EGX loses ground over Arab and local sales
CAIRO: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) posted a slip at the close of Monday’s session, battered by local and Arab institutions’ sales, amid foreign purchases. The benchmark index EGX30 fell by 1.46 percent...
View ArticleArab foreign, defense ministers to ratify joint force protocol late August
CAIRO: Foreign and defense ministers from Arab states are to meet in the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on August 27 to ratify draft protocol for a new joint force, Arab League deputy chief Ahmed...
View ArticlePutin, Xi, Rouhani to address annual UN high-level meeting
UNITED NATIONS: The presidents of China, Russia, Iran and the United States are scheduled to speak at the 70th annual U.N. General Assembly of world leaders in September — a rare appearance for Russian...
View ArticleZamalek on brink of league title in Egypt
CAIRO: Cairo club Zamalek are on the brink of winning the championship in Egypt and ending the long-standing dominance of their arch-rivals Al Ahli. The aristocratic club, known as the White Knights,...
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Two Bahraini policemen killed in bombing -Interior Ministry
DUBAI: Two Bahraini policemen were killed and a third was severely wounded in a bomb attack in the mainly Shi’ite village of Sitra south of the capital Manama, the Interior Ministry said on its Twitter...
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Police kill 2 alleged Ajnad Misr militants in Giza apartment
CAIRO: Two men, allegedly belong to the militant group Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt), were killed Monday in confrontation with police forces in an apartment in a Giza suburb, Youm7 reported. The...
View ArticleGas flow in Turkey-Iran pipeline halted due to attack – minister
ANKARA: A natural gas pipeline stretching between Iran and Turkey has come under attack inside Turkish territory late on Monday and gas flow was halted, Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz and state...
View ArticleAttack halts flow in natural gas pipeline from Iran to Turkey
ANKARA: Saboteurs attacked a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran toTurkey in Turkey’s eastern province of Agri late on Monday, halting the flow, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz and state gas...
View ArticleVideo:Water Bodies Police Department beefs up security after boat capcized
Video:Water Bodies Police Department beefs up security after boat capcized.
View Article4 human traffickers, 335 migrants arrested in Egypt’s Western Desert
CAIRO: A total of 339 people, including four human traffickers were arrested Monday while attempting to illegally travel to Libya through Egypt’s Western Desert towns of Sallum, Siwa and Matrouh, Youm7...
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Libyan court gives death sentence to Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam
CAIRO: A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for suppressing peaceful protests during the country’s 2011 revolution that...
View ArticleErdogan says impossible to continue peace process with Kurdish militants
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to strip politicians with links to “terrorist groups”...
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Two blasts hit northern Cairo, cause power outage
CAIRO: Two explosions have rocked Cairo’s northern district of Nasr City late Monday causing power outage in the area and leaving no casualties, Youm7 reported. At the intersection of Youssef Abbas...
View ArticleAt least 25 people killed by militants in Nigeria’s northeast
MAIDUGURI: At least 25 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants during raids on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning on three communities in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, military and...
View ArticleKey arguments in Al-Jazeera journalists’ retrial
CAIRO: A few hours separate Al-Jazeera journalists from hearing their final verdict after more than a year and a half of legal struggle; half of which were spent in prison over terror charges; widely...
View ArticleUN human rights office “deeply disturbed” by Libya death sentences
GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office is “deeply disturbed” by death sentences handed down in a trial of former officials who served under Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, it said on Tuesday....
View ArticleObama says Africa must create jobs to avoid instability, disorder -speech text
ADDIS ABABA: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday said Africa needed to create more jobs for its young people in order to avoid instability and disorder, adding that theUnited States offered “real...
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