Egypt
Minister: Egypt, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4 bn oil products deal
Egypt
August 20, 2015
Minister: Egypt, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4 bn oil products deal
Egypt agreed a three-month oil products deal worth $1.4 billion with Saudi Arabia's state-owned Aramco to begin in September, the…
UPDATE: Egypt to lower top tax rate and threshold, freeze capital gains tax, in two weeks, says finance minister:
Business
August 20, 2015
UPDATE: Egypt to lower top tax rate and threshold, freeze capital gains tax, in two weeks, says finance minister:
Egypt will lower the top tax rate and threshold for companies and individuals in high income brackets and freeze a…
CNN: Egypt passes tough – and controversial – counter terrorism law
Egypt
August 18, 2015
CNN: Egypt passes tough – and controversial – counter terrorism law
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has signed a tough counter terrorism law that rights groups say has ominous implications for…
Egypt, NAFTA to discuss economic cooperation Tuesday
Business
August 17, 2015
Egypt, NAFTA to discuss economic cooperation Tuesday
A roundtable will be held Tuesday at the international business center of the Smart Village with member states of the…
Rights organization condemns confiscation of Saout El Oma weekly
Egypt
August 17, 2015
Rights organization condemns confiscation of Saout El Oma weekly
Hafez Abu Seada, head of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, has condemned the confiscation of the weekly edition of…
Meeting on Thursday to resolve Renaissance Dam differences
Egypt
August 17, 2015
Meeting on Thursday to resolve Renaissance Dam differences
The irrigation ministers from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the technical studies done…
UPDATE: Death toll at 97 as Egyptian heatwave continues
Egypt
August 16, 2015
UPDATE: Death toll at 97 as Egyptian heatwave continues
The death toll for the current heat wave sweeping through Egypt has reached 97 since August 9, according to a…
Russia grants Egypt advanced Molniya missile corvette
Egypt
August 16, 2015
Russia grants Egypt advanced Molniya missile corvette
Russia has granted Egypt a Molniya-class missile warship within the framework of military cooperation protocols between the two countries.The measure falls within…
Egypt rejects HRW call for UN probe into protest deaths
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Egypt rejects HRW call for UN probe into protest deaths
Egypt hit back Saturday at a call by Human Rights Watch for an international investigation into the killing of hundreds of…
Rights groups criticize Egypt over 2013 bloody crackdown
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Rights groups criticize Egypt over 2013 bloody crackdown
International rights groups said Friday the Egyptian government has failed to hold officials accountable two years after one of the…