Roadside bomb kills policeman, civilian in N Sinai
CAIRO: A police recruit and a civilian were killed and six policemen injured in a roadside bomb that rocked the North Sinai’s town of Arish late Wednesday, Youm7 reported. The blast, which targeted a...
View ArticleIran and Hezbollah pour fighters into central, northern Syria
BEIRUT: Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran’s involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious...
View ArticleSudan accused of withholding rations for Darfur peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations and Britain on Wednesday accused the Sudanese government of refusing to release food rations and other essential supplies for international peacekeepers in the...
View ArticlePress release: Shifting burden of environmental impacts to developing economies
DAVOS, Switzerland: As countries become increasingly dependent on world trade, with 40 per cent of resources extracted and used worldwide linked directly or indirectly to trade, new policies are needed...
View ArticlePope Tawadros II arrives in Los Angeles
CAIRO: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See landed in Los Angeles International Airport Thursday morning in a 5-day visit, Youm7 reported. The Pope will start his visit with a...
View ArticleCairo-Tunis flights to resume Saturday
CAIRO: Flights between Cairo Airport and Tunis-Carthage Airport will resume Saturday after a halt of three days due to maintenance works. The runway of the Tunisian airport is being upgraded, which...
View ArticleGermany mandates recall of VW cars with deceptive software
BERLIN: Germany’s motor transport agency is ordering a mandatory recall of Volkswagen cars sold with software that enabled them to evade diesel emissions testing. The dpa news agency reported that the...
View ArticleFrench Chamber of Commerce to discuss investment climate in Egypt Sunday
CAIRO: The Legal Committee of the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt will host a roundtable next Sunday Oct. 18, to discuss investment climate in Egypt. Recent legal reforms in theory and practice...
View ArticleSyrian troops launch offensive in central Homs province
DAMASCUS, Syria: Activists and state media say Syrian government forces have launched an offensive in the central province of Homs under the cover of Russian airstrikes. Syrian state TV said troops...
View ArticleSaudi girl reported missing in Cairo streets
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have intensified a search for a Saudi girl mission for days after last being seen on Cairo streets, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported Thursday. Egyptian Ministry of Interior...
View ArticleBREAKING: Cairo Court upholds death penalties for 10 in Zawahiri cell
CAIRO: The South Cairo Court upheld death sentences against 10 defendants in case dubbed in media as “Zawahiri terrorist Cell,” over charges of establishing a terror organization affiliated with...
View ArticleEgypt’s pound hits new official low of 7.83/dollar
CAIRO: The Egyptian pound hit a new official low as the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) let it depreciate to 7.83 to a U.S. dollar at a regular Thursday auction, compared to 7.73 in Tuesday’s sale, Youm7...
View ArticleGovernor Reshuffle expected after parliamentary elections: Minister
CAIRO: A reshuffle of governors is expected to take place after the parliamentary elections, minister of Local Development Ahmed Zaki Badr told the CBC channel Wednesday. In the interview, Badr did not...
View ArticleUpdate: Al-Qaeda leader’s brother acquitted in ‘Zawahiri cell’ case
CAIRO: Mohamed Rabie al-Zawahriri, the brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahriri has been acquitted of the charges of forming a terrorist cell affiliated with al-Qaeda in Egypt, while 10 out of 88...
View Article7 Palestinian children killed in October violence
CAIRO: Seven children number among the total 32 Palestinians killed in unfolding violence in October, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced Wednesday. In Jerusalem, 21 Palestinians were killed,...
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S&P: Weaker Outlook For Oil Prices Taking Toll On Russia’s Prospects For...
PARIS (Standard & Poor’s) Oct. 15, 2015–Standard & Poor’s has revised its GDP growth forecast for Russia down to –3.6% in 2015 from -2.6% previously, and for 2016 to 0.3% from 1.9%, Standard...
View ArticleEgyptian sectarian violence decreased in 2014: US State dep
CAIRO: Sectarian violence in Egypt declined in 2014, the U.S. state department announced in its International Religious Freedom Report for 2014, released Wednesday. “Christians in Upper Egypt, however,...
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Sisi to tighten grip on Egypt despite new parliament
CAIRO: When general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swapped his uniform for a suit to become Egyptian president, he mapped out a return to democracy culminating in parliamentary elections. These start on Sunday,...
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