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Deadlock in GERD talks: What is Egypt’s future strategy, diplomacy or military strikes?
Features/Interviews
November 21, 2017
Deadlock in GERD talks: What is Egypt’s future strategy, diplomacy or military strikes?
News of the failure to reach an agreement in the tripartite negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan regarding the construction…
Iraqi forces push into the country’s last IS-held town
Middle East
November 17, 2017
Iraqi forces push into the country’s last IS-held town
Iraq’s Defense Ministry says Iraqi forces backed by the US-led coalition have pushed into the last Islamic State group-held town…
Save the Children says 130 children die every day in Yemen
Middle East
November 16, 2017
Save the Children says 130 children die every day in Yemen
An international aid group says an estimated 130 children or more die every day in war-torn Yemen from extreme hunger…
Sisi calls on Egyptians to follow October war’s spirit in fighting terrorism
Egypt
October 5, 2017
Sisi calls on Egyptians to follow October war’s spirit in fighting terrorism
On the 44th anniversary of Egypt’s 6 October victory against Israel, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi gave a short speech commemorating the victory,…
US-NKorea nuclear war unlikely, but risk is rising: analysts
World
August 9, 2017
US-NKorea nuclear war unlikely, but risk is rising: analysts
A nuclear war between North Korea and the United States is not imminent, analysts said, but the inflammatory rhetoric on…
Benghazi airport reopens after three-year closure during war
Middle East
July 16, 2017
Benghazi airport reopens after three-year closure during war
Benghazi’s international airport officially reopened for commercial flights amid a heavy security presence on Saturday after a three-year closure due…
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Middle East
June 22, 2017
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq’s military…
US probe finds more than 100 civilians killed in Mosul air strike
Middle East
May 26, 2017
US probe finds more than 100 civilians killed in Mosul air strike
A Pentagon investigation has concluded that at least 105 civilians died in an anti-IS strike in the Iraqi city of…
Syrian refugees contributed over $800 mln to Egypt’s economy: UNDP report
Egypt
May 15, 2017
Syrian refugees contributed over $800 mln to Egypt’s economy: UNDP report
The United Nations Development Program recently published a report titled “Jobs make the difference” which indicates that Syrian refugees residing…
Ancient mummies rot as Yemen war vexes even the dead
Middle East
May 4, 2017
Ancient mummies rot as Yemen war vexes even the dead
Famine and disease haunt the living, but not even the dead are spared the calamities of Yemen's two-year-old civil war.Ancient…