Cairo official removed from post over ‘street overflowing landfill’
CAIRO: Head of Central Cairo district Wagdy Musallam has been removed from his post Friday for “garbage accumulation” monitored during Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab’s abrupt visit, Youm7 reported....
View ArticleRenaissance Dam consultant offices to submit offer by June 22, official
CAIRO: The two consultant offices, selected to conduct technical studies needed to determine the impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile downstream countries will submit a joint...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia warns citizens against sharing “faked” documents
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged its citizens not to distribute “documents that might be faked” in an apparent response to WikiLeaks’ publication on Friday of more than 60,000 documents it says...
View ArticleU.S., allies conduct 16 air strikes in Iraq, 6 in Syria -military
WASHINGTON: U.S. and coalition forces targeted the Islamic State on Friday with 16 air strikes in Iraq and six in Syria, the U.S. military said in a statement on Saturday. In Iraq, one strike hit a...
View ArticleEleven officers wounded in attacks on Burundi police stations
BUJUMBURA: Eleven policemen were wounded in Burundi when unknown gunmen hurled grenades and attacked police stations across the capital Bujumbura late at night, police officials said on Saturday,...
View ArticleVideo: Pro-Muslim Brotherhood protest at Abdel Moneim Riad Square
Video: Pro-Muslim Brotherhood protest at Abdel Moneim Riad Square
View ArticleGerman police arrest Al Jazeera journalist in Berlin
BERLIN: A leading Al Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport on Saturday at the request of Egypt,a lawyer for the Qatar-based satellite network said, a move he described as part of a...
View ArticleBomb kills nine Afghan children, 10 adults; key district falls in north
KABUL: A roadside bo killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a southern province, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for...
View ArticleBlast in Lebanon’s western Bekaa, cause unknown -sources
BEIRUT: A blast occurred in near the town of Saghbein in a remote area ofLebanon’s western Bekaa region on Sunday, but the cause of it was not yet known, Lebanese security sources said. One of the...
View ArticleSunday is Egypt’s longest day of sunlight; up for 14 hrs
CAIRO: Sunday is Egypt’s longest day of sunlight in 2015, where the sun will be up for around 14 hours in a “Summer Solstice” phenomenon. The Summer Solstice will be witnessed in countries falling in...
View ArticleVideo: Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour in the torture video of a lawyer in 2011
Archive video: Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Mansour in the torture video of a lawyer in 2011.
View ArticleVideo: Morsi in the red execution costume in the espionage case
Video: Morsi in the red execution costume for the first time in the espionage case.
View ArticleDevelopment initiative at Islamic Cairo districts kicks off June 21
CAIRO: An initiative that aims to develop Cairo’s districts of Islamic heritage will be launched June 27, Cairo Governor Galal Saeed told the state TV. “The development initiative will start with the...
View ArticleAl-Jazeera journalist accuses Germany of supporting Egyptian regime’s ‘crimes’
CAIRO: After being arrested at Berlin’s Tegel airport Saturday, Al-Jazeera Arabic journalist Ahmed Mansour has accused the German authorities of being “tools and partners to the Egyptian coup regime in...
View ArticleCBE governor briefs Sisi on efforts to secure hard currency, fight black market
CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) governor Hisham Ramez, to review efforts aimed at providing hard currency to procure citizens’ needs, according to a...
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