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Security authorities Wednesday claimed the killing of several suspected militants in the city of Arish, in the Sinai as state-run news agency MENA put the number of those killed at 11. The army and police have launched since February a Read more
Qatar’s authorities are seeking to raise as much as $4 billion from banks for the purchase of several British Typhoon fighter jets, Bloomberg reports citing sources aware of the move. The sum, according to sources who spoke to Bloomberg Read more
Egypt’s Administrative Control Authority (ACA) Monday announced that they arrested the head of Egyptian customs suspected for bribery and allowing banned goods to enter the country. The ACA is Egypt’s highest anti-corruption agency. The watchdog said Gamal Abdel-Azim faces Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a trip to Teheran because of mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump on allies around the world. Official sources, on condition of anonymity, told Japan Times that Abe’s scheduled meeting with Read more
The UN High Commission for Human Rights Tuesday called on Egyptian authorities to release unconditionally the daughter of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi who has been willy-nilly involved in the ongoing diplomatic showdown between Qatar and its neighbors led by Read more
Nebulon, a Ukrainian grain trading company, plans to invest $2 billion in new grain silos and barges in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, Reuters reported. The silos would be built at two sites near the ports of Alexandria and Damietta. Twenty Read more
Egyptian security forces slain four militants that they suspect for being involved in a bomb attack that targeted the police chief in the city of Alexandria, two days before the March 26 presidential election. The bomb attack in the city Read more
Emaar Hospitality has acquired management of Togo’s first class hotel, Hotel 2 Fevrier, under a deal signed with Kalyan Group, which owns the business occupying the Sub-Saharan country’s tallest building. UAE group’s premium lifestyle hotel and serviced residences brand, Address Read more
President Fattah al-Sisi Sunday extended for three more months the state of emergency imposed last year in the wake of the two Islamic state group (ISIS)-master-minded attacks against two Coptic churches, which left 45 people dead. ISIS claimed responsibility for Read more
Egyptian 25-year old soccer star has informed country soccer authorities and teammates about his intention to retire from the national team after he protested against his being used by Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov to improve self-image, reports say. Salah came Read more