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Egypt fiscal plan to boost investments to $80 billion

Egypt is aiming to raise EGP 1.25 trillion ($80 billion) as part of its investment plan for the fiscal year 2021/2022, according to the Egyptian Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala Al-Saeed. The investment plan forecasts a 125 percent increase in funding for the production sector, the minister said, along with a 30 percent […]

Arab League wants UN partnership for finalised peace in region

League of Arab States Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Monday called on the Security Council and other UN bodies to establish a strategic working partnership with the league and its member states. The aim, he said, would be to lay the foundations for “security, stability and sustainable development in the Arab region, based on a […]

Abbas reaffirms two-state solution with J street lobby

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told the annual conference of the progressive American Jewish lobby, J Street, that he would return to the peace table to negotiate over a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During his presentation on Sunday, Abbas accused the current Israeli government of being an obstacle to peace by refusing to […]

Cairo parade of mummies showcases Egyptian civilization to world

A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour. Ancient Egyptian royal mummies paraded through Cairo. The convoy transported 18 kings and four queens, mostly from the New Kingdom, from the Egyptian Museum in […]

Tear gas deployed against Jordanian protesters

Jordan used tear gas on Monday to suppress protests against a curfew imposed to stem a severe outbreak of COVID-19, witnesses and residents said. Police took action after hundreds of protesters in several cities including Amman demonstrated for a second day and defied a night curfew which was extended last week, they said. Many of […]

Pope condemn gun running in recently visited Iraq

Pope Francis condemned weapons manufacturers and traffickers for selling arms to “terrorists” in comments on Wednesday reflecting on his recent trip to Iraq. He said he was grateful to have been able to make a visit that eluded his predecessors and described it as a “sign of hope after years of war and terrorism and […]

Social media double-standards stretch from US to France to India

Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it would temporarily reduce political content appearing on New Feeds for some users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia this week and in the United States within the coming weeks. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in January that he wanted to “turn down the temperature” of political conversations on the […]

Saudi's COVID app crashes from online pressure

The Tawakkalna app that helps prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Saudi Arabia has been fixed following a massive surge in applications which caused it to crash. Almost 10 million users registered with Tawakkalna since May 2020 – that number recently rose by 22.5 percent to 12.5 million. But when the government this last […]

US forced to backtrack on Houthi terrorist designation in face of famine

The United States said on Friday it intends to revoke the terrorist designation for Yemen’s Houthi movement in response to the country’s humanitarian crisis, reversing one of the most criticised last-minute decisions of the Trump administration. The reversal, confirmed by a State Department official, comes a day after President Joe Biden declared a halt to […]

Sputnik vaccine headed to Palestinian territories

The Palestinians will receive 10,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, enough to cover 5,000 people, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila told Voice of Palestine radio. The Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, launched a vaccination campaign on Tuesday after a small delivery of doses from Israel. Source: […]

US backtracks on full Yemeni sanctions in response to UN, Red Cross

The United States on Tuesday exempted aid groups, the United Nations, the Red Cross and the export of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices from its designation of Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization. The carve-outs are not enough to allay U.N. fears that Washington’s move would push Yemen into a large-scale famine. […]

UN Security Council wants to cooperate with Arab League

The problems that continue to plague the Arab world were top of the agenda for the UN Security Council on Monday, as it considered ways in which cooperation with the League of Arab states might be enhanced. Members discussed the protracted conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya and Sudan, and the stalled Middle East peace process, […]

Twitter backtracks over free spech in face of populist calls for censorship

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey backed the messaging platform’s ban of US President Donald Trump, but said Wednesday it sets a “dangerous” precedent and represents a failure to promote healthy conversation on the social network. “Having to ban an account has real and significant ramifications,” Dorsey said in a string of tweets inviting feedback from users. […]

Iran takes offensive on reintroducing US to nuclear deal, sanctions corona vaccine

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Tehran was in no rush for the United States to rejoin a 2015 nuclear deal, but that sanctions on the Islamic Republic must be lifted immediately. “We are not insisting nor in a hurry for the U.S. to return to the deal,” Khamenei said in live […]

Fake news plague hits Saudi over corona vaccine

A series of phishing messages about the newly released coronavirus vaccine has cybersecurity experts cautioning Saudi citizens to take increased care when it comes to their private data. The messages, which appear to come from official government email addresses, use the Health Ministry COVID-19 vaccine center registration as a hook for the fraudulent schemes. The […]

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