Nadal wins Hamburg Open in straight sets

Rafael Nadal may having one of the worst seasons in his illustrious career. But the former world number one was too much for the competition in Hamburg, taking the title…

Deutsche Welle

Army kills 88 in North Sinai raids

The dead are allegedly ‘suspected militants’

Emir Nader

How Egypt lost its soft power edge

Egypt was always widely renowned for its soft power, which it used to shape and influence millions of Arabs - those living in the Middle East region as well as…

Mohammed Nosseir

Payfort launches instalments service in Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia

Service will be available in Egypt through Mashreq Bank

Doaa Farid

Irish teenager held for over 700 days has detention renewed

Ibrahim Halawa has been held in high security prison without trial for almost two years

Emir Nader

Opinion: Germany’s Green Card was ahead of its time

Germany's complicated and unattractive Green Card opened the national labor market to foreign IT specialists 15 years ago. The country has managed to learn quite a bit from this experience,…

Deutsche Welle

Notes from America: Watermelon’s summer tales

Mark Twain once said: “When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.” And most likely, that angel was an Egyptian. Egyptians were the first to discover watermelons…

Ahmed Tharwat

Barclays says its activities in Africa strengthened

Bank gained half a million new customers in retail banking

Doaa Farid

Egypt’s economy grows 4.7% in first 9 months of FY 2014/2015

Tourism sector grows 34.6% in first 9 months of last fiscal year

Doaa Farid