Egypt’s public prosecutor wounded in Cairo bomb attack – sources
CAIRO: Egypt’s public prosecutor was wounded by a bomb that targeted his car on Monday, judicial and medical sources said. State news agency MENA said Hisham Barakat had “light injuries” as a result of...
View ArticleVideo: Egypt’s Attorney-General wounded in bomb attack on convoy
Video:Egypt’s Attorney-General Hisham Barakat was injured in a bomb attack on his convoy.
View ArticleLittle-known group claims attack targeting Egypt public prosecutor
CAIRO: A little-known group calling itself the “Giza Popular Resistance” claimed responsibility for an attack on Monday that wounded Egypt’s public prosecutor, according to a statement on its Facebook...
View ArticleVideo:The instant the Attorney-General’s convoy was bombed in Cairo
Video:The instant the Attorney-General’s convoy was bombed in Cairo.
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Israeli navy peacefully intercepts Gaza-bound vessel
JERUSALEM : Israel’s navy intercepted a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of Gaza early Monday and was redirecting it to an Israeli port, the military and the activists said. The...
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British Council trains 360 Egyptian English instructors
CAIRO: A total of 360 English supervisors will be trained at the British Council for seven weeks per a decision by Minister of education Moheb el-Rafie, Youm7 reported Sunday. The courses, lasting from...
View ArticleAttorney-General suffers dislocated shoulder, fractured facial bones in attack
CAIRO: Attorney-General Hisham Barakat has a dislocated shoulder, fractured facial bones and a nose injury as a result of a car bomb attacks on his convoy in Cairo Monday, Youm7 quoted a medical...
View ArticleEGX to shut officially Wednesday
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announced Monday that it will officially shut Wednesday, July 1, as banks will be closed on the occasion of the start of the new fiscal year 2015/2016. Trading will...
View ArticleCourt sets July 30 for final verdict in Al-Jazeera retrial
CAIRO: A Cairo Court set July 30 to issue the final verdict in the retrial of two Al-Jazeera journalists, in the case known in the media as the “Mariott Cell.” Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy,...
View ArticleVideo: Sharqia governor rebukes officer for his tinted, plateless car
CAIRO: A traffic officer was rebuked by Sharqia governor over his vehicle that “violates traffic rules,” Youm7 reported Monday. During his inspecting visit in Zaqaziq city, Governor Reda Abdel Salam...
View ArticleEgypt’s tax revenues possibly below draft budget estimate: Moody’s
CAIRO: Moody’s Investors Service, a global credit rating agency and provider of financial analyses, said it expects Egypt’s tax revenues to be lower than 612 billion EGP projected in the draft budget...
View ArticleMona Iraqi supports gay marriage, Egyptian bishop condemns
CAIRO: After the U.S. legalized gay marriage Friday, TV reporter Mona Iraqi, who received much attention after storming a public bathhouse with the police in December, supported the decision and...
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Afghan official: 11 soldiers killed in Taliban ambush
HERAT, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says 11 soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in a western province that borders Iran. Hesanullah Hayat, the spokesman for the governor of...
View ArticleBreaking: Egypt’s Attorney-General dies after fatal car bomb attack
CAIRO: Attorney-General Hisham Barakat, 65, has died after a fatal car bomb attack that targeted his convoy Monday morning in Cairo, Youm7 reported. Barakat died of fatal injuries to his lungs and...
View ArticleEGX slumps over Attorney General bomb attack
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) plunged on Monday, battered by heavy selling pressures following a bomb attack that injured Attorney-General Hisham Barakat and at least three others near Cairo’s...
View ArticleVideo: Former President Mohamed Morsi motions ‘cutting throat’ during his trial
Video: Former President Mohamed Morsi motions ‘cutting throat’ during his trial after news on Attorney-General’s assassination emerged.
View ArticleVideo: Citizens try to aid late Attorney-General after a car bomb attack
Video: Citizens try to aid late Attorney-General after his injury in a car bomb attack.
View ArticleFrance has expelled 12 radical imams, preachers this year
PARIS: France’s top security official says the government has expelled 12 radical imams and preachers since the beginning of the year and a total of 40 since 2012. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve...
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