The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is not expected to return to tourism levels of before the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic until 2023, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
Writing in its latest report, the (...)
Seven Southeast Asian leaders are expected to attend a summit with head of Myanmar's junta to discuss the crisis caused by the military coup, according to diplomats and officials in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital where Saturday's meeting will be (...)
European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic and the United Kingdom Brexit minister David Frost will hold talks Thursday in Brussels to discuss Northern Ireland trade rules, the EU said on Wednesday.
The meeting will take place a month after (...)
Iran's nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility.
The attack Sunday at Natanz comes as world powers try to negotiate a return (...)
Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland. Police responded with rubber bullets and water cannons.
The chaotic scenes (...)
نعي الرئيس الأمريكي جو بايدن، الأمير فيليب، زوج الملكة إليزابيث الثانية ملكة بريطانيا، الذي توفي صباح اليوم ، حيث قال الرئيس الأمريكي: كرس الأمير فيليب حياته بكل سرور لشعب المملكة المتحدة من خلال أكثر من نصف قرن من تأدية الخدمة العامة".
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Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth and a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
Here are reactions from major public figures in Britain and around the world.
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The United States, Germany, France and other G7 countries called on Friday for an independent and transparent investigation into alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
Ethiopia's federal army ousted the (...)
Even the most pessimistic observer would have had a hard time forecasting the dire state of affairs in the world today with regard to containing the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The virus, which first surfaced some 15 months ago, has taken the (...)
The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint (...)
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and midfielder Thomas Partey will both miss one game of their respective Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns due to COVID-19 restrictions, their Premier League club Arsenal said on Monday.
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Half of all adults in Britain have now had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, making the country the world's first major economy to hit that milestone, health minister Matt Hancock said on Saturday.
Britain reached that figure after administering a (...)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday criticized China for blocking access to the trial of Michael Spavor, a Canadian detained by Beijing since late 2018 on spying charges, a case that is part of a wider diplomatic spat between Washington (...)
Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would hit pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, throwing Europe's already struggling vaccination campaign into disarray.
Denmark and Norway (...)
After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop "whining" and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing measures and downplaying the gravity of the pandemic.
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Liverpool will return to Budapest to play RB Leipzig in the their Champions League last-16 second leg match due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on Thursday.
Liverpool, who beat Leipzig 2-0 in the first leg (...)
The European Union has not been witnessing its finest hours since the new millennium, and the Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be bigger than the capabilities of the second-largest economy in the world that now comprises 27 European countries after (...)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is the "right time" for the United Kingdom and Ireland to launch a bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, while he added the country would also be willing to host extra Euro 2020 matches this year if (...)
Egypt and the US formally launched relations under the new US Biden administration this month, and the Egyptian Embassy in Washington launched a “charm offensive” with the US Congress in January, aiming to promote as much “understanding as possible” (...)
The United States on Sunday said it was disappointed that Iran had ruled out an informal meeting to discuss ways to revive its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, but said it remained ready to reengage in meaningful diplomacy on the issue.
"While (...)
An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing out of the Middle East on Friday, an unexplained blast renewing concerns about ship security amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
The crew and vessel were safe, according to the (...)
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide has been decreasing for the sixth week in a row, but the more contagious variants of the virus are spreading fast, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly pandemic report published on (...)
وقعت الجامعة البريطانية في مصر ، بروتوكول تعاون مع المعهد المصرفي ، التابع للبنك المركزى ، بصفته الموزع المصرى لإختبار (اللينجواسكيل ) المملوك لجامعة كامبريدج بالمملكة المتحدة ، وبرامج التدريب الخاصة باستخدامه.
شهد مراسم توقيع البروتوكول ، الدكتور (...)
British newspaper The Telegraph has published a report on tourism in Egypt, showcasing the Pharaoh Tutankhamun's funerary mask as one of the world tourist icons that must be seen during one's lifetime.
Egypt launched in 2019 a world tour for 150 (...)
Britain has started to drive down cases of the more infectious South African variant of coronavirus and will only emerge from lockdown in stages to make sure that does not change, the country's health secretary said on Sunday.
A day before Prime (...)
