13 sentenced over Brotherhood HQ clashes
Al-Shater’s bodyguards among those sentenced to two years for March 2013 Moqattam clashes
Human Rights Watch report ‘inaccurate, unbalanced’: Foreign ministry
Egypt’s foreign ministry attacks HRW report on human trafficking in Sinai
India regulator issues notice to UAE’s Etihad on Jet deal
Etihad has been asked to respond within 21 days declining to be named as the information is not public.
Lebanon forms consensus govt after 10-month stalemate
Hezbollah is accused of participating in the 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father, former premier Rafiq Hariri, and five of its members are on trial in absentia before a special court…
Japan’s Rakuten buys chat app Viber for $900m to expand digital empire
Rakuten ID users will jump to half a billion with Viber addition
Brent rises on tight supply; heating oil gains
US oil fell, pressured by weak manufacturing data attributed to the cold winter weather. That data overshadowed steady consumer sentiment.
General Dynamics Canada wins Saudi deal worth up to $13bn
Reuters – US weapons maker General Dynamics Corp has won a contract worth up to $13bn for its Canadian division to build light-armored vehicles for Saudi Arabia, in what Ottawa…
US State Department has no information regarding arrested embassy employee
State Department reiterates concern about number of issues in Egypt and demands official details concerning arrested US embassy employee
Tourism down 30.7% in December: CAPMAS
Tourist arrival figures rise minimally in December, but still significantly lower than last year’s
Turkey passes bill tightening control of judiciary
Ali Ihsan Kokturk, lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), got a bloodied nose in the brawl, while ruling party lawmaker Bayram Ozcelik’s finger was broken.