Indian police are investigating a major organ trade racket after they arrested two men, including an alleged kingpin, at Mumbai airport for trafficking poor people for their kidneys to Egypt, officials said on Monday. The men – identified as Nizamuddin...اقرأ المزيد
Minister of Education Tarek Shawki has closed the educational establishment al Quds International School, previously named Sam Baker School and which was affiliated to al Basaten and Dar al Salam educational administration. Official Spokesperson for Ministry...اقرأ المزيد
Minster of Transport, Hesham Arafat, met Thursday with delegations from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the World Bank (WB) to discuss cooperation in different fields of transportation. Arafat discussed the current situation of the metro third...اقرأ المزيد
The Israeli Embassy in Egypt released a statement on Wednesday in which it responded to the outrage that surfaced in local Egyptian media over the removal of the Palestinian flag from an educational book that was replaced with an Israeli one. The book...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian military spokesperson Tamer al-Refaei said in a statement on Thursday that Russian and Egyptian paratroops — 600 soldiers from both countries — started the exercise Defenders of Friendship 2. During Defenders of Friendship 2 the two countries’...اقرأ المزيد
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) said that the names of wanted persons listed in the red notice section of Interpol’s website must be removed if they are appealed or have their status changed to ‘restricted’. Interpol informed...اقرأ المزيد
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein slammed the human rights situation in Egypt, during his opening statement on Monday to the Human Rights Council 36th session. Hussein said that the state of emergency declared in...اقرأ المزيد
Former al-Ahly striker Mahmoud al-Khateb (also known as Bibo) said Tuesday he would run in the upcoming elections of the sporting club for the post of president. “Out of respect and appreciation to concerns of the club members over Ahly’s values,...اقرأ المزيد
The latest hit Saudi song has the swaying rhythms and sparse vocals typical of the Gulf Arab pop music, but its message is an unusually forceful attack on former ally Qatar – and the gloves are off. “We stab in the face, not in the back … twenty...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s defense minister, on a visit to Seoul, announced that his country has cut military ties with North Korea, according to a report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. There was no immediate confirmation from the Egyptian government of the agency’s...اقرأ المزيد