Egypt is considering raising $2.5 billion soon as the country’s economic pressures are escalating, states a report by Bloomberg. Besides corruption and dire economic policy, a drop in tourists and high oil prices have hit [ More … ]
Plans to raise the price of bread for the first time in 44 years have shocked Egyptians already struggling to get by in a country where state-subsidized loaves have kept the poorest basically fed since [ More … ]
Jeremy Hunt will attempt to encourage Saudi authorities to cooperate with Turkish investigation The UK foreign secretary is flying to Saudi Arabia to request that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cooperates more fully [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince and Egyptian President reportedly told PA chairman he has no choice but to accept Trump’s peace plan. Leaders from two important Arab nations have advised Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas to [ More … ]
The US faces an embarrassing loss in the United Nations General Assembly Thursday despite comments by President Donald Trump suggesting countries that vote against the US could face repercussions. Egypt called for a vote at [ More … ]
As hundreds of Palestinian prisoners entered the 38th day of a mass hunger strike in Israeli custody on Wednesday, the hunger strikers have reportedly discussed escalating tactics to pressure Israeli authorities into acceding to their [ More … ]
The American press has for the first time admitted that Fetullah Gülen is a “Murderer”. In a report published in Politico, one of the leading magazines of US, FETÖ leader Gülen was likened to a killer in [ More … ]
Two months after recalling the Italian ambassador from Egypt in light of the unresolved murder of Giulio Regeni, the Italian Senate halts warplanes’ spare parts supplies to Egypt. On Wednesday, the Italian Senate voted to halt [ More … ]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Rome on Sunday to try to fend off pressure from the United States and Europe over his settlements policy and opposition to a French-led effort to forge peace [ More … ]
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