Moody’s confirms Greece’s government bond rating at Caa3; Outlook stable
London: Moody’s Investors Service has today confirmed Greece’s government bond rating at Caa3 and changed the outlook to stable. The short-term rating is unaffected by this rating action and remains...
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Sisi invited to OECD meetings in Paris
CAIRO: Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has invited President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to attend the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) meeting that scheduled to be held on...
View ArticleEgypt to witness stage of supermoon eclipse Sept. 28
CAIRO: The Earth is to witness a total lunar eclipse midnight between Sept. 27-28, which happens to be near the 2015 supermoon, Youm7 reported Saturday. Egypt will witness the eclipse in its last...
View ArticleSaudi struggles with stampede aftermath as hajj ends
MINA, Saudi Arabia: As the hajj religious pilgrims entered its final day Saturday, officials in Saudi Arabia continued to grapple with the aftermath of a deadly stampede that killed at least 719...
View ArticleSaudi border officers killed in attack from Yemen: Saudi ministry
DUBAI: A district commander and a sergeant in Saudi Arabia’s border guard have been killed in an attack launched from across the frontier with Yemen, the Saudi interior ministry said on Saturday. The...
View Article112 cases or verbal, 24 cases of physical harassment on 2nd day of Eid: watchdog
CAIRO: On the second day of Eid al-Adha, there were 112 reported cases of verbal harassment, and 24 cases of physical sexual harassment, watchdog group I Saw Harassment reported Saturday morning. The...
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UN strikes Nigeria from list of polio-endemic countries
BERLIN: The World Health Organization says polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. Only Afghanistan and Pakistan remain on the list of countries where the disease, which can cause life-long paralysis,...
View Article4.8 M tourists visit Egypt in first half of 2015
CAIRO: A total of 4.8 million tourists visited Egypt in the first half of 2015, an 8.2 percent increase over the corresponding period in 2014, which welcomed 4.4 million, according to a report...
View Article3K Egyptian pilgrims return home on 12 flights Saturday: EgyptAir
CAIRO: A total of 3,000 Egyptian pilgrims will fly back to Cairo on board 12 EgyptAir flights Saturday after completing the Hajj, the holding company chairperson Sherif Fathy said. Ten flights will...
View ArticleTwo policemen killed, 16 others injured in a car bomb in Arish
CAIRO: Two policemen were killed and 16 others injured Saturday when a car bomb detonated in restive North Sinai’s Arish city, the Ministry of Interior stated. The bomb was planted in the car near a...
View ArticleIran vows to take Saudi rulers to court over hajj disaster
TEHRAN: Iran’s state prosecutor says he will pursue legal action against Saudi Arabia’s rulers in international courts over the crush of pilgrims at this year’s hajj, which killed more than 700 people,...
View ArticlePharmaceuticals not to be exempt from VAT: Minister
CAIRO: Pharmaceuticals will not be exempt from the value-added tax (VAT) in the current draft law, Youm7 reported Saturday. An official in the Egyptian Tax Authority told Youm7 that after the Minister...
View ArticleIsraeli soldiers who assaulted journalists to be disciplined
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says soldiers caught on camera assaulting a pair of Agence France-Presse journalists will face “disciplinary measures.” The military said Saturday a preliminary review...
View ArticleOil exports from northern Iraq to Turkey restart: Kurdistan resources ministry
ERBIL, Iraq: Oil exports from northern Iraq to Turkey have restarted after the pipeline was sabotaged earlier this week, the Kurdistan region’s ministry of natural resources said on Saturday. The flow...
View ArticleDeath toll in hajj crush rises to 769: Saudi health minister
DUBAI: The death toll in a crush outside the holy city of Mecca on Thursday has risen to 769, Saudi Health Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday. “The latest statistics up to this hour reveal 769...
View ArticleSisi discusses int’l action to end attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque in Abbas meeting
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called for an international solution to end escalating attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque in a Saturday meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in New York...
View ArticleSisi praises German role in Egypt’s development
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi praised the “positive” role of the German companies concerning Egypt’s development in a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday. In the meeting...
View Article101 tons of rotten meat confiscated in Cairo
CAIRO: Some 101 tons of rotten meat, poultry and fish were confiscated in a week during an inspection campaigns launched by the Cairo Veterinary Directorate, Youm7 reported Saturday. The campaigns...
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