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Egypt has 26 Gaucher patients: Ministry
CAIRO: Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar announced that 26 Egyptians were diagnosed with Gaucher disease describing it as “incurable” with no medication registered in Egypt. “The...
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Egypt’s FM meets UN envoy to Syria
CAIRO: Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the UN’s Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura in Cairo Saturday for talks on the Syrian crisis, Youm7 reported. A follow up on the...
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Israel frees Palestinian hunger striker from jail
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Israel on Sunday released an Islamic Jihad leader, Khader Adnan, from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to end a 56-day hunger strike, Islamic Jihad sources in...
View ArticleEgypt to begin food imports via direct order: supplies ministry
CAIRO: Egypt will not issue new tenders to import cooking oil, meat, frozen chicken or fruits and vegetables, the supplies ministry spokesman said on Sunday. Mahmoud Diab told Reuters by telephone...
View ArticleIran nuclear deal within reach on Sunday: Iranian official
VIENNA: A nuclear deal between Iran and major powers was within reach on Sunday, a senior Iranian official said, adding that some issues remained that needed to be resolved by foreign ministers. “The...
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Fitch: Major Iranian Gas Exports Will Take at Least Five Years
Fitch Ratings-London: Iran has the long-term potential to become one of the world’s top gas producers, thanks to its 34 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas reserves, or around 18% of the world’s...
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Egypt to raise 7.5B EGP in T-bills Sunday
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on behalf of the Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction 7.5 billion EGP ($957.84 million) in treasury bills Sunday, according to the bank’s official website....
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Alaa Abdel Fattah acquitted of ‘insulting Ministry of Interior’
CAIRO:Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s sentence of one month in prisonand a fine of 200 EGP over charges of insulting Ministry of Interior has been overruled,Maadi Misdemeanor Court of Appeals stated...
View ArticleSisi issues decree to remove chiefs of state-run regulatory bodies
CAIRO: President Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi has issued a decree granting him the right to remove chiefs of the state-run regulatory authorities under four conditions, Youm7 reported Sunday. The conditions...
View ArticleSmall fire erupts at Karnak Temple, no damage or casualties reported
CAIRO: A small fire erupted Saturday near the outer enclosure wall of ancient Egypt’s 4,000 year-oldKarnak Temple in Luxor, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Amin said in...
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US secretary of state ‘hopeful’ Iran nuke deal near
VIENNA: Nuclear negotiations with Iran appeared back on track Sunday after blowing through three deadlines, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dropping warnings they could go either way but...
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EGX ends in green on Arab, foreign purchases
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) ended on a collective rise Sunday , backed by positive performance of blue chips amid an investor upbeat sentiment among Arab and foreign investors....
View ArticleItalian Foreign Minister to visit Cairo this week: Egyptian official
CAIRO:Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will visit Egypt this week to discuss “counter-terrorism” efforts after the Italian consulate in downtown Cairo was damaged in a car bomb attack Saturday,...
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Egypt’s budget deficit soars to 10.8% in 11 months
CAIRO: Egypt’s overall budget deficit hiked to 261.8 billion EGP ($33.42 billion,) 10.8 percent of GDP Newin 11 months from July to May of FY 2014/2015 (ended June 30,) according to a reprort from...
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Did a prosecution secretary or policeman shoot a lawyer at court in Egypt?
CAIRO: The Lawyers Syndicate announced suspending attorneys’ work at two courts after a lawyer was shot Saturday until investigations reveal the perpetrator’s identity, news websites quoted the Mohamed...
View ArticleEgypt’s pound steady at 7.73/dollar for 3rd straight auction
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hold the pound steady at 7.73 per dollar in a central bank foreign exchange auction on Sunday, unchanged from last sale on Thursday, it posted on its website....
View ArticleEgypt welcomes peace agreement among Libyan conflicting parties
CAIRO:Egypt has welcomed a United Nations-brokered agreement reached among the Libyan conflicting parties Saturday evening in Morocco to put an end to political and security turmoil, said Egyptian...
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Italian cyber-security firm suspects foreign government was behind mass attack
ROME: Italian cyber-security firm Hacking Team said a government might have been behind a massive hack of its systems and warned that the subsequent leaking of its computer codes could prove a field...
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