Egypt's foreign debts reached around $82.9 billion, for the period ending December 2017, rising by 4.9 percent compared to six months earlier, the Central Bank of Egypt revealed in a report on Wednesday. The CBE, however, maintains that the foreign debt to gross domestic product ratio...

An alleged supporter of Daesh (ISIS) accused of encouraging attacks on 4-year-old Prince George has changed his plea from innocent to guilty. Husnain Rashid was two weeks into his trial at Woolwich Crown Court when he admitted Thursday to three counts of engaging in conduct in...

Human Rights Watch and the European Union have voiced concerns over Egypt's latest arrests of prominent activists and have called for their release. Thursday's statement by the New York-based watchdog says the arrests show that "the state of oppression in Egypt has sunk so low" under...

A former Mossad chief has told an Israeli television program that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the order in 2011 for the military to prepare to attack Iran within 15 days. Tamir Pardo told Keshet TV's show Uvda in an interview that aired Thursday that the order was not given...