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China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of US federal workers
WASHINGTON: Hackers broke into U.S. government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees, and investigators were probing whether the culprits...
View ArticleIf Morsi continued, Egypt, MB leaders would have been harmed: Sisi
CAIRO: A journalist has verbally attacked Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calling him a “Nazi,” following a press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGovernment to bid for 6.5B EGP in T-bills Sunday
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction 6.5 billion EGP ($851.6 million) in treasury bills Sunday, according to the bank’s official website....
View ArticleHungarian university awards Sisi honorary doctorate
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will be awarded the honorary doctorate by Corvinus University in Budapest Friday, Youm7 reported. Sisi has arrived in the Hungarian Capital Budapest Thursday...
View ArticleEgypt raises $1.5 bln in first international bond sale for five years
Reuters: The government of Egypt conducted its first international bond sale in five years on Thursday, underlining a return of economic and political stability to the country after its Arab Spring...
View Article56 Egyptians arrested at Sallum border crossing over “illegal immigration”
CAIRO: Authorities at the Egypt-Libya Sallum Crossing on Friday have arrested 56 Egyptians allegedly attempted to illegally cross into the Libyan territories through desert routes, Youm7 reported....
View ArticleEgypt signs $300M deal to produce high-octane benzene in Alexandria
CAIRO: Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry signed a deal to set up a new project to produce high-octane benzene in Alexandria with investments worth some $300 million, it said in a Friday statement. Petroleum...
View ArticleSuicide bombs rip through Nigerian marketplace killing 29
YOLA: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the main market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Yola, killing 29 people and themselves, officials said Friday, blaming the extremist Boko Haram group....
View ArticleEgypt’s oldest political prisoner dies in prison hospital
CAIRO: Egypt’s oldest political prisoner died at the Manial University Hospital, south of Cairo, Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced Thursday. “Nabil al-Maghrabi, 74, died of cancer in the...
View ArticleEgypt’s budget deficit soars to 9.9% of GDP in 10 months
CAIRO: Egypt’s budget deficit surged to 230.9 billion EGP in 10 months-from July to April of FY2014/2015, compared to 163.3 billion EGP in the same period last year, Finance Ministry announced Friday....
View ArticleCould Russia, Qatar lose their World Cups?
AP: If there is enough evidence of wrongdoing, FIFA has the power to strip the World Cup from both Russia and Qatar. Soccer’s governing body, currently engulfed in the worst corruption scandal in its...
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Pics: Egyptian mother gives birth to sextuplets
CAIRO: During her seventh month of pregnancy, a 25-year-old woman gave birth to sextuplets-four girls and two boys- in Egypt’s Delta governorate of Dakahlia, Youm7 reported Thursday. The 8-week...
View ArticleTurkey detains French former jihadi bride
ANKARA: A Turkish government official says police have detained a 22-year-old French woman after she crossed into Turkey from Syria where she had joined the Islamic State militant group and married a...
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Video: Mass fire broke out destroying 27 houses in Asyut
CAIRO: Mass fire broke out destroying 27 houses in Asyut
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Tent Makers’ Market: Fatimid Cairo’s fading history
CAIRO: In a post-industrial revolution world in which machines have mostly triumphed over traditionally handmade items, it is becoming difficult for certain craft traditions, including Egypt’s...
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January Revolution victims granted residential units: Housing Ministry
CAIRO: Some 28 families of victims and those who were injured during Egypt’s January 25 Revolution will receive residential units in the 6 of October City in Giza, Ministry of Housing announced Friday....
View ArticleHungarian Premier hails Egypt’s efforts in fighting terrorism: statement
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met in Budapest Friday and exchanged views on the perspectives of Hungarian-Egyptian relations as well as international...
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