In Egypt, there has long been a need for an independent, privately owned newspaper to provide unbiased and forthright news and analysis. Daily News Egypt (which launched in May 2005 under the brand name The Daily Star Egypt) is the country's only independent English-language daily. It carries local business, political and cultural, news and analysis, from an Egyptian perspective. Daily News Egypt is distributed with the International Herald Tribune (IHT) the world's foremost global newspaper. The IHT is the only English-language international paper printed in Egypt and available the same day. Together with the IHT's first-class international news service, Daily News Egypt provides readers with a complete bouquet of all the news they will need.