Video: Demonstrators protest Islamic State bombing in Turkey
ISTANBUL: Demonstrators protest Islamic State bombing in Turkey
View Article2 Spanish riders killed in California motorcycle race
SAN FRANCISCO: Two Spanish racers were killed in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap of a World Superbike race. The deaths occurred Sunday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey County sheriff’s...
View ArticleIran’s Zarif defends nuclear deal, tells MPs “we did our best”
DUBAI :Iran’s foreign minister defended the nuclear deal he reached with world powers after criticism from hardliners, telling the conservative-dominated parliament on Tuesday that most if not all of...
View Article181 arrested travelling to Libya illegally
CAIRO: The attempt of 181 people to illegally travel to Libya through desert routers in Sallum was foiled Monday, according to a statement by Matrouh security directorate. The group includes 79 from...
View ArticleSexual harassers in 340 reports released after girls failed to sign
CAIRO: Perpetrators of sexual harassment in 340 incidents, mostly verbal, have been released because no girls arrived to sign police reports, Youm7 reported Tuesday. The Morality Police issued 340...
View ArticleEgypt’s Suez Cement Q2 net profit tumbles 57%
CAIRO: Suez Cement, Egypt’s largest listed cement maker by market value, posted a second-quarter net profit of 60.9 million Egyptian pounds ($7.8 million) on Tuesday, down from 142.5 million a year...
View ArticleEni discovers up to 15B cubic metres of gas in Egypt
CAIRO: Italy’s Eni has discovered gas reserves of up to 15 billion cubic metres in Egypt’s Nile Delta region, with production set to start in two months, the Egyptian oil ministry said on Monday. The...
View Articlevideo: shows suicide blast that killed at least 30 in Turkey
video shows suicide blast that killed at least 30 in Turkey
View ArticleVideo: Fire breaks out again at Fagala’s building
CAIRO: Fire breaks out again at Fagala’s building in Downtown, Cairo
View ArticleEgypt’s trade deficit soars 52.7% in April: CAPMAS
CAIRO: Egypt’s trade balance deficit surged to 24.6 billion EGP ($3.14 billion) at April- end, marking a 52.7 percent hike from 16.11 billion EGP in the same month a year earlier, state-statistical...
View ArticleObama’s unlikely Iran deal MVP: Energy Secretary Moniz
WASHINGTON: As negotiators were grasping for a landmark nuclear deal, they hit a roadblock over Iran’s once-secret enrichment site at Fordo, a fortified bunker buried deep in a mountainside —...
View ArticleSaudi-backed fighters battle to extend gains in Yemen’s Aden
ADEN: Yemeni fighters backed by Saudi-led air strikes battled to take back northern suburbs of Aden from Houthi opponents on Tuesday, residents said, a day after completing their capture of the centre...
View ArticleIran’s parliament to review text of nuclear deal
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister has handed over the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers last week to the country’s parliament so that Iranian lawmakers can review it, state media said...
View ArticleTurkish PM says suspect identified in deadly suicide bombing
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s prime minister says authorities have identified a suspect in an apparent suicide bombing that killed 32 people and wounded nearly 100 in southeastern Turkey. Ahmet Davutoglu says...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Mubadala at ‘AA'; Outlook Stable
PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Ratings-Johannesburg/London-21 July 2015: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Mubadala Development Company PJSC’s (Mubadala) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured...
View ArticleVideo: Egypt’s new 3 Rafale jets hover over Giza Pyramids
CAIRO: The three Rafale fighter jets Egypt bought from a French aircraft manufacturer hovered over Cairo Tuesday. At 02:15 pm, the three Dassault Aviation-built warplanes, “accompanied with other...
View ArticleEgypt’s pound steady at 7.73/dollar at official FX auction
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hold the pound steady at 7.73 per dollar in a foreign exchange auction on Tuesday, unchanged from last sale on Thursday, the bank posted on its website. Earlier...
View ArticleKenya president says talks with Obama to focus on extremism
NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says the fight against extremism will be the key topic of talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, who will be visiting the country of his father later this...
View Article2 police killed on eve of presidential election: Burundi
BUJUMBURA: A Burundi official says two police officers were killed ahead of voting in the contentious presidential election in which President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term has triggered a...
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