Egypt revises GDP growth figures downwards
Egypt revised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth figure for the April-June quarter to 5.4 percent from a previously stated 5.9 percent, the Ministry of Planning said on Thursday according…
Cairo Video Festival: Inspiration for young talent
The fourth annual Cairo International Video Festival ended Thursday after a successful four-day screening program of short films and video art from around the world. The festival, which is produced…
DP World expands and extends concession in Egypt
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem today signed an agreement between DP World and the Red Sea Ports Authority that clears the way to…
Spanish drawings show humor and drama
A man bends over to peer into a peep show box, revealing a tear in the seat of his pants that offers a bawdy view of his backside to a…
Hitler exhibition breaks taboos in Berlin
Almost every aspect of the Nazis has been covered by German museums, but a chilling new exhibition in Berlin from this week explores for the first time the personality cult…
Finland foreign minister visits Gaza
GAZA CITY: Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb called for the further lifting of movement restrictions on the Gaza Strip during a visit to the territory on Thursday. Stubb joined a…
3 more troops killed in Afghan bomb blast, says NATO
KABUL: A bomb blast killed three NATO troops in western Afghanistan on Thursday, a day after six service members died in a spate of attacks by insurgents in the east…
UN troops could police Sudan border ‘hotspots’, says US official
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations troops could police "hotspots" on the tense border between North and South Sudan before an independence referendum in the south, a senior US official said. The…
Assad tells visiting Maliki new Iraq govt will help ties
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told visiting Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday that better ties between the two nations would be strengthened by the formation of a new Iraqi…
Nepal teen stands tall as world’s shortest man
POKHARA: A Nepalese fruit seller's son with the body of a toddler turned 18 on Thursday and was officially declared the world's shortest man by Guinness record officials. Khagendra Thapa…