Ethiopia’s reports over filling Nile-dam are at odds
Ethiopia began filling the reservoir of its giant Nile dam without signing an agreement on water flows, the…
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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…
European stocks swing to close higher; Glencore rises 5.7%
European equities closed higher Wednesday afternoon as investors focused on further earnings reports and data…
European close lower; Deutsche Bank ends down more than 5%
European equities closed lower on Friday afternoon as investors digested further earnings reports. The pan-European…
European stocks close higher on back of solid earnings; Trump speaks at Davos
European stocks closed higher on the last trading day of the week, as investors digested new earnings reports. The…
Asian shares edge lower as Trump’s Asia tour gets rolling; SoftBank falls 2.7%
Most major Asian indexes edged down on Monday as investors digested earnings reports and President Donald Trump's…
Gold holds steady as dollar eases
Gold prices held steady early on Tuesday as the dollar eased after reports that two former aides of U.S.…
European markets seen higher as investors await earnings, ECB meeting
Markets in Europe are set to open higher on Thursday morning as investors digest new earnings reports and wait to…
Dollar clings near 3-month high vs yen, focus on Fed leadership
Dollar prices traded within sight of a three-month high against the yen on Wednesday, underpinned by reports of…
Egyptian Cabinet denies increased cigarette and tobacco prices
The Information and Decision Support Center of the Cabinet denied reports of an increase in the prices of…
Interpol arrest warrant for Qaradawi still in place: Egyptian interior ministry
Egypt's Ministry of Interior denied on Tuesday reports that Interpol has cancelled its arrest warrant, or red…
Oil prices mixed as US stockpile rise takes shine off OPEC higher demand view
Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday, dampened by reports of rising U.S. crude stockpiles but retaining some of the…
Oil jumps as Russia and Saudi Arabia discuss extending output cut deal
Oil prices marched higher on Tuesday following reports indicating that Russia and Saudi Arabia are considering…
3 dead in powerful explosion in Pakistan
A Pakistan official says three people are dead after a powerful explosion ripped through a small town in the…
European markets to open mixed; earnings and UK interest rate decision in focus
European bourses are expected to open mixed on Thursday morning, as investors monitor further earnings reports…
European markets to open higher; earnings and inflation data in focus
European bourses are expected to open higher on Monday morning as investors look ahead to key economic data and…
European markets set to open lower; investors eye Fed decision, UK GDP, earnings
Markets in Europe are expected to start the day marginally lower as investors wait to hear from the U.S. Federal…
European markets to open lower on escalating concerns over Trump
European markets are expected to open lower Wednesday after reports President Donald Trump asked then-FBI…
Egyptian interior ministry may resort to judicial procedures against media outlets
Egypt's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday it may resort to judicial procedures against newspapers and media…
Europe markets end on a negative note as earnings disappoint
European bourses ended Friday's session on a negative note, as weakness in the U.S., a fall in commodities and a…
Dozens killed as jihadists clash in Syria’s Idlib: reports
Dozens of fighters have been killed in clashes between two jihadist factions in northern Syria, reports said. The…
European markets close higher on earnings
European markets closed higher on Wednesday as investors took cues from overseas markets and digested fresh…
Hong Kong divided over Forbidden City museum plan
The Forbidden City in Beijing has housed generations of Chinese emperors for hundreds of years. A museum since…
Donald Trump has ‘great meeting’ with Alibaba boss Jack Ma
US President-elect Donald Trump has held what he said was a "great meeting" in New York with Jack Ma, chairman of…
US election hacking: Putin ‘sought to help’ Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, a US intelligence…
Cabinet denies reports on destruction of maps proving ownership of Red Sea islands
Egypt's Cabinet has denied media reports that it had destroyed documents and maps demonstrating Egypt's ownership…
Detained Youth Committee reviews names for second pardon list
Members of the Detained Youth Committee will review reports received from the National Council for Human Rights…
Trump meets Romney: President-elect and critic in talks
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has met one of his fiercest critics, Mitt Romney, with reports suggesting he may…
Reports of police torture sparks uproar in Egypt
Reports that an Egyptian street vendor was tortured to death inside a Cairo police station has sparked uproar on…
Mosul battle: Iraqi PM rallies forces and issues warning to IS
The Iraqi prime minister has warned so-called Islamic State (IS) militants fighting in Mosul to lay down their…
Alibaba payments arm Ant Financial ‘closer to IPO’ but still no timeline
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial, which runs the Alipay payments service, is "closer to an initial public offering "…
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners told to turn off device
South Korean tech giant Samsung has urged owners of the Galaxy Note 7 to turn off its flagship smartphone while it…
Why do lithium batteries explode?
Samsung's decision to halt sales of the new Galaxy Note 7 because of reports of battery explosions is an…
Oil steady in volatile session, down 2 percent for the week
Oil prices were largely unchanged on Friday in a volatile session, as traders reacted to comments from Fed Chair…
Oil rises on new output freeze calls, but traders bet on further falls
Oil prices rose on Monday, lifted by reports of renewed talks by some members of the Organization of the Petroleum…
Disney reports rare earnings miss, shares sink
Walt Disney Co, an investor favorite for consistently beating Wall Street earnings targets, reported a rare miss on…
Quake hits off southern Mexico coast, no damage reported
An earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico early on Monday but there were no immediate reports of…
Egypt foreign ministry rejects EU parliament’s claims of rights abuses
The Egyptian foreign ministry rejected Thursday's European Parliament resolution on the death of Giulio Regeni…
Egypt’s police deny western reports Regeni was detained before death
A media official from Egypt’s Ministry of Interior "dismissed reports in Western media that Giulio Regeni was…
Technical reports on Ethiopia’s GERD to be presented Wednesday
Members of the national tripartite committee of the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) are preparing to present…