Russia says it shot down more than 800 Ukrainian drones overnight in what appears to be among Ukraine’s largest aerial attacks on Russia, with authorities reporting at least six people killed. Ukraine has increasingly fired barrages of drones at targets deep inside Russia, including warehouses and industrial plants as well as refineries. Russia’s state-run TASS …
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Qusra, West Bank —  Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father’s Palestinian roots. “Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued two decrees appointing Artur Lyukmanov as the Ambassador Extraordinary to Egypt and the Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia to the League of Arab States. Born in 1977, Lyukmanov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2000 and holds a […]
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A new archaeological discovery at Tell Abu Saifi in Qantara East, Ismailia, is shedding new light on the ancient Horus Military Road and strengthening the hypothesis that the site may be linked to the lost ancient Egyptian city of “Mesen,” according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the […]
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Egypt and Turkey signed several cooperation agreements in Alamein, North Coast on 13 August, covering transportation, infrastructure, logistics, investment and trade, as the two countries seek to deepen bilateral economic ties and increase trade to USD 15 billion (EGP 747 billion). The agreements were signed during the second meeting of the Egyptian-Turkish Joint Planning Group, co-chaired by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The meeting brought together representatives from the investment, trade, petroleum, and health and population ministries of both countries. Abdelatty and Fidan signed the protocol for the meeting before proceeding with a number of cooperation agreements. Among the agreements, Egypt formally joined a memorandum of understanding on logistical connectivity involving the transport ministries of several African countries and Türkiye’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. A separate decision on rules of origin was also signed by Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid Saleh and Fidan under the joint committee established through the countries’ free trade agreement. Rules of origin determine the country in which a product is considered to have been produced for trade purposes, helping establish which goods qualify forContinue reading "Egypt, Turkey Sign Cooperation Agreements in Alamein, Discuss $15B Trade Target"
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A man opened fire on relatives of his ex-wife during a reconciliation meeting outside Cairo on Thursday, 13 August, killing four people and wounding two others in an attack that has renewed alarm in Egypt over a string of extreme family and social violence. The shooting took place in the 15th of May district, south of the capital, during a session convened to resolve a dispute between the suspect and his former wife. Instead, the gathering ended in gunfire. Among the dead were the suspect’s own daughter, two of his ex-wife’s brothers and her cousin’s husband. Two other relatives were wounded. Police arrested the suspect after neighbors reported hearing shots. The attack came just days after another killing that had already gripped the country. In New Cairo, a man fatally shot an acquaintance, then killed the victim’s wife and two daughters, reportedly in an attempt to rob the family.  According to Egypt’s Interior Ministry, the assailant lured the man away and shot him before dumping his body along a road to Ain Sokhna. He then deceived the victim’s wife into believing her husband had been hospitalized after a car accident,Continue reading "Man Kills Four After Opening Fire on Ex-Wife’s Family Near Cairo"
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Egypt Gas reported a 25% year-on-year (YoY) increase in operating revenues to mount to EGP 4.7 billion for the six months ending  June 30, 2026, according to the company’s disclosure to the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX). The company’s net profit after tax rose to around EGP 234.7 million, marking a 12 % increase from its […]
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Valmore Holding, a leading diversified investment holding company, reported a 13% year-on-year (YoY) increase in its first-half (H1) 2026 revenue to $392 million. This increase was backed by strong second-quarter results manifested in a 25.2% YoY growth in revenues to $226 million, according to a press release by the company. The Group’s earnings before tax, […]
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