Fertile ground for Boko Haram in Cameroon’s extreme northern region

Five suicide bombings conducted within a short time frame in the relatively peaceful extreme northern region of Cameroon have shaken the Central African country, serving as a painful reminder that…

Daily News Egypt

Civil Service Law responds to public demands to end bureaucracy: Mehleb

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb has met representatives of protesting employees of the Customs and Tax Authorities to discuss their demands regarding the newly issued Civil Service Law. At least 2,000…

Doaa Farid

Who is Germany’s football jersey champion?

Professional football players don't just kick the ball - they try to look good doing it. Design students in Germany have ranked the jerseys in the Bundesliga, and their Professor, Martina Becker,…

Deutsche Welle

Why Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa failed to make a comeback

After being toppled as president, Mahinda Rajapaksa wanted to become Prime Minister. But the Sri Lankan leader's comeback bid has ended in defeat, as early parliamentary poll results showed the…

Deutsche Welle

Between the revolution’s dreams and the poverty of reality: Finding the correct starting point

More than four and a half years after the 25 January Revolution, the gap between its first dreams and what can be achieved now appears wide. Between the echoes of…

Daily News Egypt

Automotive sales paralysed: Distributors

Incorrect agents’ evaluations exacerbated the crisis, says El-Masria Chairman

Daily News Egypt

Photojournalist released after false charge of Brotherhood membership

Al-Youm Al-Sabaa to begin investigations with journalist who reported her colleague

Menan Khater

Israel to deport comatose Palestinian hunger striker?

Israel has offered to release a comatose Palestinian if he is deported from the West Bank for four years. Muhammad Allaan fell into the coma during a hunger strike to…

Deutsche Welle

Warring parties in Yemen leaving ‘trail of civilian death’: Amnesty

All sides fighting in Yemen's civil war have shown a 'ruthless disregard' for civilian life, rights group Amnesty International says. It says their actions in killing innocent people could amount…

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