Political Conclusions of the 2025 BRICS Summit

On July 6–7, the BRICS held their seventeenth summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Created in 2009 the BRICS underwent an expansion process in 2023 with five new members joining the bloc. In 2024, Indonesia also joined, participating this year for...

MENA Startup Funding Falls to $52M in June

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox Startup funding across the MENA region dropped sharply in June 2025, with only US$52 million raised across 37 deals. This marks an 82% decline compared to May and...

LemFi Launches International Payment Services to Egypt

Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Middle East News once a month in your Inbox LemFi, a London-based international payment services company, has announced the expansion of its operations to Egypt, broadening its service offerings to one of...

China ready to optimize trade, expand cooperation with Egypt -- premier

CAIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here Thursday that China is willing to work with Egypt to optimize the development of bilateral trade and create more highlights of cooperation as well as new drivers of economic growth. The...

Flying Internationally? This Airline Offers the Best Value in Business Class

If you’re planning to travel internationally this year and want to avoid getting trapped in a cramped seat at the back of the plane for eight hours or more, there’s a global carrier with an enticing front-of-the-plane offering that won’t...

Egypt: Deaths and injuries, telephone and internet disruptions in Ramses Mall fire

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Egyptian National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) revealed that the fire that broke out at the Ramses Mall in downtown Cairo on Monday, July 7, 2025, started in a technical room on the seventh...

Egypt’s parliament summons minister over deadly Cairo fire amid outcry

Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, defended his ministry’s response to the Ramses Central telecoms hub fire during a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday, following criticism from politicians over the incident,...

Cairo Telecom Fire Kills Four, Disrupts Communications and Air Traffic

July 8, 2025 Hour: 6:46 pm A massive fire that broke out Monday at the 10-story Telecom Egypt building in downtown Cairo has left four employees dead and at least 27 others injured, according to Egyptian authorities. The blaze, which originated in...

Cairo Telecom Building Fire Disrupts Several Services Including Bourse Trading

Egyptian lorry driver sentenced to 15 years over deadly crash

An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced a lorry driver to 15 years in prison for his involvement in a collision on the Regional Ring Road in Menoufia province that killed 19 people, including 18 teenage girls. The owner of the lorry was handed a...

Egyptian stock exchange halts trading due to fire at Ramses Central

[Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:14:29 +0300] Cairo – Saba: The Egyptian Stock Exchange suspended trading for Tuesday's session following a fire that broke out at the Ramses Central building, disrupting communications services in several vital areas. In a...

Urgent: China eyes deeper Belt and Road cooperation with Egypt -- premier

CAIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here on Thursday that China is willing to strengthen Belt and Road cooperation with Egypt in such areas as economy, trade, finance, manufacturing, new energy, science and technology, and...

‘We Need to Shift Who Has Power in This Country’: Cynthia Richie Terrell Knows How We Can Cultivate Gender Balance in Politics

“There’s an appetite to take on the dysfunction in our electoral system,” Richie Terrell told Ms. Cynthia Richie Terrell has worked as a political campaign manager and field director for candidates and initiatives at every level of government—but...

Ancient Canaanite Donkey Sacrifice Found in Israel Reveals Egyptian Trade Ties

Archaeologists uncover an ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice in Israel. Credit: Elizabeth R. Arnold / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered rare evidence of an ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice ritual that reveals surprising trade...

China has intention to deepen its Belt, Road cooperation with Egypt

(MENAFN) Chinese Premier Li Qiang has expressed China’s intention to deepen its Belt and Road cooperation with Egypt, focusing on sectors such as trade, finance, manufacturing, new energy, science and technology, and cultural exchange. In a...

Avatr signs distribution agreement in Egypt

Avatr Technology Company, the upmarket battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer controlled by Chinese state-owned automaker Changan Automobile Company, has signed a distribution agreement in Egypt with the local Kasrawy Group. Kasrawy Group,...

Nigeria is in crisis: Enough of politicians; where are the statesmen?

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will – Fred Douglass Murry Rothbard (1926-95) started his book ‘The Anatomy of the State” with a predictable quotation, “the greatest danger to the State is intellectual...

China eyes deeper Belt and Road cooperation with Egypt -- premier

CAIRO, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here on Thursday that China is willing to strengthen Belt and Road cooperation with Egypt in such areas as economy, trade, finance, manufacturing, new energy, science and technology, and...

Cairo Takes Over as Nationals’ Interim Manager

WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals appointed Miguel Cairo as interim manager on Monday, July 7, 2025, following a major organizational overhaul. Cairo replaces Dave Martinez, who and general manager Mike Rizzo were dismissed on Sunday. Cairo,...

Egyptian authorities race to contain fallout from fatal telecom fire

Egyptian authorities on Tuesday raced to contain the fallout from a fatal fire at a key Cairo telecommunications hub, suspending the stock market, doubling cash withdrawal limits, and working to reroute disrupted internet and phone services. The...