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Egypt Grand Mufti denounces burning of 4 Shiites in Iraq
CAIRO: Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam strongly condemned the “cowardly, barbarian” burning of four Iraqi Shiite fighters to death by the Islamic State group (IS,) according to a Tuesday statement....
View ArticleEgypt’s inbound tourism rate increases by 2.9% in July 2015: CAPMAS
CAIRO: The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by 2.9 percent in July 2015 compared with the same period last year, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics...
View ArticleEGX dips on heavy Arab sell-offs, weak Chinese data
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost ground at the close of Tuesday’s session, hurt by selling pressures from Arab institutions and retailers amid growing concerns over a China-led economic slowdown...
View ArticleSuez Canal hits day record with 70 ships
CAIRO: Suez Canal Authority (SCA) chairman Mohab Mamish announced that Suez Canal hit a new record Tuesday by the crossing of 70 ships with capacity of 4 million tons. About 34 ships have passed...
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Massive gas find promises to ease Egypt’s fuel crisis
CAIRO: The discovery of a huge gas field off Egypt’s coast promises to ease a long-running fuel crisis and boost the economy after years of unrest, but it will take years to develop and won’t bring...
View ArticleCabinet to re-study exam of student who received zero
CAIRO: A committee will examine the handwriting of a high school student who received a zero in her exams, per an order from Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Tuesday. The Ministry was slammed after the...
View ArticlePalestinians: Abbas says won’t seek top PLO, Fatah posts
RAMALLAH: Two officials say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told confidants he won’t seek re-election to the top posts in the Palestine Liberation Organization or his Fatah movement in upcoming...
View Article230 electoral symbols assigned for parliamentary candidates: HEC
CAIRO: A total of 230 electoral symbols have been assigned for candidates in the parliamentary election, the High Elections Committee (HEC) announced Tuesday. “There will be 160 symbols for individual...
View ArticleUNESCO chief: IS destruction of Syrian temple ‘intolerable’
BEIRUT: Islamic State militants in Syria committed an “intolerable crime against civilization” by destroying the Temple of Bel, one of the ancient world’s most iconic monuments, the head of the U.N....
View ArticleUK police: Mother, 4 children detained in Turkey
LONDON: British police say a mother and her four young children from London who were believed to be on their way to Syria have been detained in Turkey. British counter-terrorism officials appealed for...
View ArticleSomali militants overrun base of African Union forces
MOGADISHU: Al-Shabab overran an African Union base in southern Somalia early Tuesday, a Somali military official said, in the latest display of the Islamic extremists’ capacity to hit back amid a...
View ArticleFIFA scandal becomes exhibit at Mob Museum in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS: The same museum that chronicles Sin City’s mob beginnings led by underworld criminals like Bugsy Siegel is hoping to score with an exhibit exploring FIFA’s wide-ranging corruption scandal....
View ArticlePolice foil suicide attack in Arish
CAIRO: The police foiled a suicide car bomb operation in Arish, North Sinai Wednesday; a truck was heading at a great speed towards a checkpoint, prompting the police to shoot at the driver. The driver...
View ArticleBomb thrown at shop in Upper Egypt’s Qena; fire left no casualties
CAIRO: A fire that broke out in a shop in the center of Upper Egypt’s city of Qena has been controlled; eyewitnesses said bombs ignited the blaze, Youm7 reported Wednesday. The fire left no casualties...
View ArticleGermany to fund renovation of Tutankhamun golden mask
CAIRO: The golden mask of Tutankhamun is being scanned and photographed in preparation for a comprehensive renovation process, The Egyptian Museum Director Mahmoud al-Halwagy told the state news agency...
View ArticleTurkish warplanes attack PKK targets after soldier killed in attack
ISTANBUL: Turkish F-16 warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) firing positions in southeast Turkey on Wednesday after the militants killed a soldier in the area,Turkey’s armed forces said....
View ArticleMasked men kidnap 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: Masked men in military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish employees of an Ankara-based construction company in Baghdad early Wednesday, bundling them into several SUVs and speeding away, Iraqi and...
View ArticleEgypt picks winners in tender for 4 LNG cargoes via Jordan -trade
Egypt has picked Shell, Vitol and Trafigura in a tender to supply four cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via Jordan’s Aqaba import terminal, trade sources said. Shell will supply two cargoes...
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