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RIYADH: Egypt’s government has sold a 9.5 percent stake in state-controlled Telecom Egypt for 3.75 billion Egyptian pounds ($121.6 million), the finance ministry has revealed, breathing life into a privatization program that had seemingly stalled. Egypt desperately needs proceeds from these deals to meet a series of foreign debt obligations over the coming few months. Telecom

RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the army saying it returned fire after being shot at. “Saleh Mohamed Sabra, 22, was killed by live bullets during an Israeli attack in Nablus,” the ministry said, adding that another Palestinian was wounded by gunfire. The Israeli army said it was

LOS ANGELES: Jayson Tatum poured in a historic 51 points on Sunday to lead the Boston Celtics to a 112-88 game-seven victory over the Philadelphia 76ers and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Tatum added 13 rebounds five assists and a couple of steals and the Celtics’ suffocating defense neutralized newly minted NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid as Boston booked a

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s inflation rate remained unchanged at 2.7 percent in April compared to March 2023, according to the latest report released by the General Authority for Statistics. However, on a year-on-year basis, the Kingdom’s inflation rate continues to rise in line with the global trend, which stood at 2.3 percent in April 2022. The Kingdom’s Consumer Price Index in

LONDON: President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Britain Monday on his whirlwind European tour, as the staunch ally of Kyiv promised to give Ukraine hundreds more missiles and attack drones in an effort to change the course of the war. Zelensky landed by helicopter at Chequers, the British leader’s official country retreat, and was greeted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. It’s

JUBA, South Sudan: Sudanese singer Shaden Gardood has tragically become another victim of the ongoing conflict in Sudan. She was caught in the crossfire of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in the city of Omdurman, about 8 kilometers northwest of the capital Khartoum. The conflict erupted in mid-April when the

RIYADH: Bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain is set to receive a major boost as senior ministers from both countries met in Manama on Sunday to strengthen joint cooperation in the fields of investment, environment and infrastructure. Headed by Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih, the Saudi delegation met with Bahrain's Minister of Transportation and

CAIRO: It’s the stuff movies are made of, a Saudi man finds his Egyptian mother 30 years after his father separated them when their marriage fell apart. Turki Khaled Al Sunaid, 36, said he was separated from his mother before he was four. She had returned to her country to see her family, when her husband decided to end their marriage and took their son home with him according

An ADNOC Pro League campaign for the ages is over. Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai Club confounded pre-season doubts to secure a first top-flight title since 2017’s merger, while promoted Dibba Al-Fujairah and long-suffering Al-Dhafra face First Division League football next term. Plenty else happened along the way. Here are Arab News’ highlights from an unforgettable 2022-23. Best

DUBAI: Egyptian Canadian star Mena Massoud — who shot to fame for portraying Aladdin in the superhit 2019 Disney live-action remake — has quit Twitter over intense backlash after he posted a comment about the upcoming “The Little Mermaid” film, hitting theaters in the Middle East on May 25. In his now-deleted tweet, he said: “Our film (‘Aladdin’) was unique in that audiences