Eman al-Nafjan, who could face up to 20 years in jail for campaigning for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the Prize for Courage by Reporters Without Borders This came in a statement [ More … ]
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) on Thursday lowered its benchmark interest rate — the one week repo rate — by 325 basis points to 16.50% from 19.75%. Following the rate cut, [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed Wednesday the Palestinian position on the cessation of all agreements signed with Israeli if the later decides to impose sovereignty on any part of the occupied Palestinian territory. Abbas said [ More … ]
Managing Director of Citi Bank says the increased external trade environment will affect Egypt badly. Managing director and head of Emerging Markets Economics at Citi Bank David Lupin said Monday at Euromoney conference that if [ More … ]
The sale of the head of Tutankhamun at an auction in London in July 2019 provoked angry reactions from a wide range of Egyptians, which is good in itself, but reviewing these responses shows that [ More … ]
The controversy over the videos posted on Facebook by the Egyptian actor and contractor Mohamed Ali, who worked for 15 years with the army, turned into an electronic war between regime opponents and supporters of [ More … ]
Aisha Khairat Al-Shater has been transferred to Al-Qanater Prison hospital after her health deteriorated in the one-meter square cell in which she is being held in solitary confinement. The daughter of the deputy leader of [ More … ]
Flights are part of first phase implementations of safe zone in eastern Euphrates, says Turkish National Defense Ministry Turkish National Defense Ministry on Thursday announced that two Turkish and two U.S. helicopters conducted a joint [ More … ]
Facebook deleted videos uploaded by an Egyptian actor and businessman on his Facebook page revealing that Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, his wife, and some military leaders have wasted billions of Egyptian pounds. Egyptian actor and [ More … ]
Egypt’s decision to scrap a monthly fixed customs exchange rate could lead to higher inflation in the coming months if the Egyptian pound declines significantly against the dollar, analysts said. Egypt last Sunday cancelled the [ More … ]
Amid threats posed by the Islamic State in Sinai, Egypt’s minister of planning announced $316 million worth of investments in the Sinai Peninsula for fiscal year 2020, plans seen by observers as skeptical. The Al-Monitor [ More … ]
The Israeli army detained early this morning 28 Palestinians during raids at their homes in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, reported the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). In southern West Bank, the Israeli army demolished [ More … ]
Egypt’s Official Gazette published on Saturday Decree No. 25 of 2019 issued by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, which allows disposal of real estate “through direct agreement in urgent cases”. The Prime Minister’s decree allows [ More … ]
The two biggest warnings came in January when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that unless Israel reduces cooperation with China, the U.S. might reduce “intelligence sharing and co-location of security facilities.” Opinion Column By [ More … ]
After many years, the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is back to the occupied West Bank despite efforts exerted by the Israeli and cooperating Palestinian security agencies to thwart any armed Palestinian group that [ More … ]
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