Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led air strikes: Medecins Sans Frontieres
DUBAI: A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group said on Tuesday, another bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month...
View ArticleFormer secretary general of Brotherhood’s FJP arrested before fleeing to Libya
CAIRO: Former secretary general of Muslim Brotherhood’s dissolved Freedom and Justice Party Hussein Ibrahim was arrested Monday evening in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh, Youm7 reported. An...
View ArticleSuez Canal revenues dip 2.9% in September
CAIRO: Suez Canal revenues dropped to $448.8 million in September, from $462.1 million in August, data from the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) showed. The figure marks a 2.87 percent decline ($13.3...
View ArticlePress release: US and Egypt Help Preserve Ancient Site in Karanis
Cairo – At an October 26 ceremony and reception at the Ministry of Antiquities, Ambassador Stephen Beecroft joined Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty in announcing the opening of the Kiman Faris Open Air...
View ArticleEgypt central bank seen keeping key rates on hold- poll
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank is expected to hold interest rates on Thursday as it balances the need to control inflation with its efforts to stimulate the economy, according to economists surveyed by...
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‘Way is long’ to a climate change agreement: Environment Minister
CAIRO: “The way is long” to a climate change agreement, stated Environmental Minister Khaled Fahmy at a Climate Finance Workshop hosted by the European Union in Cairo Tuesday morning. Minister Fahmy...
View ArticlePolice captain survives assassination attempt in Sharqia
CAIRO: A police officer was wounded Thursday evening in a drive-by shooting in Egypt’s Delta governorate of Sharqia, Youm7 reported. Amir Samir, 29, a police captain at Al Ibrahimya police station was...
View ArticleSaudi deports 29 Egyptians for expired visas
CAIRO: A total of 29 Egyptians were deported from Saudi Arabia Tuesday for violating the residency law in the third wave of deportation this month, Youm7 reported. The deportees arrived on a plane...
View Article6 Cairo University students detained for ‘planning to disrupt runoff’
CAIRO: Six Cairo University students who allegedly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood were ordered detained for 45 days for “planning to disrupt the runoff of the parliamentary elections,” Youm7 reported...
View ArticleSyrian presidency seeks end to terrorism before initiatives
BEIRUT: The Syrian presidency said on Tuesday political initiatives could not work in Syria before terrorism had been wiped out, sticking by its long-held position on how to end the war after its...
View ArticlePound steady at 7.93/dollar for 4th straight auction
CAIRO: Egypt’s pound held steady at 7.93 per dollar in a central bank foreign exchange (FX) auction on Tuesday, Youm7 reported. This is the fourth consecutive auction in which the Central Bank of Egypt...
View ArticlePoland eases travel warnings on Egypt, says tourism minister
CAIRO: The Egyptian Tourism Ministry announced Tuesday that the Polish Authorities have eased their travel advisory against some touristic destinations in Egypt. The decision follows a meeting between...
View ArticleIndia reels in ailing gangster to hunt most-wanted man
NEW DELHI: India’s national security adviser devised a plan to secure the arrest of a fugitive Mumbai gangster in Indonesia as part of a strategy to hunt down India’s most-wanted man, Dawood Ibrahim,...
View ArticleIslamists rise as chaos descends in Yemen’s cosmopolitan port
DUBAI: In Aden, Yemen’s most cosmopolitan city, the masked Islamist gunmen seem to have burst onto the streets from some other world. They storm university classrooms to demand men and women to stop...
View ArticleBritain says to maintain military presence in Afghanistan in 2016
LONDON: Britain will extend its military presence in Afghanistan by a year due to the ongoing security challenge faced by Afghan forces, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday. The Taliban...
View ArticleEgyptians trickle to polls in parliamentary runoff so
CAIRO: Egyptians trickled to the polls Tuesday in just over half of the country’s 27 provinces in parliamentary runoffs that are part of an election process dubbed as the final transition to democratic...
View ArticlePM admits failure to Alexandria flooding crisis
CAIRO: Egypt Prime Minister Sherif Ismail admitted the government’s failure to handle the recent heavy rainfall in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, Youm7 reported. “The amount of rainwater fell...
View Article18 Egyptians, 5 Syrians, their families to be deported from Kuwait for fighting
CAIRO: Eighteen Egyptians and five Syrians, as well as their families, were ordered to be deported by the police from Kuwait after engaging in a fight, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa reported Monday. A...
View ArticleSyrians, Sudanese deported from Egypt to home countries
CAIRO: Sixteen foreigners were deported from Cairo Airport to their home countries Tuesday after being released in Qalyubia and Suez, Youm7 reported. The deportees were released after their criminal...
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