Author: Sat, 2020-03-14 00:47 CAIRO: Weather forecasts warned of a wave of aggressive wind and rain from Thursday to Saturday (March 12-14). Consequently, the government gave people the day off on Thursday and advised them to not leave their houses … read more
Author: Sat, 2020-03-14 00:41 ANKARA: Turkey has reportedly decided to activate its Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile system in April despite warnings from the US that if it does so, it will be unable to acquire America’s Patriot missile-defense batteries. Ankara’s … read more
Fri, 2020-03-13 23:31 CAIRO: Up until recently, Egyptians associated the word “Corona” with a venerable chocolate-manufacturing company. However, after the emergence of the new coronavirus, the name has taken on a whole new meaning. Many Arabs familiar with Corona confectionary … read more
Fri, 2020-03-13 18:14 CAIRO: Thunderstorms and flooding around Egypt entered a second day Friday, interrupting daily life in much of the country, including the capital Cairo, as the death toll rose to 21, authorities said. Most of the fatalities took … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-03-13 02:17 WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iran-backed militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq, a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British … read more