Russian air strikes in Syria to last 3-4 months -Putin ally
PARIS: Russia estimates its air strike campaign in Syria could last three to four months, the head of the lower house of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee said on Friday. “There is...
View ArticleLooted Egyptian figurine arrives from France
CAIRO: A 4,200-year-old ancient Egyptian wooden figurine, which was looted in the aftermath of 2011 uprising, arrived Thursday in Cairo from France, Youm7 reported. After it was stolen from the...
View ArticleSaudi hajj disaster toll rises higher with Iran’s 465 dead
TEHRAN: The death toll in the Saudi hajj disaster rose sharply Thursday as Iran announced 465 of its pilgrims died in last week’s stampede and crush, nearly doubling its earlier count and likely...
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Egypt, Belarus discuss cooperation in metro, train carriage manufacture
CAIRO: Egypt and Belarus have discussed possible “cooperation in manufacturing metro and train carriages,” state-owned news agency MENA quoted Belarusian Ambassador in Cairo Sergei Rachkov. MENA...
View ArticleSwindler repents, gives himself up to police after performing pilgrimage
CAIRO: A man, who allegedly swindled over 13 million EGP ($1.6 m,) gave himself up to the police days after he returned from Saudi Arabia where he performed the pilgrimage rituals, Al-Ahram reported...
View ArticleAJE launches in Egypt with BIG Cola
CAIRO: AJE, one of the leading multinational beverage companies, has announced today the beginning of commercialization of its products in Egypt, confirming its entry into the African continent. BIG,...
View ArticleActivists say Russian warplanes bomb key IS town
MOSCOW: The latest developments as Russia and other nations counter Islamic State militants in Syria. All times local: ___ 1:40 p.m. Syrian activists say warplanes believed to be Russians have attacked...
View Article6 US airmen among at least 11 dead in Afghan plane crash
KABUL: A U.S. Air Force C-130J military transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six American airmen and five civilians on the aircraft, the U.S. military said...
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Video: Pro-Brotherhood protesters burn police vehicle in October City
Pro-Brotherhood protesters burn police vehicle in October City
View ArticleAttempt to smuggle 320K Saudi Riyals foiled at Borg al-Arab airport
CAIRO: Officials at the Borg al-Arab airport near Alexandria detained a woman traveling to Dubai for being in possession of 320,000 Saudi Riyals ($85,000.) The woman, identified as “A.G.” had the bills...
View ArticleIS reportedly didn’t hold Friday prayers Raqqa
Activists say the Islamic State group did not hold Friday prayers in several mosques in its de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria, fearing Russian airstrikes. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory...
View ArticleGunman kills 9 in Oregon college classroom, town reeling
ROSEBURG: Residents of a quiet Oregon town struggled to comprehend the carnage left by the latest U.S. mass shooting as investigators puzzled over what drove a young gunman to kill nine people in a...
View ArticlePutin takes Syria spotlight; US coalition wants focus on IS
PARIS: Vladimir Putin entered talks Friday around Syria’s fate after an intervention that ensured Russia’s role as a major player no matter what the outcome. In the space of a few days, Russian...
View ArticleUN human rights body passes Saudi proposal on Yemen
GENEVA: A leading advocacy group is accusing the top U.N. human rights body of failing to improve scrutiny of abuses in war-torn Yemen by approving a resolution presented by Saudi Arabia, a major...
View ArticleYemeni government cuts relations with Iran – state TV
ADEN: The Saudi-backed Yemeni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Iran, state-owned Aden television reported on Friday without elaborating....
View ArticleGovernment to raise 7B EGP in T-bills Sunday
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance will auction 7 billion EGP ($894.1 million) in treasury bills Sunday, according to the bank’s official website. Egypt’s...
View ArticleEGX tumbles 12% in Q1 of FY2015-2016, equities shed $4.7B
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) plunged during the course of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015-2016, and its market capitalization lost around 36.44 billion EGP ($4.65 billion,) according to its...
View ArticleYemen al-Qaida figure condemns IS bombing of Shiite mosques
CAIRO: A senior operative in Yemen’s al-Qaida affiliate has condemned the recent bombings of local Shiite mosques by the Islamic State group. Both al-Qaida and the Islamic State group regard Shiite...
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