foreigners
Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa
Middle East
October 21, 2017
Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa
The forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group in Syria have tacit instructions on dealing with the foreigners…
889 foreigners worked in public sector in 2016: CAPMAS
Egypt
June 28, 2017
889 foreigners worked in public sector in 2016: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced the rise of the number of foreign workers in the…
MP suggests draft law to ban Egyptians calling children Western names
Egypt
May 21, 2017
MP suggests draft law to ban Egyptians calling children Western names
Parliamentarian Badr Abdel Aziz suggested a draft law which would fine or imprison Egyptian who name their children Western names…
Egypt mulls granting residence permits to foreigners in return for bank deposits
Egypt
April 28, 2017
Egypt mulls granting residence permits to foreigners in return for bank deposits
The National Defense and Security Committee of the House of Representatives approved on Thursday a draft law submitted by the…
In Kuwait, ‘too many foreigners’ becomes a frequent refrain
Middle East
February 21, 2017
In Kuwait, ‘too many foreigners’ becomes a frequent refrain
Kuwait's first new government hospital in more than three decades will soon open its doors — but only to Kuwaiti…
MPs refuse to consider bill offering citizenship in return for dollars
Egypt
August 4, 2016
MPs refuse to consider bill offering citizenship in return for dollars
Seventy MPs have announced their outright rejection of a bill submitted to parliament by MP Mahmoud Attia granting Egyptian nationality…
Search underway for Italian student missing in Cairo
Egypt
February 2, 2016
Search underway for Italian student missing in Cairo
Italy is working with the Egyptian government to find an Italian student from Britain's Cambridge University who went missing last…
Italy urges Egypt to resolve missing student mystery
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Italy urges Egypt to resolve missing student mystery
Italy has urged Egypt to track down an Italian student who "mysteriously disappeared" in Cairo this month, the foreign ministry…
Maldives to allow foreigners to own land
Life & Style
July 24, 2015
Maldives to allow foreigners to own land
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen approved on Thursday (July 23) a law allowing foreign ownership of land for the first time,…
Govt report: Number of foreigners working in private, investment sectors down by 8.3%
Business
July 1, 2015
Govt report: Number of foreigners working in private, investment sectors down by 8.3%
The number of foreign nationals working in Egypt’s private and investment sectors fell down by 8.3 percent in 2014, the…