Global mobile subscriptions to reach 8.9 billion by 2017
More mobile connections than people in the world in 2014, says Strategy Analytics report
Minister of investment ready to intervene in Orascom tax dispute
Ossama Saleh said he hopes Nassef Sawiris’ ‘patriotic spirit’ would hold him back from seeking international arbitration
In Pictures: Talaat Harb mall goes up in flames
The fire is believed to have started on the third floor, eventually spreading to the floors above
New $15.3m Nile Basin Initiative water management project
NBI says the project will be funded by two trust funds administered by the World Bank
Reactions to the UN agreement on women
Women’s rights advocates and liberal groups praise the agreement, while religious conservatives claim it will destroy civil society
Two men slain in Gharbeya
Security forces delayed due to a protest on diesel prices which paralysed the streets
Hunger-striker to be freed to Gaza: Prisoners’ Club
Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawna, who has been on hunger strike since mid-July, has reached a deal with the Israeli side under which he will be released to Gaza and exiled…
Al-Haddad speaks in Berlin
Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Essam Al-Haddad speaks at the Trilateral Commision and champions Egyptian democratic progress
Mahalla drivers shut down city roads
As the diesel crisis worsens, Mahalla drivers respond by blocking the city’s main roads
Ex-army chief Yaalon named Israel’s new defence minister
"I am determined to drive the Israeli army... and the security forces to new heights in facing the challenges of the future," Yaalon wrote on his Facebook page after his…