Court nullifies withdrawal of Montazah cabins
CAIRO: The Administrative Court in Cairo has accepted Saturday a lawsuit to cancel former tourism minister’s decision to evacuate and withdraw the privately-owned beach cabins of Al-Montaza district in...
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Greste: I will seek a presidential pardon
CAIRO: Australian Journalist Peter Greste plans to seek a pardon from President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, he told The Cairo Post. The three-year prison term issued against him in absentia and his two...
View Article16 arrested in Sharqia for alleged contact with IS
CAIRO: Sixteen people, led by a former officer who had been fired, were referred Saturday by the prosecution to a “terrorism-specialized” court after they “were proven to have been in touch” with the...
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Military plane crashes in northern Nigeria, killing seven
ABUJA : A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed into a house in the northern city of Kaduna on Saturday, killing all seven people on board, a military spokesman said. The air force said the Dornier-228...
View Article3 policemen detained for dereliction leading to jailbreak
CAIRO: A lieutenant and two low-ranking officers were detained Saturday for four days pending investigations for failing to prevent eight prisoners from escaping in Damietta, Youm7 reported. The...
View Article26 Egyptians deported from Saudi
CAIRO: A total of 26 Egyptians arrived in Cairo Airport Saturday after being deported from Saudi Arabia due to their expired residency, Youm7 reported. The deportees flew from Jeddah on the Saudi...
View ArticleBritish Ambassador in Egypt summoned over comments on Al-Jazeera verdict
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Sunday British Ambassador to Cairo John Casson, calling his comments on Al-Jazeera journalists’ verdict an “unacceptable interference in Egypt’s...
View ArticleLarge French container ship crosses New Suez Canal
CAIRO: A massive French container ship crossed Sunday the new branch of the Suez Canal, known in the local media as “New Suez Canal,” Youm7 reported. The vessel CMA CGM VASCO DE GAM is one of the...
View ArticleEgypt to send Yemen aid planes in two days: Riad Yassin
CAIRO: Cairo will send Yemen humanitarian aid in the coming days, said Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin in remarks to media after his meeting with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo...
View ArticleEgypt slams criticism of AJ journo sentences
CAIRO: Cairo is deflected as “unacceptable”a barrage of international criticism for a three-year jail sentence Saturday against Al-Jazeera journalists over “charges of publishing false news.” “The...
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Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 36 Yemeni civilians: residents
SANAA: An air strike by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition killed 36 civilians working at a bottling plant in the northern Yemeni province of Hajjah on Sunday, residents said. In another air raid on...
View ArticleFire at Saudi oil workers compound kills 11, injures more than 200
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: A fire swept through an oil workers’ residential compound in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, killing 11 people and injuring over 200 others of various nationalities, some critically, the...
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The road to safety: Egypt overhauls highway system
CAIRO: A major road project is underway in Egypt, with 3,400km of roads planned to be completed by the end of 2015. Some 600 km of the first phase of the National Road Project planned by President...
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Gulf rises after oil’s rally, Dubai jumps
DUBAI: Dubai’s stock market led gains in the Gulf in early trade on Sunday after oil prices rebounded, improving the sentiment of investors in the region. The emirate’s index jumped 3.0 percent and...
View ArticleShop owners to pay 5000 EGP fine for not having trash bins
CAIRO: The Cairo governorate will impose a 5,000 EGP ($638.11) fine on owners of shops for not placing trash bins outside, as part of a campaign to improve sanitation in the capital, Youm7 reported...
View ArticleMigrant boat sinks off Libyan coast, kills at least seven: official
TRIPOLI: A boat carrying migrants sank off Libya’s Mediterranean coast, killing at least seven people, a local official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident within days. “We had reports this...
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