Syrian troops and Hezbollah besiege border mountain resort
DAMASCUS: Syrian elite forces backed by Hezbollah fighters besieged a rebel-held mountain resort near the border with Lebanon on Saturday under the cover of intense airstrikes by Syria’s air forces,...
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Naval forces rescue 37 on board of sinking cargo ship
CAIRO: Egypt’s naval forces have rescued 37 people on board of a sinking cargo ship near Safaga Port, on the coast of the Red Sea, Youm7 reported Sunday. The ship, called Taba, left Safaga Port to...
View Article9 arrested over killing 3 military cadets in Kafr el-Sheikh
CAIRO: Nine accused of killing three military cadets in an April bomb attack in Kafr el-Sheikh, north of Cairo,have been arrested, Youm7 reported Saturday. On April 15, a blast targeted a room located...
View ArticleHillary Clinton accuses China of hacking U.S. computers
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of stealing commercial secrets and “huge amounts of government information,” and of trying to “hack into everything that...
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205 North Sinai militants killed in past 3 days: military spox
CAIRO: A total of 205 militants were killed by the Egyptian army in the past three days, following the Wednesdaysimultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in North Sinai, armed forces spokesman...
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Emaar Misr debuts shares on Egyptian Exchange
CAIRO: Under the symbol “EMFD.CA,” the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) commenced on Sunday trading on leading property developer Emaar Misr, subsidiary of the UAE’s Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties, at...
View ArticleHamas denies PA accusations of involvement in North Sinai attacks
CAIRO: Gaza-based Hamas movement denied Saturday accusations by the Palestinian Authority of involvement in the latest series of North Sinai attacks that targeted Egyptian police and military...
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EGX shrugs off Emaar Misr debut, benchmark dips 1.16%
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) shut on a negative note Sunday, losing early gains driven by investors’ appetite for Emaar Misr debut on the EGX. Emaar Misr, the subsidiary of the UAE’s Dubai-based...
View ArticleDeadly strikes by US-led coalition targeting IS in Raqqa
BEIRUT: U.S.-led coalition aircraft unleashed a series of airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa in eastern Syria, killing at least 10 militants and wounding many others in...
View ArticleSaudi-led strikes kill 30 in northern Yemen: Houthis
Sanaa: Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Sunday, the Houthi-run news agency Saba said, as U.N. mediators pushed for a humanitarian pause...
View ArticleEgypt’s pound slides to new low of 7.73/dollar at CBE auction
CAIRO: Egypt’s pound hit a new official low of 7.73 per dollar at a central bank auction on Sunday, down from 7.63 per dollar on Thursday’s sale, the second depreciation since February. This is the...
View ArticleEgyptian footballer suspended after online post critical of Sisi
CAIRO:WadiDegla Football Club (WDFC) hassuspended one of its players to the end of the seasonafter he posted online commentsdeemed critical of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Youm7 reported Saturday....
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Death penalty for attackers of public facilities: draft amendment
CAIRO: The State Council has approved draft amendments to toughen the penalty imposed on those who attack power, natural gas or petroleum plants to reach the death penalty, according to news reports...
View ArticleEgyptian army kills 25 militants in North Sinai: sources
CAIRO: Egypt’s military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 25 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills six at church in Nigeria
BAUCHI: A suicide bomber killed six people at a church in northeast Nigeria on Sunday at the end of a week in which suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed more than 200 people. The spate of...
View ArticleVideo:Egypt’s army released a video of Sinai deadly attacks
Video:Egypt’s army released a video of Sinai deadly attacks.
View ArticleTwo blasts hit central Nigerian city of Jos -sources
JOS, Nigeria: Two blasts hit the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday evening, one at a restaurant and another targeting a Muslim cleric who has disowned Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the...
View ArticleIMF mission postpones visit to Egypt
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission’s visit to Egypt was postponed to the end of the summer, IMF Egypt’s mission Chief Chris Jarvis told MENA Sunday. He added that the exact date of...
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