The World Health Organization's Europe director said Thursday that the 54-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed cases, with more than 1.5 confirmed last week and more than 10 million since the start of the (...)
China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to win a seat on the Geneva-based body.
The (...)
Russia's sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday.
Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on (...)
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 (...)
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 700,000 on Wednesday with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise according to a Reuters tally.
Nearly 5,900 people are dying every 24 hours from COVID-19 on average, (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week with a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the world according to according to a Reuters tally.
A record 284,196 new cases were (...)
Almost 40 countries have reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week, according to a Reuters tally showing a pick-up in the pandemic in every region of the (...)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further downgraded its projections for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's economic growth to -5.7% in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This represents a 2.4 percentage (...)
The Asian Champions League will resume in two regional hubs in September and October with a single match deciding the title in early December, the Asian Football Confederation said on Thursday.
The continent's elite club competition, which was (...)
Gold sales have continued to grow in Egypt for the second week despite high prices, according to Ragab Hamed, Associate Director at Sabayik al Kuwait for precious metals trading.
Prices for the precious metal have recently touched EGP 911,000 per (...)
Washington's envoy to Afghanistan stressed Saturday the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles both in the U.S. and regionally.
Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) agreed to take immediate action to facilitate the recovery of tourism in a number of countries, including Egypt, Ahram Online (...)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) are joining forces to boost the tourism sector's recovery across the 38 economies where the Bank invests.
The rapid spread of the (...)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €7.5bn of new financing for projects worldwide as part of its global coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
The financing will go towards investments to improve public health, hospital and elderly care (...)
Egypt's GDP is expected to grow by 2.5 percent in the current FY2019/2020 and by 3 percent in FY2020/2021, on the back of the weak outlook in the tourism sector, disruptions in global value chains, weaker demand from trading partners, and the (...)
Public debt in the Middle East region may reach almost 95% of GDP, as fiscal deficits deteriorate, Bloomberg announced in a recent report prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The decline is projected to occur due to spending increases (...)
The Taliban's political chief has met with senior diplomats from countries including Russia, Indonesia and Norway, hours after signing a deal with Washington aimed at ending the Afghan war, the hardline Islamist group said in a statement on (...)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government and civilians, included in a deal between the United States and the Islamist militants.
His (...)
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ship in Japan hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how (...)
A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus.
Following are some countries' evacuation plans, and how they aim to manage the health (...)
The following is a list of international sports events affected by the coronavirus, which has killed more than 550 people and infected over 28,000 in China after it first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, late last year:
Athletics
* The World (...)
Amir Taz Palace
27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581
“The Art of Arab Calligraphy”,a group exhibition features 18 calligraphers from Egypt such as Ahmed Sharkas, Asmaa Ibrahim, Ismail Abdu,Iman Ibrahim, and (...)
The great Italian writer Lampedusa has his central character Prince Tancredi articulate the most profound statement about conservative politics ever made: “If we want things to stay as they are,” he tells his uncle, “things will have to change.”
The (...)
Egypt ranked eighth among 142 countries in Gallup's 2019 Global Law and Order report which measures how safe citizens feel.
The report's findings are based on the answers of 152,000 adults worldwide to a standard set of questions that include how (...)
It has been a roller-coaster month so far for Son Heung-min but the Tottenham Hotspur forward reports for World Cup qualification duty against Lebanon in good form as South Korea seeks a return to winning ways.
South Korea drew 0-0 in an almost (...)
