Month: August 2016

The Coptic Church’s Faustian bargain

It didn’t take long for the regime to crack down on Islamist…

Wael Eskandar

Sales shrink due to pricing difficulties

Several car dealerships kept their prices unchanged from July to August, despite…

Ahmed Amer

Olympics Day 3 round-up: Brazil off the mark, Australian rugby team make history

On day three of the Olympics, Brazil picked up their first gold,…

Deutsche Welle

Dieselgate cheating costs VW 5.5 million euros in Italy

Italy's antitrust regulator has fined Volkswagen 5 million euros for its Dieselgate…

Deutsche Welle

Australia crowned champions as rugby returns to Olympics after 92-year hiatus

Rugby has been absent from the Olympics for 92 years and rugby…

Deutsche Welle

Report: MSF-supported hospital bombed in Idlib, Syria

Weekend airstrikes by unspecified belligerents have destroyed a hospital in northern Syria,…

Deutsche Welle

Judoist and local hero Rafaela Silva claims Brazil’s first gold of the Games

After two days of disappointment on the mat for Brazil, the host…

Deutsche Welle

Iraqi Defence Minister survives assassination attempt in Mosul

Al-Obaidi's motorcade was sprayed by mortar shells while inspecting forces in Mosul,…

Daily News Egypt

Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Sharm El-Sheikh in September

The suspension of flights came after the downing of a Russian aeroplane…

Daily News Egypt

Fencer Muhammad bows out early but breaks new ground

Ibtihaj Muhammad made her debut as the first American Olympic athlete competing…

Deutsche Welle