Egypt channels $2.4bn finance into 36 projects for education, research development
New funds represent 9.2% of ongoing development financing portfolio
No intention to remove subsidy, but rather ‘reorganise’ its system: Egypt’s Al-Sisi
Developing Egyptian countryside will cost from EGP 700bn to EGP 800bn in 3 years: Al-Sisi
Afghanistan: Taliban controls 3 more major cities, nears Kabul
In the last 24 hours, Afghanistan second- and third-largest cities — Herat in the west and Kandahar in the south — have fallen to Taliban
Taliban seizes five more Afghan provincial capitals
Taliban militants overran five provincial capitals in north and west of Afghanistan on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, bringing total to 10
Rafah crossing remains open to allow humanitarian relief
Crossing has been open since 16 May to receive wounded, humanitarian cases
Government follows up on St. Catherine tourism projects in Sinai
Meeting discusses procedures to activate ecotourism, preserve biological diversity in Sinai
Sudan to hand former dictator Omar Al-Bashir to ICC over Darfur conflict
Sudan willing to cooperate with ICC ‘to achieve justice for victims of Darfur war,’ Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi
Bahrain’s Bank ABC acquires 99.5% of BLOM Bank Egypt
Acquisition deal valued at $425m
IPCC warns of ‘unprecedented state of climate system’ due to human impacts on planet
Extreme weather is linked to human-caused warming, say report authors
Surge in legislation addressing racism as public health crisis
Intentional action is necessary to move legislation from performative space to actual anti-racism intervention, says analysis lead author Dara Méndez