New Suez Canal timeline

Project grows from dream into the world’s largest waterway

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Russia and US ministers agree on "common threat" from ‘Islamic State’

Meeting in Malaysia the foreign ministers of Russia and the US have agreed on the "common threat" posed by IS. But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there was no…

Deutsche Welle

35 private hospitals in Suez Canal cities raise alert level

Ministry of Health deployed 340 ambulances ahead of New Suez Canal project inauguration

Daily News Egypt

Germany updates travel warning for Egypt

Travellers should exercise caution, although vast majority face no difficulties

Daily News Egypt

Minister of Population holds urgent meeting on child kidnappings

Youssef instructs cooperation with social media to help counter increasing issue

Daily News Egypt

On the verge of a new war

The poor, Mr. President, have waited a long for someone to perceive them with sympathy, and to pull them up above the poverty line, so are you up for this?

Emad El-Sayed

Egyptian foreign reserves down more than $1.5bn, at $18.5bn

Government has to pay $250m in September as dues of bonds issued in international market

Doaa Farid

Yemen conflict and Arab uprising: Regional fissures and repercussions

Saudi Arabia's four-month old bombing campaign against Houthi rebel forces in Yemen has had mixed results beyond devastation in the region's poorest country. The insertion of Saudi-trained Yemeni ground forces…

James Dorsey

Jewish extremism leaves Duma village traumatized

The West Bank village of Duma is still struggling to come to terms with the arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists that left a baby dead. Daniella Cheslow talked to…

Deutsche Welle

US and China race for the fastest supercomputer

For the past two years, China has had the world's top supercomputer, Tianhe-2. But now US President Barack Obama wants his country to build an even better one by 2025.…

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