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Israeli forces shoot Palestinian after stabbing attempt
RAMALLAH: Israeli forces shot a female Palestinian attacker after she attempted to stab a soldier at a West Bank checkpoint on Tuesday, the military said, as tensions continued to simmer ahead of this...
View ArticleVideo: Fatah protests outside Arab League HQ against Aqsa attack
CAIRO: Fatah protests outside Arab League HQ against Aqsa attack
View ArticleAfrican Development Bank allocates $450M for Egypt in 2015
CAIRO: Funding from the African Development Bank to Egypt in 2015 has so far amounted to $450 million, and a plan is underway to develop a strategy for cooperation with the bank from 2015 until 2019,...
View ArticleVideo: More than a ton of drugs confiscated in Sharqia
More than a ton of drugs confiscated in Sharqia
View ArticleEx-Minister of Agriculture re-sentenced to 15 days over bribery
CAIRO: Former Minister of Agriculture Salah Helal was re-sentenced to 15 days detention pending further investigations over accusations of bribery Wednesday, Youm7 reported. The minister and three...
View ArticleGov’t restructures Sudan-Egypt Agriculture Integration Co.
CAIRO: The Sudanese-Egyptian Agricultural Integration Company (SEAIC) will be restructured on the Egyptian side, including the Minister of Agriculture, the Agricultural Research Center Chairperson and...
View Article23 Egyptians deported from Saudi for violating residency law
CAIRO: A total of 23 Egyptians were deported from Saudi Arabia Tuesday for violating residency and work laws, Youm7 reported. The Egyptian nationals arrived on a Saudi plane after the authorities had...
View ArticleYemeni officials: Exiled President arrives in Yemen’s Aden
SANAA: Yemeni airport officials say Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has arrived in the southern port city of Aden following nearly six months of exile in Saudi Arabia. Hadi’s return Tuesday...
View ArticleBaby given Tramadol by brother goes into coma
CAIRO: A baby in a village of Senbellawein, Dakahlia governorate, has gone into a coma after his three-year old brother put a strong pain reliever, also commonly used as a recreational drug, in his...
View ArticleEgyptian pound steady at dollar sale, weaker at exchange bureaus
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound held steady by the central bank at a dollar sale on Tuesday, where $37.8 million was sold at a cut-off price of 7.7301 pounds per dollar, and weakened on the parallel market....
View Article450 night clubs, alcoholic beverage stores to be closed in Cairo Wednesday
CAIRO: A total of 450 night clubs and alcoholic beverage stores in Cairo and Giza will be closed early Wednesday for the entire day, a security source told Youm7 Tuesday. Night clubs and stores that...
View ArticleOfficial says Egypt approves radar for Nefertiti tomb quest
CAIRO: An Egyptian official says the Antiquities Ministry has given initial approval for the use of non-invasive radar to verify a theory that Queen Nefertiti’s crypt may be hidden behind King...
View ArticleMore than 2 million Muslims in Saudi start hajj pilgrimage
MECCA: More than 2 million Muslims on Tuesday started the first rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest religious pilgrimages that draws people from different countries to...
View ArticleEGX ends in green powered by foreign purchases
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended on a positive note at the close of Tuesday’s session, backed by foreign purchases. The benchmark index EGX30 edged up 0.84 percent to record 7,346 points, up...
View ArticleCameroon army kills 11 Boko Haram militants: spokesperson
YAOUNDE: Cameroon’s army killed 11 Boko Haram militants in clashes in the northern town of Amchide early on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence said. Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in Cameroon since...
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Pope Francis arrives in US, faces a polarized country
WASHINGTON: Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his “church of the poor” to the world’s wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over issues...
View ArticleEx-fighter’s calls for Algeria Islamist party stir ghosts of past
ALGIERS: A former Islamist guerrilla fighter’s plans to enter politics have fanned fears of instability in Algeria, more than two decades after the army halted an expected election victory by his...
View ArticleRussia seen building up two more military facilities in Syria: Jane’s
WASHINGTON: Satellite photos taken in mid-September and obtained by IHS Jane’s show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria’s Mediterranean coast, Rob Munks, editor of...
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