Egyptian ashmawi extradited from Libya

The 70% rule, not American exceptionalism leads to US’s ‘best soccer ever played’

Two of the World Cup’s Round of 16 teams received the homecoming reserved for champions, even though they exited with the final week of the tournament remaining be played. Algeria’s Desert Foxes and Team USA shook the international soccer landscape with their unexpected performances before leaving, though. American team leader Tim Howard tweeted: “We’re playing […]

Egyptian companies win about $2bn-contracts in Libya to set up power stations

Libya has signed multiple billion-dollar contracts with a number of Egyptian companies to set up power stations in the oil-rich country. Salama Al-Ghwail, Libya’s State Minister for Economic Affairs, told Egyptian media the contracts are worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. Al-Ghwail said Egyptian companies should win between 60 to 70% of the reconstruction […]

Morocco re-elected by acclamation to UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The UN Economic and Social Council on Wednesday re-elected Morocco, by acclamation, as a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the UN’s central decision-making body on drugs. The Kingdom, which currently sits on this Commission, whose work is held in Vienna, was re-elected on behalf of the Group of African States, for a term […]