Thu, 2020-08-13 23:27 CAIRO: Egypt’s rail authority confirmed that a new batch of Russian railway cars has been shipped as part of a contract with the Russian Transmashholding Company to provide 1,300 carriages. The batch includes 35 carriages on board … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 23:24 ISTANBUL: In the face of French President Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to send temporary military reinforcements to the eastern Med, the region could turn into a scene of escalating disputes. Now the key question is whether the … read more
Thu, 2020-08-13 23:08 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament has approved a two-week state of emergency in Beirut that gives sweeping powers to the army, prompting warnings of a crackdown on protests in the city. The green light for the tough new measures comes … read more
Thu, 2020-08-13 23:28 CAIRO: Four people returning from a wedding are believed to have drowned after a ferry sank in a canal in Egypt’s northern El-Beheira governorate on Thursday. Families of the victims gathered at the scene, outside the village of … read more
Author: Thu, 2020-08-13 02:07 JERUSALEM: In a summer of protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the accusations of corruption and calls for him to resign could be accompanied by another familiar refrain: “I’ve never done this before.” The boisterous rallies … read more