The big buzz nowadays is the announcement of the Nobel Prize Winners, an honoured tradition for the highest standard of achievement, for over a century.
While the monetary reward is significant, almost $1 million, it is the prestige and honour that (...)
El Rashidy El Asly, Egypt's leading confectioner, is seeking to export 30 percent of its products by 2023,according to Managing Director Abdel Naby Madkour.
He further told Amwal Al Ghad during the inauguration of the first phase of its factory in (...)
The national football teams of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain will participate in the upcoming Gulf Cup to be held in Qatar from 24 November to 6 December, according to separate statements published overnight by the Saudi, UAE and Bahrain (...)
The signing of the Riyadh Agreement between the internationally recognised government of Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council has raised the hopes of many Yemenis and many in the region that the bitter conflict in Yemen may now be coming to (...)
The war in Yemen is poised to end by year's end, or so many Gulf and Western analysts are saying.
Some would even go further and anticipate that the end of the war in Yemen could pave the way to negotiations with Iran to conclude a comprehensive (...)
Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said in an interview with Al-AhramWeekly that European foreign policy on the Middle East had become “short-sighted and (...)
When tribal chieftains met last week in a small town north of Baghdad to see what they should do with the protests that have gripped the country's south and capital city, one key question emerged: how will Iran respond if the uprising fails?
“They (...)
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There has hardly been any positive news coming out of Iraq in nearly four decades and after the bloody eight-year war with Iran (1980-1988) that left millions of Iraqis killed, injured or missing in one of the bloodiest and longest wars of the 20th (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has met with Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, who arrived at Cairo International Airport on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations.
According to a statement issued by the Egyptian presidency on (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said a Riyadh deal on ending a power struggle in the south of Yemen is a great step towards resolving the Yemeni crisis.
"I have followed with great pleasure the signing of the deal between the Yemeni (...)
Yemen's Saudi-backed government and southern separatists signed an agreement on Tuesday to end a power struggle in the south of Yemen that Saudi Arabia's crown prince hailed as a step toward a wider political solution to end the multifaceted (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said a Riyadh agreement on ending a power struggle in the south of Yemen is “a great step towards resolving the Yemeni crisis.”
“I have followed with great pleasure the signing of the deal between the Yemeni (...)
On her first overseas tour since her appointment in August 2019, Stevie Spring, new chair of the British Council (BC), visited Cairo for two days and visited projects supported by BC programmes.
Spring recently joined the BC to manage the cultural (...)
General Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi announced on Wednesday the return of UAE troops after successfully liberating Aden governorate, according to a statement published by the state news agency WAM.
Both the (...)
The announcement by the Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen over the weekend about “repositioning” its forces in Aden to be under Saudi command is being seen as a preliminary overture to a long-negotiated deal between coalition local partners (...)
The Saudi-brokered agreement between the Yemeni government of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) marks the end of a chapter in the Yemeni conflict that flared into open hostilities in August. To the STC, it (...)
The news from the White House confirming the death of Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in a commando operation carried out in coordination with Iraqi intelligence, Syrian Kurds and some Arab states in Idlib, Syria, on the night (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry urged the adoption of a comprehensive approach to combat terrorism worldwide, saying terrorist attacks were operated by a number of countries to reach political goals.
During his speech at the 18th Summit of (...)
What is happening in Yemen? What are the forces at play and who is pulling the strings? Why does the Reform Party expect a popular revolution to erupt? What are the reasons behind the boycott by the Congress Party of Houthi militias? How can a (...)
The Nobel Committee has recognised Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's “efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea”, said Berit (...)
The Nobel Committee has recognised Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's “efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea”, said Berit (...)
Germany has yet to set a specific date for the international conference on Libya that it plans to host in Berlin. It was supposed to have been held this month, but media reports suggest it may be deferred to November. Preparatory to this conference, (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day tour of the Gulf this week that took him to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he advanced Russia-Gulf relations while keeping up Moscow's ties to Iran and Turkey.
Many (...)
Egypt's strong reforms on the financial and energy fronts can help its growth rate reach 5.5 percent within the 2019/2020 financial year, according to the World Bank Group annual report.
The bank's projection for Egypt came in Sync with the Egyptian (...)
