Migrant flow into Austria ebbs after 14,000 weekend influx
VIENNA : The influx of migrants that saw more than 14,000 people flow into Austria from Hungary over the weekend at the main border point between the two countries appears to have ebbed, at least for...
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Video:Finance Minister opens 20th annual Euromoney Egypt Conference
Video:Finance Minister opens 20th annual Euromoney Egypt Conference.
View ArticleEgypt’s Min. of Defense meets Chadian counterpart
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhy met his Chadian counterpart Benaindo Tatola Saturday, Youm7 reported Saturday. Tatola visits Egypt on the head of top delegation from Chad to discuss the...
View ArticleEgypt to host Real Estate Summit on Sept. 14-16
CAIRO: Egypt is scheduled to host the Real Estate Summit at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza Hotel in Cairo Sep. 14-16, Youm7 reported Saturday. The summit is under the auspices of Egypt’s ministries of...
View ArticleCar bomb goes off outside Islamist party headquarters in Giza: Eyewitness
CAIRO: A car bomb went off Monday near an Ophthalmology Hospital in Giza, outside an Islamist party headquarters, a resident told Youm7. Former member of the Building and Development Party, Mohamed...
View ArticleEgypt ‘concerned’ over delayed Renaissance Dam study
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Hossam Moghazi announced Egypt has not received the technical studies of the Renaissance Dam as expected Sep. 5, Youm7 reported Saturday. Moghazi expressed in...
View ArticleSaudi State Minister in Cairo to discuss cooperation
CAIRO: Saudi Minister of State Essam bin Saad arrived in Egypt Sunday evening to meet with Egyptians officials to discuss mutual cooperation, Youm7 reported. Egypt has begun negotiations with the...
View ArticleEgypt cancels MoU with UAE’s AlAbbar to develop administrative capital
CAIRO: Egypt has cancelled the MoU signed with the UAE’s Mohammed AlAbbar during the March economic summit, to develop the new administrative capital, Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said at...
View ArticleIslamic state seizes oil field in central Syria -monitor
AMMAN: Islamic State fighters have seized an oil field in a vast desert area ofcentral Syria where the army has been battling to regain ground from the ultra hardline militants, a group monitoring the...
View ArticleFrance to begin Syria reconnaissance flights, mulls air strikes
PARIS: France will begin reconnaissance missions over Syria on Tuesday and could launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country, President Francois Hollande said on Monday. France...
View ArticleEgypt signs deal with China Construction to build, finance, part of new capital
CAIRO: Egypt signed an agreement with a Chinese company on building and financing part of a planned new administrative capital east of Cairo, the investment minister told Reuters on Monday. The...
View ArticleKurdish militant group says 31 Turkish soldiers killed in attack-website
ISTANBUL: The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group said on Monday it had killed 31 Turkish soldiers in an attack and subsequent clashes in southeast Turkey on Sunday, according to a statement...
View ArticleEgypt’s Endowment Minister invited to Australia
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of Endowment Mokhtar Gomaa has been invited by Australia’s Dar al Iftaa to deliver speeches in Melbourne and Sydney, Youm7 reported. Gomaa is expected to hold meetings with the...
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Breaking: Agriculture Minister arrested for corruption
CAIRO: Minister of Agriculture Salah Helal was arrested Monday over charges of corruption, Youm7 reported. He was taken into custody from his office in Tahrir Square per a decision from the...
View Article9 MB members sentenced to death, 13 others receive life imprisonment
CAIRO: Nine convicts, allegedly belonging to the outlawed Muslim brotherhood, were sentenced Monday to death by hanging, while 13 others were handed a life sentence over killing a police guard of a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Egypt’s int’l reserves decline to $18.1B at August-end
CAIRO: Egypt’s Net International Reserves declined to $ 18.09 billion at the end of August from $18.533 billion at July-end, recording a decrease of around $ 437 million, the Central Bank of Egypt...
View ArticleEGX extends losing streak, benchmark down 1.5%
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) dipped further at the close of Monday’s session, hammered by selling pressures from local and Arab traders. Egypt’s benchmark index EGX30 slipped 1.48 percent to...
View ArticleFor Russia’s Muslims, Mecca pilgrimage hopes drop with ruble
MOSCOW (AP) — The plunge in the ruble currency is making Russians’ travels abroad hugely more expensive. For thousands of the country’s Muslims, that means more than just canceling a beach vacation,...
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