Global mobile subscriptions to reach 8.9 billion by 2017

More mobile connections than people in the world in 2014, says Strategy Analytics report

Mohamed Salah

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

Daily News Egypt

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

Daily News Egypt

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

Daily News Egypt

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

Luiz Sanchez

Two men slain in Gharbeya

Security forces delayed due to a protest on diesel prices which paralysed the streets

Luiz Sanchez

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…

Daily News Egypt

Al-Haddad speaks in Berlin

Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs Essam Al-Haddad speaks at the Trilateral Commision and champions Egyptian democratic progress

Basil El-Dabh

Mahalla drivers shut down city roads

As the diesel crisis worsens, Mahalla drivers respond by blocking the city’s main roads

Fady Salah

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…

Daily News Egypt