Egypt covers all dollar backlogs for foreign investor repatriations
In a push to restore confidence in the economy, authorities opened a repatriation scheme in March 2013 guaranteeing foreign investors in Egyptian stock and government bond markets access to dollars…
Jailed Israeli spy could be key to peace talks
A source close to the talks said on Tuesday that there was a proposal which could see Pollard freed before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins mid-April.
Election posters adorn Baghdad as campaigning begins
Posters went up around Baghdad and across the country as candidates vie for one of 328 parliamentary seats.
More than 150,000 killed in Syria conflict: NGO
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212 of them civilians, including nearly 7,985 children.
Britain orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood
The probe could reportedly lead to a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain, which is already outlawed in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Egypt’s Suez Cement Raises Dividend
Reuters - Suez Cement, Egypt’s biggest listed cement maker by market value, will pay a cash dividend of EGP 2.65 ($0.38) per share, it said in a statement published on…
Private equity firm Actis reduces stake in Egypt’s CIB
Reuters - Private equity firm Actis has reduced its holding in Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt’s biggest listed bank, to 6.5%, CIB said on Monday. CIB said Actis sold a…
New defence minister vows to stabilise national security
“Let us salute the great, brave hero Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and all members of the armed forces who daily risk their lives for Egypt,” Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi says
Fahmy attends security-related meetings in fourth EU-Africa summit
Catherine Ashton meets with Fahmy to discuss EU-Egypt relations
Turkey’s opposition to contest Ankara local poll result
According to provisional official results, the AKP mayor Melik Gokcek, who has held the post for two decades, won the city by a wafer-thin margin of 44.79% against 43.77% for…