تشهد عدد من الدول أحداثا هامة أبرزها انطلاق الجولة الثانية من الانتخابات التشريعية الفرنسية، فيما تشهد الإكوادور احتجاجات على زيادة الأسعار.
فتحت مراكز الاقتراع في الجولة الثانية للانتخابات التشريعية التي تشهدها البلاد، وتوجه الفرنسيون في الساعة (...)
The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti's request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation.
The killing of (...)
فرقت الشرطة فى كيتو العاصمة الإكوادوروية مظاهرات مناهضة للحكومة بالغاز المسيل للدموع، بعد أن اجتاحت موجة من العنف خلال تلك المظاهرات، التى خرجت فى الذكرى الأولى للاحتجاجات العنيفة التى جرت فى أكتوبر 2019، والتى خرج فيها عشرات الآلاف من الأشخاص إلى (...)
بقلم عبد القادر الخليل فنان وباحث تشكيلي سوري
شموس نيوز – خاص
لماذا تعد المتاحف في اسبانيا في الآلافات بينما في جميع الوطن العربي لاتتجاوز المئات ؟
قلت في مقالة سابقة إن افضل متحف للفن الإسلامي هو قصر الحمراء, وأن باقة هامة من علماء الفن التشكيلي (...)
The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial (...)
A selection of Dominican films will be screened at the Cervantes Institute in Cairo on 19 and 20 April.
Two documentaries will be screened on 19 April: Nana and Carribbean Fantasy.
Directed by Tatiana Fernández, Nana takes an intimate look at three (...)
Former minister of antiquities Zahi Hawass received the Dominican Republic Cultural Award yesterday from the Dominican Republic's minister of culture Jose Antonio in a special event held in honour of Hawass.
Antonio gave Hawass the award for his (...)
Alexandria is the second-largest city in Egypt and the country's main seaport and industrial zone. It was once the capital of Egypt and the hub of world culture, science and literature, a position it occupied after its foundation in 331 BCE until at (...)
The Dominican Republic has resumed the detention of people deemed to be illegal migrants after the expiration of a deadline for undocumented foreigners to apply for temporary residence.
Officials in the Dominican Republic have grown concerned by an (...)
After lashing south Florida with winds and heavy rain, Tropical Storm Isaac threatens to interrupt most U.S. offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico; State of emergency declared in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi
Tropical Storm Isaac (...)
LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Dominican journalist Jose Agustin Silvestre promised to reveal a bombshell in the next edition of his magazine: a story of drugs and corruption involving local businessmen. He never got the chance. Before he could (...)
The Cairo International Film Festival witnessed a rare first on Saturday at the Cairo Opera House: its first screening of a Dominican movie.
The feature length film, “Jean Gentil”, is the work of Mexican-Dominican husband-wife team Israel (...)
Have you ever wondered what it might be like view Cairo as a visitor from the past? Maybe as -- a cartoon character from the past? Touring Cairo as a comic book character of by-gone years is exactly what Francesc Ruiz playfully presents at (CIC) (...)
Amnesty International has urged the authorities in the Dominican Republic to investigate the whereabouts of Juan Amonte Herrera who is believed to have been abducted by anti-kidnapping police officers.
On 28 September 2009, Juan Almonte Herrera, (...)
SANTO DOMINGO: The $5 billion in short-term aid for Haiti, and the $10 billion pledged for its long-term reconstruction at the International Donors' Conference on March 31, is a vote of confidence in the potential of collective international action. (...)
By Zahi Hawass
When Omar Sharif kissed Barbara Streisand in his famous movie Funny Girl, the entire audience screamed. The kiss caused much anger throughout the Arab world, because at the time the Arab-Israeli conflict was going on, which had begun (...)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Preparations for the provisional release of 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child kidnapping charges may be on hold after questions arose about a Dominican man who served as their legal adviser.
Officials in the (...)
By Lubna Abdel-Aziz
He dropped to the ground in an instant. Cowering with fear, he trembled as he saw everything around him collapse without warning. Suddenly, he felt the ground beneath him roar and rumble. No snow, no rain, no hail, no thunder, no (...)
By Zahi Hawass
I travelled recently with Omar Sharif to the Dominican Republic by personal invitation of the president, Leonel Fernandez. I was invited to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the Catholic University in Santo Domingo, as well as (...)
Coming to the fore in Damascus, the dilemma Arab leaders face is between making sacrifices and being sacrificed, writes Gamil Mattar*
Times have changed for Arab summits. Balances of power have shifted, some political ideologies have waned and (...)
Following much pressure, the Bush administration finally arrested convicted terrorist , writes Faiza Rady
On Tuesday, Cuban President Fidel Castro marched with hundreds of thousands past the United States mission in Havana in a mass rally "against (...)