Egypt, Australia strengthen ties in agricultural trade
Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk met with Australian Ambassador Axel Wabenhorst on…
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Iraqi rival groups both announce parliamentary blocs to form new government
Rival Iraqi political factions said on Sunday they had each formed alliances capable of forming a government in…
Saudi Arabia makes fresh arrests in anti-graft crackdown: sources
Saudi Arabian authorities have made further arrests and frozen more bank accounts in an expanding anti-corruption…
Bahrain and Egypt discuss investment opportunities
Egyptian Finance Minister Amr Al Jarehi has praised the deep-rooted historic ties between his country and Bahrain…
Italy begins naval mission to help Libya curb migrant flows
Italy began a limited naval mission on Wednesday to help Libya's coastguard curb migrant flows, which have become…
European markets seen higher as Brexit talks take center stage
European bourses are expected to open higher Monday, as investors shift their attention to political events…
Egyptian mission to visit US to discuss future of political Islam under Trump
A 15-member Egyptian delegation will visit the United States on 21 January – one day after Donald Trump takes…
Egypt welcomes Congo’s agreement to end political dispute
Egypt has welcomed on Thursday evening an agreement reached between factions in Congo to end the political dispute…
FM calls for ceasefire, political dialogue in Syria
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called Monday for an immediate ceasefire and the start of a political…
Cairo ready to host national Palestinian dialogue: Egypt intelligence chief
Cairo ready to host and sponsor a national dialogue between different Palestinian political forces, Egypt’s general…
Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political…
South Africa FinMin issued with summons, rand plunges
South African prosecutors issued Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with a formal summons in relation to the…
Bassem Youssef faces backlash following Armed forces comments
Comments made on social media by political satirist Bassem Youssef sparked the ire of Egyptians this week, after he…
Presidential pardon for Egyptian political prisoners expected soon
President Abdel Fattaha al-Sisi is expected to issue a presidential pardon to 200 political prisoners within the…
Egypt’s FM, Lebanese parliament speaker discuss ending Lebanon’s three-year power…
Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on Tuesday,…
Egypt’s political parties, figures sign petition asking al-Sisi to suspend IMF loan
Several political entities, parties, and figures sent a signed petition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to…
Heggy’s ‘presidential team’: a real political alternative or will it fail?
Former presidential adviser and planetary scientist Essam Heggy’s announcement Saturday that several Egyptian…
Pressure for BOJ easing intensifies as economy minister urges action
Political pressure on the Bank of Japan to expand stimulus on Friday is intensifying with the economy minister…
Airbus set for Virgin, Germania order boosts at Farnborough
Airbus (AIR.PA) is set to announce a key order for 8-10 of its biggest twin-engined model, the A350-1000, from…
Aussie dollar recovers from shaky start as calm returns to currency markets
The Australian dollar recovered from a wobbly start caused by political uncertainty on Monday, as stocks and…
Australian election cliff-hanger leaves nation in limbo
Australia's political parties began horsetrading on Sunday to break an anticipated parliamentary deadlock after a…
EU leaders tell Britain to exit swiftly
European leaders told Britain on Tuesday to act quickly to resolve the political and economic confusion unleashed…
Britain’s FTSE falters after Brexit vote sparks uncertainty
UK shares opened lower on Monday, extending losses from the previous session after Britain’s vote to leave the…
Rising prices diminish prospects of economic revival in Egypt
Egypt's efforts to relieve a crippling dollar shortage are pushing it towards a sickly combination of rising…
Portugal FM in Egypt to boast political ties, increase trade
Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva is heading a delegation on a two- day visit to Cairo that started…
Bassem Youssef’s releases promotional video for new docu-series ‘Democracy Handbook’
Political satirist Bassem Youssef’s new promotional video for his upcoming show went viral on social media…
Political parties gather signatures to escalate opposition against Egyptian-Saudi deal
Committees will be formed across Egypt’s governorates to gather signatures for a petition that will be presented to…
Political parties begin week-long sit-in against Egyptian islands deal
Several political parties began a week-long sit-in on Sunday in the Socialist Popular Alliance party (SPAP)…
Brotherhood to reconsider strategies long overdue: Egypt’s Islamic edicts authority
Egypt's state-sponsored Islamic authority (Dar Al-Ifta), which issues edicts, said on Monday that an announced…
Mark Zuckerberg to meet conservatives on political bias issue
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet this week with prominent conservatives in the media, a spokesman…
Cyprus rejects EgyptAir hijacker’s asylum claim
Cypriot authorities have rejected an application for political asylum by the Egyptian man who admitted hijacking a…
Political conflicts did not harm Turkish economic relations with Egypt: trade minister
Trade and economic relations between Egypt and Turkey had not been affected by political conflicts provoked after…
Report claiming bias in Facebook ‘trending’ topics stirs up social media…
Facebook workers have often omitted conservative political stories from the website’s "trending" list, the…
Brazil prosecutor seeks obstruction of justice probe against Rousseff
Brazil's top prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to open a probe into alleged obstruction of justice by…
Pro-Sisi bloc sweeps elections of Egypt parliament’s 25 committees
High-profile MPs affiliated with "Support Egypt," a political bloc in support of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi,…
Sisi announces establishing 5 more new cities
Egypt’s President Abdelfattah al-Sisi announced the established five new cities during his meeting with…
Demands for Bashar to leave should hinder Syria’s political process: Russia
Demands for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down restrict perspectives for political settlement in this…
Al-Arabiya TV channel closes office, newspaper attacked amid Saudi tensions with Lebanon
The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two…
World Bank warns Lebanon of dangers of political paralysis
The head of the World Bank expressed frustration at Lebanon's political paralysis on Friday during a joint visit…
Brazil’s Rousseff says ‘will never resign’ in deepening crisis
President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she will not resign in Brazil's worst political crisis in two decades,…