Humanitarian groups on Sunday said they rescued 176 migrants on two rubber boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya while Tunisian authorities reported blocking a smuggling boat carrying 110 migrants from setting off for Italy.
Doctors (...)
Tunisians cast ballots on Sunday to choose their next president in an election that has raised hard tests for the young democracy as voters rejected established politicians and a major candidate spent weeks behind bars.
Sunday's decisive runoff pits (...)
Egypt were defeated for the sixth consecutive match at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup on Friday, losing to Japan 3-2.
The Egyptians were defeated in the first set 25-14 but won the second set 25-18, before retreating in the third set to (...)
Palestine has formally asked Egypt to join Agadir free trade agreement as part of efforts to boost trade with country members, Palestinian Economy Minister Khaled al-Osaily said on Wednesday.
The Agadir Agreement is a free trade agreement between (...)
Egypt ranked 39th in the Global Competitiveness Index, up from 40th in 2018, and ninth among Arab countries, according to the Global Competitiveness Report for 2019 issued by the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
According to the report, the United (...)
Record eight-time winners Ahly were drawn with long-time rivals Etoile Sahel of Tunisia in the African Champions League group stage on Wednesday.
Both were placed in Group B, which also includes Sudanese giants El Hilal and Zimbabwe's F.C. (...)
نعىت المطرب التونسية لطيفة، الفنان طلعت زكريا الذى وافته المنية عصر اليوم، بعد صراع مع المرض عن عمر يناهز 58 عامًا، في أحد المستشفيات الخاصة بمدينة 6 أكتوبر.
ونشرت لطيفة عبر حسابها على موقع «تويتر»، صورة للفنان الراحل، وعلقت عليها: «رحم الله الفنان (...)
The detained Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui said in a statement that his Heart of Tunisia party had come first in Sunday's parliamentary election, without saying where the information came from.
His statement was emailed to Reuters at (...)
Detained Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui's inability to campaign is affecting the credibility of the elections and the country's image, interim president Mohamed Ennaceur said on Friday.
Karoui, who will contest a runoff vote against (...)
Tunisia's electoral commission is calling for the country's jailed presidential candidate to be allowed televised interviews so he can communicate with voters before the Oct. 13 election.
Nabil Karaoui, a media mogul, has been jailed since August on (...)
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, who faces an election run-off this month, must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial crimes that he denies, a court ruled on Tuesday.
The television mogul was arrested in August on (...)
The Egyptian volleyball team opened their path in the 2019 Volleyball World Cup held in Japan with a 3-1 victory over Australia earlier on Tuesday.
The game was not easy for the Pharaohs, who won the first set (25-22) but then the Australians (...)
Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, who faces an election run-off this month, must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial crimes that he denies, a court ruled on Tuesday.
The television mogul was arrested in August on (...)
As dozens of heads of state convene for the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York this week, the lingering conflict in Syria is taking a back seat while tensions in the Gulf and global trade wars take center stage.
Now in its ninth year, many (...)
About 45 hotels have been affected in Tunisia after the collapse of Thomas Cook, and the government will help the hotels with soft loans, Tunisia's tourism minister said on Tuesday.
Tourism is a vital sector of Tunisia's economy and a key source of (...)
The world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L) collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (...)
Thomas Cook on Sunday morning is holding last-ditch negotiations with major players in a bid to avoid a collapse that will affect 150,000 UK holidaymakers abroad and put 9,000 British jobs at risk.
The British travel company is at risk of falling (...)
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 (...)
Five-time African champion Cameroon has hired former Portugal international Toni Conceicao as its new national team coach.
Cameroon's sports ministry announced Friday that the former right-back, whose full name is Antonio Conceicao da Silva (...)
Chairman & CEO, EgyptAir Holding Company Captain Ahmed Adel was elected as a member of the Nominating Committee of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
During Adel's participation in the 85th meeting of the the Arab Air Carriers (...)
The 26th edition of the Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre came to an end with an official ceremony held at the Cairo Opera House on Thursday.
A presentation at the ceremony underscored the rich content of the (...)
Two populists who have never held political office advanced to the final round in Tunisia's presidential election on Tuesday, indicating fatigue among voters in the North African country with the established political forces, analysts (...)
Tunisians began casting votes in an unpredictable presidential election on Sunday where there is no overwhelming front-runner, with the young democracy's economic ills dominating the agenda.
Polling stations opened at 8am (0700 GMT) from the capital (...)
Former rival Actis struck a deal to take over management of two more buyout funds raised by Abraaj, according to a document produced by the firm's liquidators and dated August 28. The funds are focused on Africa and Asia.
Investors in Abraaj North (...)
The majority of world observers believe that the Camp David Accords, signed 41 years ago, led to political change that favoured peace to war. The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty was then celebrated for putting an end to a conflict that raged in the (...)
