Egypt signs MoU with Singapore to establish 3 water desalination plants
CAIRO: Three desalination plants will be constructed by Egypt and Singapore, per a memorandum of understanding signed Sunday and witnessed by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported. Chairman of...
View ArticleState Commissioners advise court not to strip Wael Ghoneim of citizenship
CAIRO: The State Commissioners Authority recommended the rejection of a lawsuit demanding stripping activist Wael Ghoneim of his Egyptian nationality because the plaintiff failed to rest his case,...
View ArticleEGX slumps over foreign, local institution sales
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) plunged at the close of Sunday’s session, hammered by foreign, local institutions’ sell-offs, while Arabs tend to purchase. The benchmark index EGX30 tumbled 0.33...
View ArticleParliamentary elections timetable to be announced Sunday
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Elections Committee is to hold a press conference Sunday to announce 2015 parliamentary elections’ timetable, Youm7 reported. The press conference will include the announcements...
View ArticleItaly’s Eni finds ‘supergiant’ natural gas field off Egypt
ROME: The Italian energy company Eni SpA announced Sunday it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off Egypt, describing it as the “largest-ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. The news came...
View ArticleQalaa holds one-day conference on railway Set. 9
PRESS RELEASE: an African leader in infrastructure and industry, will hold a one-day conference “Rift Valley Railways: An Integrated Logistics Solution in East Africa,” that will be attended by leading...
View ArticleBreaking: Egypt’s Parliamentary elections to be held in October, November
CAIRO: The first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections begins Oct. 17 while the second phase will be conducted Nov.21, announced head of the High Elections Commission (HEC) Ayman Abbas in a Sunday...
View ArticleNew tomb discovered in Luxor
CAIRO: An Egyptian-American mission in Luxor has discovered a tomb from the 26th dynasty, the Ministry of Antiquities announced Monday. The tomb of Padisbastet, the “Overseer of Upper Egypt, High...
View ArticleCanadians, Pakistani and Nigerian among dead in Saudi fire
RIYADH: A Saudi official says three Canadians, a Pakistani and a Nigerian were among those killed in a fire that engulfed parts of a residential compound in the kingdom’s oil-rich east. Regional civil...
View Article200 residents of Iraqi town held by Islamic State group
BAGHDAD: The mayor of a remote, Islamic State-held town in western Iraq says some 200 residents are detained by the group after clashes there. Trouble in Rutbah, in Anbar province, started Saturday...
View ArticleSyrian official: Amount of damage at Palmyra temple unclear
BEIRUT: A Syrian official in charge of antiquities said Monday his government has not been able to determine how much damage an explosion near the ancient Temple of Bel caused the ancient structure in...
View ArticleChemical solvents might be used to contain Asyut oil leak
CAIRO: Chemical solvents might be used to dissolve the remains from a mazut spill in the Nile River in Asyut Thursday, Youm7 reported. The Ministry of Environment might resort to use the chemicals “as...
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Education Ministry under fire over zero scores
CAIRO: Egypt’s Ministry of Education is under fire after it was discovered that around 40 students of Thanawyia Amma (secondary education or high schools) received zeros in all final exams that enable...
View ArticleAlleged Facebook mention in prayer call sparks Egypt outcry
CAIRO: Egyptians in a Nile Delta province are outraged after a cleric allegedly changed a line in the traditional Islamic call to dawn prayers to mention Facebook. Instead of saying “prayer is better...
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Egypt starts dig on Gaza border to stop smuggling tunnels
RAFAH: Egyptian military bulldozers are digging through the sand along Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip in recent days, pressing ahead with what appears to be a renewed campaign to pressure Gaza’s...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rebel leader: Cease-fire, peace pact in danger
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan’s rebel leader says attacks by government troops on rebel-held areas could cause the failure of a peace agreement between the warring sides. Riek Machar told reporters in...
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