Egypt will reduce spending on fuel subsidies by nearly 43 percent in the 2016/17 budget due mainly to lower global energy costs, officials said Saturday. Finance Minister Amr al-Garhy told a news conference state energy subsidies would fall to 35 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.94 billion)...

 Egypt's assistant state prosecutor said on Saturday Italy had demanded thousands of phone records to investigate the murder of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, charging that the request was unconstitutional. Mostafa Suleiman told a press conference that Italian investigators had made the...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Derik camp near Mardin city at the Syrian-Turkish borders, witnessed several incidents of fire, which incited huge worried about the safety and neglect the Syrian refugees suffer compared to other camps in Turkey. the latest comic-tragic accident...

An Iranian delegation will meet Saudi officials next week to discuss arrangements for this year's hajj pilgrimage, the first dialogue between the rival powers since a diplomatic crisis erupted in January. Riyadh severed diplomatic ties with Iran on Jan. 3, a day after its missions in Tehran...