Egypt economic growth to remain slow: IMF
AFP - Growth in Egypt’s economy is expected to remain sluggish this year as political uncertainty keeps tourists and foreign investors away, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. The economy…
Arab Contractors to complete 138 projects by June: Housing ministry
Projects involve construction of roads, bridges, housing and water and sanitation stations
US reiterates call to release Al-Jazeera journalists
Journalists around the world rally in support of detained colleagues in Egypt on their 100th day of detention
Foreign minister presses AU panel to reconsider membership freeze
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy urged the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (PSC) to reconsider its decision to freeze Egypt’s membership during a meeting with the African Union’s…
Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants
AFP- Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of…
UN warns of drought crisis in Syria
Byrs said it was not clear how many more people would end up counting on food aid supplies because of the drought.
Triumphant Turkey PM renews pledge to crackdown on rivals
The scandal has played out with a spate of wiretaps and social media leaks implicating Erdogan in graft and exposing high-level security talks weighing military action in Syria.
8 injured as Israeli forces clear illegal settlement
Israel has moved to demolish “wildcat” settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, which normally consist of a few makeshift dwellings set up by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinian territory.
NATO warns Russia against ‘historic mistake’ in Ukraine
Ukraine mounted a counteroffensive on Tuesday by vowing to treat the separatists as “terrorists” and making 70 arrests in a nighttime security sweep aimed at proving the Kremlin's involvement in…
Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that he has formed a group of legal experts to help in the “complicated, difficult and slow work” of drafting a deal.