CAIRO: Development projects launched by Egypt in South Sudan are a “model for cooperation,” Hani Sewilam, Egypt’s minister of water resources and irrigation, said on Wednesday. Sewilam met Moatez Mostafa Abdelkader, Egypt’s ambassador to South Sudan, with the pair reviewing … read more
CAIRO: Authorities in Egypt have set a budget of about 3 billion Egyptian pounds ($97 million) for the maintenance and restoration of antiquities during the financial year 2023-2024, according to Ahmed Issa, the country’s minister of tourism. Most of this … read more
AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon: Fruit and vegetable seller Ismail Akkawi had no choice but to brave days of intermittent but deadly fighting in Lebanon’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp in order to make ends meet. The produce market at the heart of … read more
BEIRUT: A halted landmark grain deal that allowed Ukrainian grain to flow to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, along with donor’s fatigue, is rattling the operations of the United Nations food agency, its deputy executive director said … read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister said on Tuesday Baghdad is in contact with the United States on settling outstanding debts of $10 billion the country owes Iran for gas imports. Iranian gas is crucial for Iraq’s electricity generation, but US sanctions … read more