Cairo Airport sees record daily traffic as holiday travel picks up
Cairo International Airport handled a record 103,000 passengers on 696 flights on Thursday, marking its busiest day…
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Egypt advances state employee salaries for Jan–March
Egypt’s Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday that the early disbursement of January, February, and March 2026…
Gold edges higher, set for strong annual gains
Gold prices inched up on Tuesday amid subdued trading activity, extending their stellar performance in 2024,…
Gold prices down on Monday ahead of Fed clues
Gold prices fell on Monday as investors awaited further information on the US Federal Reserve's interest rate…
Gold advances in early Thursday trade
Gold prices climbed on Thursday amid subdued holiday trading, supported by a softer US dollar and ongoing…
Gold prices up slightly on Christmas Day
Gold prices rose slightly on Wednesday as spot gold prices increased at 6:47 AM GMT by 0.17 per cent to $2,617.27…
UK retail sales decline in Nov. ’24
UK retail sales dropped 3.3 per cent year-on-year in November, reversing the 2.6 per cent growth recorded in…
Australian consumer confidence soars to 2.5-yr high
Australian consumer sentiment surged in November for the second consecutive month, reaching a 2-1/2-year high.
Christmas trees spark environmental debate in France
The environmental ethics of Christmas tree production is a significant concern for many people in France's Morvan…
Ukraine celebrates first Christmas on December 25
Ukraine is celebrating its first ever Christmas on December 25 to "break free" from Russia, international press…
Christmas festivities canceled in Syria in solidarity with Gaza
The main churches in Syria, including the Syriac Catholic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, and Melkite…
“There is no joy left in our hearts,” – 87-year-old Christian…
"There is no joy left in our hearts," said Noha Helmi Tarazi, an 87-year-old Christian Palestinian woman in light…
Cairo Opera House announces Christmas festivities programme
The Cairo Opera House is organising a special series of concerts to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season.…
Christmas celebrations cancelled in Bethlehem: Jesus’ birthplace
Churches in Bethlehem announced on Sunday the cancellation of Christmas celebrations in the Palestinian city where…
Egypt on The Sun’s top list of best destinations in winter
Egypt is on top of the list amongst the warmest destinations to visit in winter 2023, the British newspaper The Sun…
U.S. winter storm to bring coldest Christmas in decades
U.S. may witness a major winter storm this week and may be bring the coldest Christmas in four decades to parts of…
92% of apparel imports from China will be hit with tariffs today
The Christmas sweaters will still see a tariff price hike before the holiday season, according to an industry…
Egypt’s Armed Forces greets Pope Tawadros II on Christmas celebrations
Egypt's Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki greeted Coptic Pope Tawadros II on the occasion of Christmas, according to a…
Egypt’s EGX announces January 7 as an official holiday
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announced that the bourse will be off on Monday, January 2, on the occasion of the…
Egypt’s Aswan hotels celebrate a fruitful festive Christmas
Christmas fills the atmosphere with good tidings everywhere and a fruitful tourist season for Egypt's best winter…
Al-Azhar Grand Imam gives Pope Tawadros felicitations ahead of Christmas celebrations
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb expressed felicitations on Wednesday to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox…
Egypt military provides security alongside police during Christmas celebrations
Egyptian military personnel have been deployed on Tuesday to assist police in protecting public institutions and…
Sisi delegates representatives to congratulate Christian denominations on Christmas
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delegated a number of presidential representatives on Monday to…
Europe shares close higher as Brexit, US tax plan take center stage; Dialog tanks 24%
European markets closed higher Monday afternoon as investors digested news that the U.S. Senate narrowly passed a…
Egyptian police loses three females, for the first time in its history
For the first time in Egyptian police history, the list of the victims of Egypt's Palm Sunday blasts included three…
European markets close higher ahead of Trump press conference
European stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors digested comments from President-elect Donald Trump's first…
European stocks close higher in thin festive trading
European shares closed slightly higher Wednesday in light trading after the Christmas break. The pan-European Stoxx…
Tunisia security forces arrest three for links to Berlin market attack suspect
Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the…
Obama: serving as commander in chief ‘a privilege’ in Christmas Hawaii base…
U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday it had been the "privilege of my life" to serve as U.S. commander in chief…
Gold edges higher in thin trade after holiday weekend
Gold prices rose slightly on Tuesday but trading was thin as investors looked for directions after the long…
Asia markets higher; China November industrial profits jump 14.5%
Asian shares were moderately higher on Tuesday amid low-volume holiday trading after China posted strong growth in…
Israeli PM summons US ambassador amid UN vote row
Israel's prime minister has summoned the US ambassador amid a growing row after the US eased the passage of a…
German evacuation for WW2 bomb disposal in Augsburg
More than 50,000 residents from the German city of Augsburg were evacuated from their homes so that a huge World…
Pope Francis’s Christmas message calls for an end to Syrian war
Pope Francis called for an end to the fighting in Syria in his Christmas address at the Vatican on Sunday, saying…
Queen to miss Christmas Day church service ‘due to cold’
The Queen will not attend church on Christmas Day because she is still suffering from a heavy cold, Buckingham…
Europe on Christmas high alert after truck attack in Berlin
Security was heightened for the Christmas weekend in Italy and at the Vatican on Saturday after Italian police…
Pope Francis: Christmas ‘hostage to materialism’
Pope Francis has said that the true meaning of Christmas is being drowned out by materialism. During a…
Freed Chibok girls reunited with their families for Christmas
More than 20 Nigerian "Chibok girls" who were released by the Islamist group Boko Haram in October have rejoined…
Snow storm bears down on western US as holiday travelers hit the roads
A winter storm was taking aim on Saturday at the U.S. West and Midwest where it was expected to dump heavy snow and…
Trump official Paladino under fire over crude Obama remarks
Carl Paladino, a co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's New York campaign, is facing a backlash over crude…