The defense ministers from India and China have met in the Russian capital as the two sides try to lower rising tensions along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region, where a June clash killed 20 Indian soldiers.
At the meeting Friday (...)
More than 3.21 million people have reportedly been infected by the novel coronavirus globally, and 227,864 have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Thursday.
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The Asian Football Confederation has postponed all matches in the AFC Cup tournament, the regional body announced on Wednesday, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit sporting events around the world.
“Following the imposition of further (...)
Egypt ranked eighth in the Gallup's Law and Order index, a global gauge of people's sense of personal security and their experiences with crime and law enforcement, going up eight places from last year's report.
The index is based on telephone and (...)
Fabio Cannavaro cast an envious glance at the strength of Japanese football as he picked over the bones of Guangzhou Evergrande's Asian Champions League semi-final exit on Wednesday evening, after Chinese clubs again fell short in the continental (...)
Egypt has jumped six places to 114th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's 2020 business rankings, from 120th in the 2019 report.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt made starting a business easier by abolishing the requirement to obtain a certificate of (...)
Switzerland on Sunday signed an agreement to provide financial and technical support for Egypt's Global Textiles and Clothing (GTEX) programme.
The envisaged impact of the programme is to increase employment and income along the textile and clothing (...)
Russia is carrying out a series of large-scale military exercises with China, India and Pakistan in what experts believe is Moscow trying to send a powerful message to the West.
The military drills take place annually but Russia has upped the ante (...)
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, (...)
