The Taliban have launched a new large-scale attack on one of Afghanistan's main cities, Kunduz, and taken hospital patients as hostages, the government said Saturday, even as the insurgent group continued negotiations with the United States on (...)
He may be the first, but Brazil-born striker Elkeson believes he will not be the only foreign player to be naturalised during China's attempt to secure World Cup qualification for the first time in almost two decades.
The Guangzhou Evergrande (...)
Egypt is the world's fifth top country that receives remittances, totalling $28.9bn in 2018, according to the Migration and Remittances publication that was issued by the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) and the (...)
What could be the connection between sound, architecture and everyday life? How does space serve human sound and reflect changes in society and belief?
With many years of first-hand experience in the Middle East and West Africa, director of the (...)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he expected Russian S-400 missile defence systems to start arriving in Turkey in the first half of July, broadcaster NTV reported on Sunday, a development set to fuel tensions with NATO ally Washington.
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Iran will continue scaling back its compliance with its nuclear deal commitments in the absence of "positive signals" from other signatories to the pact, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a meeting of Russia, China and other Asia leaders in (...)
Kaspersky Lab continued to deliver stable growth in 2018 and increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue to a total of $ 726 million, representing a 4 percent YOY revenue increase.
During a year of evolving market conditions and continuous (...)
Chairperson of EgyptAir Ground Services, Mohamed Fathallah, said that the Greek company Orange2fly will operate a couple of additional flights to Sharm El-Sheik airport shortly, in addition to its three weekly flights from Europe to Sharm El-Sheik (...)
Italian authorities have arrested an Egyptian man accused of supporting the Islamic State and planning go to fight himself, saying he used social media chats to spread jihadist propaganda.
Police said Wednesday that another Egyptian was ordered (...)
At least 12 people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at an election rally for a woman standing as a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary polls on Oct. 20, officials said on Saturday.
Khalil Asir, a police spokesman in the (...)
There is a kind of doubt that keeps striking me when trying a new Chinese restaurant: a fear that hits, however carefully I read the menu, however much I plot and asses the various deliciously-looking dishes against each other, I'm still going to (...)
Banque Du Caire signed last week a cooperation agreement with the National Bank of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan's largest banks, to open new channels in support of foreign trade.
The agreement aims to increase Egyptian exports and support Egyptian (...)
Egyptian state-run lender Banque du Caire and the National Bank of Uzbekistan (NBU), one of the largest investment institutions in the country, signed on Wednesday a cooperation agreement.
The cooperation aimed at boosting Egypt's exports by tapping (...)
A Tajik or Russian aircraft bombed a northeastern Afghan border district during a clash between gunmen and Tajik border guards, and six of the gunmen were killed after they killed two of the guards, two Afghan government officials said on (...)
Russia was not behind an air strike in northern Afghanistan and its military aircraft have not been conducting any operations near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan, the RIA news agency cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.
Two (...)
Afghanistan officials said on Monday a Tajik or Russian aircraft had bombed a northeastern Afghan border district during a clash between gunmen and Tajik border guards, but officials in both Tajikistan and Russia denied that they had done (...)
Four foreign cyclists have been killed by a hit-and-run driver in Tajikistan in what may have been a terrorist act, the Central Asian nation's interior minister said on Monday.
The tourists, from the United States, Switzerland and the Netherlands, (...)
BEIJING, June 10, 2018 (News Wires) -- The leaders of China and Russia Sunday praised the expansion of their regional security bloc at a summit which put on a show of unity contrasting with the acrimonious G7 meeting.
President Xi Jinping gave the (...)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 9, 2018 (AP) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has rocked Afghanistan and Pakistan, sending people racing out of buildings in the two capitals.
The US Geological Survey says the temblor was centred just across the border, in a (...)
BEIJING, April 24, 2018 (Reuters) - China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead of an ice-breaking trip to China (...)
China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers' meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead of an ice-breaking trip to China this week by India's prime (...)
*As the world celebrates the World Water Day on 22 March the Ahram Online republishes the latest issue of the UNChronicle (Vol. LV No. 1 2018). “The Quest for Water” focuses on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water for all. This (...)
U.S. forces in Afghanistan have attacked networks of anti-China militants in an action that is likely to please Beijing, which had called for Western cooperation in its fight against a group it says wants to split off its Xinjiang region.
The (...)
A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan Wednesday, the USGS said, sending people in Kabul rushing into the streets with tremors felt as far away as Islamabad and New Delhi.
The quake hit at 0707 GMT near Afghanistan's (...)
Senior officials from the European Union and Iran spoke up on Friday in defence of the agreement limiting Tehran's nuclear programme, as the pact comes under heavy pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
The nuclear deal was "a major achievement (...)
