But what many don’t know is that Alexandria, which lies about 136 miles northwest of Cairo, actually once stood as Egypt’s capital city, from 332 BC until 642 AD - a period of 973 years.

MUMBAI: US investment firm Bain Capital has signed definitive agreements to acquire joint control in Kerala-based Manappuram Finance - India's second-largest gold loan company. Bain Capital will ...

Then welcome to Mechelen, the surprisingly low key city that in the 16th century was capital of most of the Low Countries – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Railway enthusiasts may already ...

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, owned by billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, has proposed to build a $4 billion metro line linking District 7 with Can Gio District in Ho Chi Minh City, boosting the city's ...

9, 2012. (AP Photo/Maika Elan, File) FILE- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a dioxin contaminated area while U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visits Bien Hoa air ...

HANOI, March 20 (Reuters) - Vietnam's government said some private ... rival may exceed 30% but not exceed 49% of its charter capital," according to the decree, which is expected to take effect ...

HANOI, March 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Vietnam next week, bringing with him a business delegation including executives from planemaker Embraer and food ...

Metro Manila always has room for another quaint coffee shop. Cong Caphe, one of Vietnam's famous coffee chains founded in 2007, has officially opened its doors at Gateway Mall 2 in Quezon City. Saying ...

“There was no hurrah for them,” she said. The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of the Vietnam Wa ...

“There was no hurrah for them,” she said. 50 th anniversary of war end approaches The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively ...

9, 2012. (AP Photo/Maika Elan, File) FILE- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a dioxin contaminated area while U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visits Bien Hoa air ...