UN needs $1.6 bln for Yemen aid, warns of “looming catastrophe”
GENEVA: The United Nations said on Friday that $1.6 billion was now needed to face a “looming catastrophe” in Yemen where a Saudi-led coalition has been launching air strikes against Houthi fighters in...
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Egypt’s railway authority to develop 300 railroad crossings nationwide
CAIRO: The Egyptian National Railways authority (ENR) has signed a contract with the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Electronics Factory to develop 300 crossings nationwide, Youm7...
View ArticleEgypt contracts French Sagem to receive AASM Hammer missiles
CAIRO: Egypt’s Defense Ministry said it has signed a contract with the French company Sagem for AASM Hammer air-to ground missiles to be deployed by Egyptian Air Force, Sagem reported Monday. The...
View ArticleExplosions around Iraqi capital kill 4: officials
BAGHDAD: Iraqi police officials say a pair of bombings in and around Baghdad killed at least four people and wounded 13. The larger of the two took place in the city of Abu Ghraib, about 20 kilometers...
View ArticleEgypt lost 59k feddans since 2011 uprising, only 7% recovered
CAIRO: A total of 59, 422 feddans (61,680 acres) of Egypt’s fertile land have been lost due to encroachments and illegal seizure of agricultural lands in the wake of the January 2011 uprising,...
View ArticleEgypt’s cabinet approves budget draft with 9.9% deficit
CAIRO: Egypt’s cabinet approved an initial draft of the state budget for the new fiscal year (FY) 2015/2016 (to start July 1) with a deficit projected to reach 9.9 percent of GDP, it said in a Thursday...
View ArticleMatariya police station inmate died of ‘circulatory collapse’
CAIRO: A detainee in North Cairo’s Matariya police station died Thursday due to “circulatory collapse;” Youm7 quoted a security source as saying. Following a “sudden sickness,” Kassim Mohamed, 49, was...
View ArticlePoliceman’s house bombed in Sinai, no casualties reported
CAIRO: A house of a policeman in North Sinai’s city of Arish was bombed early Friday; the third incident of its kind in a week, Youm7 reported. The house belonged to Hany Sakr; a policeman who works at...
View ArticleStudent died following a pro-Muslim Brotherhood protest in Sharqia
CAIRO: A student was found dead following a pro-Muslim Brotherhood (MB) protest in the Delta governorate of Sharqia Friday, Aswat Masrya reported. Head of Sharqia investigation dept. Major general Atef...
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Tunisia says consular staff kidnapped in Libya have returned home
TUNIS: Ten Tunisian diplomatic staff kidnapped by gunmen from the consulate in the Libyan capital Tripoli a week ago have been freed and have returned home safely, the Tunisian government said on...
View ArticleEGX posts mixed performance this week amid thin liquidity
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) showed a mixed performance during the course of this week, and equities gained around 741.3 million EGP ($96.5 million) amid foreign investors’ buying spree. The...
View ArticleHeavy airstrikes across Yemen; 10 civilians killed
SANAA: Yemeni officials and witnesses say heavy airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition warplanes pounded positions of Shiite rebels and allied forces, killing not only rebel fighters but at least 10...
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If Morsi is put to death, Egypt will burn, says leading Brotherhood figure
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leading member Gamal Abdel Sattar vowed to “burn Egypt if Islamist president Mohamed Morsi is put to death.” “[Mohamed] Morsi will not die in a time or date rather than...
View ArticleAl Qaeda denies reports of militant commander Belmokhtar’s death
CAIRO: Al Qaeda’s North Africa branch has denied reports that Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a major figure in insurgencies across North Africa and the Saharan border region, was killed in a...
View ArticleCameroon detains 84 children after raiding Quranic schools
DAKAR: Cameroonian authorities have been holding 84 children — some as young as 5 years old — for months without charge after officials accused their teachers at Quranic schools of running terrorist...
View Article41 die in India from drinking tainted liquor
MUMBAI: At least 41 people have died after drinking tainted liquor in a slum in India’s financial hub of Mumbai, police said Friday. Police officer Deepak Gaikwad said 21 other people were hospitalized...
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Cigarette smuggler skirts deadly edge of IS smoking ban
ESKI MOSUL: It was a heart-racing moment. The cigarette smuggler was stuck in line at a checkpoint as, up ahead, Islamic State militants were searching cars. He was running a big risk: The militants...
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