Egypt, Iraq discuss activating executive programme
Egypt’s Central Agency for Organisation and Administration (CAOA) Chairman Saleh Elsheikh met with Iraq’s Federal…
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U.S. President Trump administration freezing fuel efficiency penalties
U.S. Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration…
U.S. President Trump administration uniquely dysfunctional: UK ambassador
Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”,…
U.S. President Trump administration loses bid to lift bar on funds for border wall
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to lift an injunction barring the Trump administration from using $2.5…
U.S. President Trump administration retreats on 2020 census citizenship question
In a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, his administration ended its effort to add a citizenship question…
Supreme Court lets Trump transgender troop restrictions take effect
U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from…
Trump administration kills contract for plutonium-to-fuel plant
The Trump administration this week killed a contract for a project to convert plutonium from Cold War-era bombs…
European markets likely to open slightly higher
European markets are expected to open relatively flat to slightly higher Wednesday morning, as investors digest…
Egypt does not need US military aid, says TV presenter Amr Adib
Egyptian TV presenter Amr Adib denounced recent reports by US media which urged cutting the military aid provided…
Exclusions from US tariffs may take 90 days: Documents
Steel and aluminum users that depend on imported products not available from U.S. producers may have to wait up…
Sisi says Egypt executed 11,000 projects in the past four years
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that his administration had executed 11,000 national projects…
U.S backtracks on decision to close off Palestinians’ office in Washingnton
The Trump administration backtracked Friday on its decision to order the Palestinians’ office in Washington to…
Trump wants $4 billion more for missile defense, citing North Korea
President Donald Trump's administration asked Congress on Monday for $4 billion more to support missile defense to…
Amazon lining up for new corporate office in Vancouver, to double headcount
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday that it will a open second corporate office in Vancouver, doubling its staff in the…
Trump to not visit demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea during his…
U.S. President Donald Trump will not go to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) on the border of North…
White House chief of staff calls for special counsel to probe Democrats
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said on Monday a special counsel should be appointed to investigate…
Trump administration does not want limits on war authorization
President Donald Trump’s top national security aides pushed back on Monday against U.S. lawmakers calling for a…
Under Trump plan, refugees from 11 countries face additional U.S. barriers
Trump's administration will temporarily delay processing of most refugees from 11 countries identified as…
U.S. budget deficit widens to $666 billion in FY2016/17
The U.S. budget deficit widened to $666 billion for the financial year 2016/2017 as record spending more than…
Trump administration considers pausing U.S. refugee family reunification program
U.S. President Trump’s administration has drafted a plan to pause a programme that allows family members join…
U.S. exit from UNESCO took Israel by surprise, was uncoordinated
Israel was surprised by the U.S. decision on Thursday to quit UNESCO, Haaretz reported. Four senior Israeli and…
US states sue to block Trump Obamacare subsidies cut
Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key…
Trump administration reduces support for prisoner halfway houses
The administration of President Donald Trump has been quietly cutting support for halfway houses for federal…
Trump resists pressure to soften stance on Iran nuclear deal
President Donald Trump finds himself under immense pressure as he considers de-certifying the international…
Trump’s preferred way to judge trade deals is not a good measure of their success
The Trump administration has made trade deficits the yardstick for measuring the success of trade deals, but…
Iran warns U.S. against imposing further sanctions
Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said U.S.…
Iran’s president defends nuclear deal, says Trump can not undermine it
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the nuclear deal with Western powers Saturday and said that U.S.…
Trump says would be open to temporary healthcare reform deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would be open to a one- or two-year deal as a way to reform the…
Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from…
Rights groups sue Trump administration over travel ban
Human rights organisations announced Friday they are suing the Trump administration over the latest version of the…
US futures point to cautious open as solid third quarter winds down
U.S. stock index futures were set to open little changed Friday, the last trading day of a solid third quarter of…
Trump’s administration red tape tangles up visas for skilled foreigners, data shows
Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging…
Hamas says ready to hand Gaza to a Palestinian unity government
Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration that runs Gaza, it said on Sunday, a major step towards handing…
Trump’s administration seeks to renegotiate Paris climate accord instead of breaking…
The White House immediately disavowed a Wall Street Journal report on Saturday that suggested the Trump…
Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from US government
Trump's administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their…
British PM asks Trump to help over Boeing’s Bombardier challenge
British Prime Minister Theresa May has asked President Donald Trump to intervene in a dispute between Boeing Co…
National security aide Sebastian Gorka leaves White House
Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide whose hard-line views on immigration and terrorism caused discord inside…
U.S. judge throws out Texas voter ID law supported by Trump
A federal court judge on Wednesday threw out a Texas voter identification law that was supported by the Trump…
Dollar falls on uncertainty but ends week with modest gain
Dollar prices fell against a basket of major currencies on Friday as continued uncertainty over the economic…
White House jitters, Barcelona terror attack weigh on Asian shares
Asian markets were pressured in Friday trade after investors on Wall Street sold off on growing uncertainty over…