IS will be driven out of Iraq, despite setbacks: Obama
ELMAU: Despite setbacks that have raised doubts about his policy, President Barack Obama voiced optimism Monday that the Islamic State would be driven out of Iraq, but said the effort will take time...
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Egypt signs protocol to develop SMEs
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Trade Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour witnessed Monday signing a protocol between Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) and Social Fund for Development to develop...
View ArticleSyrian opposition meet in Cairo, discuss proposal for political solution
CAIRO: Syrian opposition fractions have met in Cairo Monday in a bid to reach a unified formula for the four-year-old crisis amid Egyptian and Arab support to a “political solution.” Since Geneva 1...
View ArticleActivists: Syrian air raids kill 49 in northwestern village
BEIRUT: Government airstrikes on a northwestern Syrian village Monday killed at least 49 people and destroyed homes, shops and cars, activists said. The Local Coordination Committees said two air raids...
View ArticleUpdate: The Group of Seven (G7) Summit
ELMAU, Germany: 5:44 p.m. (1544GMT; 11:44 a.m. EDT) Eight officers were injured and 72 people were detained temporarily, but Bavarian police say the G-7 summit passed without significant disturbances,...
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Enforced disappearance in Egypt: a practice on the rise?
CAIRO: “A week has passed since Esraa’s disappearance and we do not know anything about her; a week and our life has stopped on the day she was kidnapped…where is Esraa?!” Hanaa Ali, mother of a...
View ArticleDetained Washington Post reporter back in Iran court
TEHRAN: The mother of detained Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian said Monday her son is “very tired, very distressed” as the journalist returned to a Tehran courtroom for the second...
View ArticleMSCI to release 2015 market classification review Tuesday
CAIRO: MSCI Inc., a leading provider of research-based indexes and analytics, is set to release the results of its annual market classification review Tuesday, it said in a statement posted on its...
View ArticleUS-led coalition airstrike kills 7 in Syria: Activists
BEIRUT: An airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has killed seven family members, including a couple and their five children, activists and the Islamic State...
View ArticleIsrael isn’t on UN list of parties that kill or injure kids
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s latest annual list of parties that kill or injure children in armed conflict does not include Israel — as some U.N. officials had recommended. But the...
View ArticleEGX launches 2nd annual investor summit Tuesday
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is set to launch its second annual conference for investment in the stock market Tuesday, with the aim of bolstering IPOs and capital increases. It will showcase the...
View ArticleInterior Ministry dispatches medical convoys nationwide to gain public support
CAIRO: Egypt’s Interior Ministry embarked on dispatching medical convoys to several governorates in a bid to improve the ministry’s image and “gain public support.” ”A medical convoy, laden with free...
View ArticleEgypt summons U.S. ambassador over Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON: Egypt summoned the U.S. ambassador in Cairo to show displeasure at Muslim Brotherhood figures coming to Washington for a private conference, sources familiar with the matter said on...
View ArticleLawyers Syndicate calls on activating Interior Ministry’s code of conducts
CAIRO: The Lawyers Syndicate called on activating the Interior Ministry’s code of conducts to curb police brutality and assaults on lawyers, Youm7 reported Monday. The call comes in the wake of an...
View ArticleVideo: Obama turns his back on Iraqi Prime Minister at G-7 Summit
Video: Obama turns his back on Iraqi Prime Minister at G-7 Summit.
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Russian nuclear agency offers building Egypt’s nuclear power plant
CAIRO: Russia’s nuclear agency Rosatom offered to build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant which will be located in the Mediterranean city of Dabaa, Egyptian presidency said in a statement Tuesday. “The...
View ArticleSuspected petrol bombs thrown at Czech defence minister’s house
PRAGUE: An attacker or attackers threw suspected petrol bombs at the house of Czech Defence Minister Martin Stropnicky on Sunday morning, starting a small fire but injuring no one, media and his...
View ArticleCourt upholds death sentence against 11 defendants in “Port Said Massacre”
CAIRO: A Port Said Criminal Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences against 11 defendants over murder charges during stadium violence which killed 74 football fans in Port Said stadium in 2012.
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