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Egypt score drops one point in Corruption Perceptions Index 2015
Egypt dropped one point in the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index compared to the previous year with a score of…
Human rights remain in crisis in Egypt: HRW annual review
Human Rights Watch said in its annual review on Wednesday that human rights remained in crisis in Egypt in 2015. In…
Saudi Arabia to build King Salman University in Sinai: sources
Saudi Arabia is allocating $205 million from soft loans designated for Sinai development projects, to build King…
Iran’s Rouhani says up to U.S. to improve relations with Tehran
Iran could have better relations with the United States, but it was up to Washington to change its "hostile" stance…
US slams Taiwan president’s planned visit to contested South China Sea island
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's planned trip to the Taiwanese-held island of Itu Aba in the disputed South China…
Five more Indonesian bodies wash ashore in Malaysia after boat tragedy
Five more bodies believed to be those of illegal Indonesian migrants were found in Malaysia on Wednesday following…
Bosnia to apply to join EU next month
Bosnia next month will officially apply to join the European Union (EU) in the hope of winning candidate status in…
Rouhani heads to France as Iran rebuilds relations with Europe
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wraps up his visit to Italy Wednesday before heading to France on the second leg…
Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes loses parliamentary majority to Ennahda
Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party has become the largest group in parliament after 22 lawmakers who quit the secular…
Cairo International Book Fair kicks off Wednesday with record number of countries
The 47th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will kick off on Wednesday 27 January with 850 publishers…