Tunisian train hits truck blocking tracks, 17 dead
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities say a passenger train has smashed into a semi-trailer truck on tracks west of the capital, killing 17 people and injuring a further 70. Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed...
View ArticleCultural awareness dept. set up to curb violations on ancient mosques
CAIRO: Ministry of Antiquities has created a new department aiming at raising awareness among school students of the importance of Islamic sites located in residential areas. “The move aims to curb...
View ArticleDelegation including Houthi rebels arrives for Yemen talks
GENEVA: A delegation including Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels has arrived in Geneva for U.N.-brokered peace talks after a daylong delay in Djibouti. U.N. spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said the delegation from...
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64.4%, 87.9% of Egyptians not to vote for NDP, Brotherhood, resp.: poll
CAIRO: A total of 64.4 percent of Egyptians will not vote for members of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) while 87.9 percent will not vote for the members of the Muslim Brotherhood,...
View ArticleEgypt approved 9,600 requests for organ transplantation from 2009 to 2015
CAIRO: Egypt has approved 9,600 requests for organ transplantation from 2009 to 2015, according to Deputy Minister of Health Sabry Ghonim. Ghonim said that 38 medical institutes undertake transplanting...
View ArticleEGX ends in green, equities gain 2.5B EGP
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) shut on a collective rise at the close of Tuesday’s session, rebounding from its slip over eight consecutive sessions. Pushed by Arab institutions’ purchases, the...
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Sisi meets Agriculture Min. over land reclamation projects’ development
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi discussed ongoing studies on a reclamation project of 30,000 acres in el-Tor, South Sinai, through establishing model resorts relying on solar energy, presidency...
View ArticleBREAKING: Sadat Metro Station re-operates Wednesday at 6:00 a.m.
CAIRO: After being closed for around two years, Sadat Metro Station will re-operate Wednesday morning at 6:00, announced Minister of Transportation Hani Dhahi Tuesday. Dahi’s statements came following...
View ArticleSomali Islamists kill at least 3 soldiers in roadside blast
MOGADISHU: Somali Islamist militants detonated a roadside bomb on Tuesday southwest of the capital Mogadishu when a military vehicle was passing and killed at least three soldiers, a military officer...
View ArticleU.S. navy worker pleads guilty of trying to spy for Egypt
CAIRO: An Egyptian civil engineer working for the U.S. Navy Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department at Norfolk Shipyard pleaded guilty Monday over charges of attempting to leak clandestine...
View ArticleEcohouse exhibition inaugurated at Al-Azhar Park
CAIRO: A number of ecohouses were inaugurated Monday at Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park by Minster of Urban Development Laila Iskander, displaying Danish models of environment friendly homes, Youm7 reported. The...
View ArticleMore than 23,000 refugees flee to Turkey to escape Syria fighting: UN
GENEVA: More than 23,000 refugees fleeing fighting in northern Syria have crossed into Turkey, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, quoting Turkish authorities. Syrian Kurdish-led forces...
View ArticleNCHR to broadcast human rights program on Egypt’s radio during Ramadan
CAIRO: A program promoting human rights and “social morals” will be broadcast on the radio by the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) during Ramadan, according to a Tuesday NCHR statement. “The...
View ArticleThree kidnapped Tunisian consular staff freed in Libya: official
TUNIS: Three of the ten Tunisian consular staff kidnapped in Libya last week have been freed and negotiations over other hostages are continuing, a Libyan official and a Tunisian source said on...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan says Morsi death sentence a ‘massacre of law’
ISTANBUL: Death sentences against Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Morsi and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are a “massacre of law and basic rights”, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on...
View ArticleHouse leader, Obama still seeking a way out of trade impasse
WASHINGTON: The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives says he’s committed to passing a major trade deal as soon as possible, but he has not figured a way out of Congress’ logjam on legislation...
View ArticleRamadan ‘2015’ to start on Thursday: Dar al-Iftaa
CAIRO: The fasting month of Ramadan 2015 will begin on Thursday and Wednesday is the end of the month of Shaaban, Dar al-Iftaa announced on Tuesday.
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UK police investigating 3 sisters feared traveling to Syria
LONDON: Relatives of three sisters from Britain who disappeared in the Middle East with their nine children are appealing Tuesday for information amid fears the group may have travelled to Syria to...
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