U.S., Japan push for mention of South China Sea in defense forum statement
KUALA LUMPUR: The United States and Japan are pushing to get concerns about the South China Sea included in a statement to be issued after regional defense talks in Malaysia despite Chinese objections...
View ArticleEgypt bourse hit by emerging market storm, sees new IPOs in 2016
CAIRO: Egypt’s stock exchange was hit by this year’s rout in emerging markets, leading firms to postpone share offerings and liquidity to dry up, but parliamentary elections should help restore...
View ArticleTutankhamen tomb reopens on 93rd discovery anniversary
CAIRO: The tomb of legendary boy pharaoh Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings was reopened for the public Sunday after its 5-week renovation work was completed, Director General of Luxor Antiquities...
View ArticleUS embassy prohibits staff from traveling to Sinai
CAIRO: The U.S. embassy in Cairo has ordered that all of its staff refrain from traveling to the Sinai peninsula pending the results of a plane that crashed Saturday morning, it announced Monday on its...
View ArticleClaims of IS downing Russian plane ‘propaganda': Sisi to BBC
CAIRO: Claims by the Islamic state group that it downed a Russian plane carrying 224 passengers are propaganda said Egyptian president Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in an interview with BBC released Tuesday....
View Article6 April, Muslim Brotherhood members banned from running student unions elections
CAIRO: The Higher Education Ministry announced in a statement Monday it banned the candidacy of pro-Muslim Brotherhood students from running elections for student unions throughout Egypt’s public...
View ArticleKremlin says inappropriate to link Russia’s military strategy in Syria with...
MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday that it was inappropriate to link Russia’s military strategy in Syria with the results of an investigation into an airplane crash in...
View ArticleEgypt’s Ministry of Awqaf to publish Friday sermons in English
CAIRO: Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) will publish Friday sermons in English, Youm7 reported the Ministry’s statement Tuesday. The first publication will be Nov. 5 for all non-Arabic...
View ArticleRussian plane prevented to take off from Hurghada due malfunction
CAIRO: The Egyptian authorities have prevented a Russian plane from taking off from Hurghada Airport Monday after discovering a technical problem, state-owned newspaper al-Ahram reported. All 217...
View ArticleEgypt’s chief of staff meets leader of US naval forces central command
CAIRO: Chief of staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy met Monday in Cairo with visiting U.S. military delegation headed by commander of Naval Forces Central Command Rear Admiral Kevin M Donegan, Youm7...
View ArticleKerry reassures Afghanistan’s neighbors over U.S. troop drawdown
DUSHANBE: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Tuesday to reassure the rulers of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan that Washington remained committed to Central Asia’s security, even though it is...
View ArticleIsrael hints at air force cooperation with Jordan, Egypt
JERUSALEM: Israeli fighter pilots recently trained with Arab counterparts in the United States, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday, referring to a joint exercise that a U.S. official...
View ArticleCourt to hear travel ban challenge of Mubarak in-laws Dec 22
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court adjourned to Dec. 22 the ruling on the challenge demanding to lift a travel ban imposed on ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s daughters-in-law, Youm7 reported....
View ArticleUber driver gets life sentence for rape in Indian capital
NEW DELHI: An Indian court on Tuesday jailed a driver of U.S.-based ride-hailing company Uber [UBER.UL] for life for raping a passenger, in a case that highlighted the dangers faced by women from...
View ArticleTrial of former Agriculture Minister set for Dec 12
CAIRO: The trial of former Agriculture Minister Salah Hilal on charges of accepting bribes has been set for Dec. 12. Hilal was arrested in early September hours after submitting his resignation to...
View ArticleHigh court upholds niqab ban during exams
CAIRO: Egypt’s High Administrative Court rejected Tuesday a total of 20 appeals against a decision banning academic students wearing niqab (a veil that covers Muslim women’ face but not usually the...
View ArticleNo proof that plane broke up in mid-air: Egyptian authorities
CAIRO: Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said on Tuesday there were no facts to substantiate assertions by Russian officials that the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday...
View ArticleU.S., allies target Islamic State with 22 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and seven in Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement. The strikes...
View ArticleEU vice-President visits Egypt, gives speech at Cairo University
CAIRO: European Union (EU) Higher Representative and Vice President (HRVP), Federica Mogherini has paid Egypt a two-day visit to sign cooperation a 68-million-Euros deal between the EU and Egypt on...
View ArticleEgyptian president approves $2.2B oil and gas exploration contracts: statement
CAIRO: Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved six new oil and gas exploration contracts for investments worth at least $2.2 billion, the Oil Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The...
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