Int’l, local observers inspect polling stations in Giza
CAIRO: Several international observers have paid inspection visits to monitor the first phase of Egypt’s parliament elections that began Sunday in 14 governorates. Members of the joint local-...
View ArticleTurkey detains some 50 Syria and Iraq-bound IS suspects
ANKARA: Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have conducted pre-dawn raids on 17 locations in Istanbul and detained some 50 people suspected of being linked to the Islamic State group. Anadolu...
View ArticleBREAKING: EGP hits new low of 7.93/USD
CAIRO: For the fourth time in 2015, Egypt’s central bank depreciated the pound by 10 piasters to register 7.93 EGP against the U.S. dollar, after the country net foreign reserves plunged for a 3rd...
View ArticleEgypt mulls declaring Monday public holiday to encourage higher turnout
CAIRO: The Local Administrative Development Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr is considering declaring Monday national holiday in an attempt to encourage a higher turnout in the final day of the parliament...
View ArticleStock market opens with dip on first day of parliamentary elections
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange opened Sunday with a dip of 0.08 percent for the benchmark index EGX30, and the EGX50 declined .18 percent. The dip coincides with the start of parliamentary elections, and...
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Egyptians activists protest Israeli attacks in Jerusalem
CAIRO: Groups of Egyptian activists staged Saturday two protests against ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Outside the Cairo-based Journalists’...
View ArticleCairo sees ‘low air quality’ due to burnt agricultural leftovers
CAIRO: Some districts and neighborhoods in Cairo and Delta have witnessed “low air quality” early Saturday due to accumulated clouds of smoke from open burning of agricultural leftovers, according to...
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Photos and video: by foot, tuk tuk, or donkey, Egyptians come out to vote
Photos and video: by foot, tuk tuk, or donkey, Egyptians come out to vote.
View ArticleAngela Merkel in Turkey to promote EU migrant plan
ANKARA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday held talks with Turkish leaders in Istanbul to promote a European Union plan that would offer aid and concessions to Turkey in exchange for measures to...
View ArticleRussian planes make 39 sorties, hit 51 targets in Syria – Interfax
MOSCOW: Russian planes carried out 39 sorties and hit 51 Islamic State targets over the past 24 hours, Interfax news agency quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying on Sunday. The aircraft hit...
View ArticleSudan sends ground troops to Yemen to boost Saudi-led coalition
ADEN: A battalion of Sudanese troops arrived in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Saturday, military officials said, bolstering Saudi-led Arab forces trying to keep out the Iran-backed Houthis and...
View ArticleKerry to meet Netanyahu, Abbas on Palestinian-Israeli unrest this week
PARIS: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany this week, followed by talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas after more...
View ArticleHow will Egypt’s elections work?
CAIRO: Egyptians voted on Sunday in a long-awaited parliamentary election, the final step in a process that is meant to put the country back on a democratic course but which critics say has been...
View ArticleEgypt’s renowned novelist Gamal al-Ghitani dies at 70
CAIRO: Egyptian renowned novelist Gamal al-Ghitany, best-known for his esteemed Zeeni Barakat, died Sunday at the age of 70, Youm7 reported. In mid- August, Ghitany slipped into a deep coma before he...
View ArticleHotline launched to help foreign reporters during parliament elections
CAIRO: The State Information Service (SIS) Authority has created hotlines to receive inquiries from foreign journalists about the electoral process of the Egyptian parliamentary elections, which kicked...
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Shoukry participates in Greek ‘religious and cultural pluralism’ conference
CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading for Greece Sunday to participate in the “Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East” International...
View ArticlePound sinks against dollar in black market after official depreciation
CAIRO: Egypt’s pound plummeted in the unofficial market after the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) depreciated it to a new official low of 7.93 to a U.S. dollar at a regular foreign exchange (FX) auction on...
View ArticleEgyptians vote for new legislature, likely to be compliant
CAIRO: Egypt’s first parliamentary election since the 2013 ouster of an Islamist president and the election a year later of the general who removed him began Sunday, with the outcome likely to be a...
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