in a sprawling auction warehouse. Nearby, turquoise waters lap wide, nearly empty Atlantic (...)
Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann scored twice each to lead a commanding 4-0 rout at Granada as Barcelona continued to improve in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Barcelona's first three-match winning run in the league under Ronald Koeman left it (...)
The draw of the 2020/21 Total CAF Confederation Cup Additional 2nd Preliminary Round kicks off at 12:00 GMT (14:00 Cairo Local Time).
Enyimba FC (Nigeria) vs. Bloemfontein Celtic / Rivers UTD
FC Platinum (Zimbabwe) vs. ASC Jaraaf (Senegal)
Raja CA (...)
Peace negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis came to a complete standstill in April 2014. Six years later, the two sides have failed to agree on a negotiating framework that will enable them to bring peace to the Holy Land, thus (...)
Since storming off stage during a live debate on the Israeli military operation in Gaza aired during the Davos Conference in 2009, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acquired a reputation for anti-Israeli rhetoric. Following the Mavi Marmara (...)
In his final days in office, Barack Obama sought a UN Security Council resolution to pressure Israel to stop building settlements. Donald Trump, by contrast, is working as fast as he can to finalise controversial normalisation deals between Israel (...)
As a result of holiday gatherings, African officials warn of a resurgence of COVID-19 on the continent and urge increased testing to combat it.
The level of testing across the continent is considerably less than what health experts say is needed to (...)
Ukraine has started preparations for negotiations on new agreements on a free trade area (FTA) with Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia and China, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko said on Tuesday.
"Preparations are (...)
A delegation from Morocco will travel to Israel in the coming week to advance newly-normalized relations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
Netanyahu on Friday spoke with Morocco's King Mohammed VI and invited him to visit. (...)
The US State Department said on Thursday it began the process to set up a US consulate in Western Sahara, after President Donald Trump's administration this month recognized Morocco's sovereignty over the region.
In a departure from longstanding US (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,570,886 as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday.
The continental disease control and prevention (...)
Tunisia is not interested in establishing diplomatic relations with Israel and its position will not be affected by any international changes, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Morocco joined the list of Arab countries that normalized their (...)
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday on the first known direct flight since the two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic ties earlier this month as part of a series of US-brokered (...)
This year was another year of major political, military, and economic ups and downs for Libya, starting with the onset of an eight-month blockade of oil facilities and the initiation of the Berlin Process for a comprehensive solution to the crisis (...)
Next month will mark a decade since the 2011 uprisings that rocked several Arab countries and lead to the collapse of four regimes. But the fallout from the chaos they gave rise to and that rippled through the region has lasted for years after the (...)
Ten years will have passed next 25 January since the Egyptian people took to the streets to demand radical political change under the slogan “the people want to change the regime.” What they wanted was the departure of former president Hosni Mubarak (...)
To the dismay of Cairo, 2020 brought an end to four years of good chemistry-driven rapport between the Egyptian regime and the US administration. Indeed, US President Donald Trump's failure to secure re-election is one of the most annoying political (...)
The year will remain a turning point in the global history of theatre and performance. Where many differences had separated the various stages of the world, Covid-19 managed to unite them under the banner of danger. The danger of infection and of (...)
In general, 2020 has not been gentle to humankind. It visited one calamity after the other on our region and the world, and no country was spared severe political and economic pains. Nevertheless, the year has evidently decided not to leave without (...)
It is an arduous task to describe 2020, whether with a simple adjective or an even a long article, for this has been truly an unprecedented year for those who have witnessed or survived its ordeals. 2020 was the year in which an economic depression (...)
