Egypt is raising the price of electricity by an average of 26 percent as part of austerity measures designed to overhaul the country's economy
3 Gulf Arab states have pledged $2.5 billion to Jordan as economic protests over austerity measures have roiled the kingdom
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Ethiopia will not reduce Egypt's share of Nike waters, as his country works to complete what will be Africa's largest hydroelectric dam
Egypt's official statistics agency says the inflation rate increased to 13.2 percent in May, amid possible new round of price hikes
Egyptian airport officials say an Eritrean detainee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has died after an apparent suicide
Saudi Arabia says it will host a meeting among several Gulf Arab countries to offer support to Jordan after it faced mass protests over the kingdom's economic problems and its plans to tax its citizens
Turkish businessman Erdogan Demiroren, who recently acquired Turkey's largest media group, has died at age 79. Istanbul's Florence Nightingale Hospital said Demiroren died Friday of respiratory failure
Iran's nuclear chief inaugurates new nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz geared toward producing centrifuges
India's central bank has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.25, as inflation rose following an increase in global oil prices
Year into blockade by Arab quartet, wealthy Qatar thrives with allies Turkey, Iran, and plenty of liquefied natural gas
