144th Arab FM session underway in Cairo Sunday
CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers are flocking to Cairo to attend the league’s 144th regular session Sunday chaired by the United Arab Emirates to discuss joint political, social and economic Arab...
View ArticleAl Qaeda chief urges lone wolf attacks in U.S. and West -recording
CAIRO: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks inside those countries in an audio recording posted online on...
View ArticleEgyptian pilgrims ‘safe and sound’: health ministry official
CAIRO: A total 10,270 Egyptian pilgrims have converged on the makeshift medical clinics set up in Saudi Arabia as of Saturday night; head of Health Ministry Hajj mission Dr. Hisham Atta was quoted by...
View ArticleCairo Megaprojects Driving Positive Outlook and Performance for Real Estate...
CAIRO: Colliers International (‘Colliers’), a global leader in real estate advisory services, today released its comprehensive report the Greater Cairo Real Estate Market Overview. The report, which...
View ArticleEgypt’s Red Sea hosts 7th meeting of Interpol heads for Middle East
CAIRO: Egypt’s Red Sea will host the 7th INTERPOL meeting for the heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) in the Middle East and North Africa on Monday, announced the Red Sea Security Directorate...
View ArticleEgypt condemns Israeli police attack at al-Aqsa mosque
CAIRO: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry denounced Sunday the latest incursions by Israeli police into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “The continuous Israeli violations on Al-Aqsa Mosque represent an unacceptable...
View ArticleUS beats Egypt to stay in 1st place at volleyball World Cup
HIROSHIMA: The United States stayed in first place on Sunday with a comfortable 25-20, 25-13, 25-21 win over Egypt at the men’s volleyball World Cup. Taylor Sandor scored 14 points while Matt Anderson...
View ArticleEgypt’s pound steady at FX sale, weaker at exchange bureaus
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) kept the pound steady at 7.73 per dollar in a foreign exchange (FX) auction Sunday, unchanged from its last sale, the bank posted on its website. “The bank...
View ArticleMoody’s assigns Baa2/P-2 first time ratings to Kuwait’s Warba Bank K.S.C.P.
Limassol, September 13, 2015 — Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned long and short term local and foreign currency deposit ratings of Baa2/Prime-2 to Warba Bank K.S.C.P. (Warba) and a Baseline...
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Crane hits bridge in Cairo, causes traffic jam
CAIRO: A crane fell on a bridge in northwest Cairo while placing a boat on the river dock, leaving no casualties, according to Youm7. “The collision collapsed a railing on the bridge, and felled a...
View ArticleEgypt, S.Sudan sign deal to establish 300-acre farm
CAIRO: South Sudan has allocated Egypt a 300-acre parcel of land on which establish a livestock farm, announced outgoing Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource Hossam Moghazy Sunday. The contract...
View ArticleAlgeria’s Bouteflika replaces head of DRS military intelligence -sources
ALGIERS: Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has replaced the long-standing head of the country’s military intelligence agency, in his latest move to curb the spy chief’s influence in politics,...
View ArticleIrrigation Ministry on alert amid torrential rain: statement
CAIRO: The Ministry of Irrigation has declared a state of emergency Sunday amid heavy rain that caused flooding in South Sinai and Aswan governorates last night. “The minister decided to set up an...
View ArticleEGX rallies over Cabinet reshuffle, benchmark up 0.6%
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) shut on a collective rise Sunday, pushed up by an investor upbeat sentiment after President Sisi accepted the government’s resignation, and asked Petroleum Minister...
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Kuwait’s KIPCO plans $5 bln real estate project -newspaper
DUBAI: Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), the country’s largest private sector investment firm, is planning a $5 billion real estate scheme on the outskirts of Kuwait City, the company’s vice chairman told a...
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Twenty eight refugees drown off Greek island
ATHENS: Twenty eight refugees drowned off a Greek island on Sunday when their boat sank, the coastguard said, thought to be the largest recorded death toll from any single accident in Greek waters...
View ArticleEgypt security forces accidentally kill 12, including Mexican tourists
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed 12 Mexicans and Egyptians and injured 10 “by accident” on Monday, mistaking a tourist convoy for militants they were chasing in the country’s western desert, the...
View ArticleIsraeli dies from injuries sustained in rock attack on car
JERUSALEM : Israeli police say a Jewish man died from wounds sustained when rocks were thrown at his car. Spokeswoman Luba Samri said the man was injured early Monday as his vehicle was attacked while...
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