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Egypt's real GDP to grow by 5 pct in FY18 - WB
Date: 2018-04-17 07:09:27 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7354560
The World Bank (WB) on Monday raised its forecast for the growth rate of the Egyptian economy to grow 5 percent in the 2017/2018 fiscal year from 4.9 percent in its latest report on the Middle East and North Africa. "As reform momentum is ....
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No rockets downed by Syria -- Trump
Date: 2018-04-17 07:03:59 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7354549
US President Donald Trump and Pentagon officials have dismissed Russian claims that Syrian air defense systems took out most of the cruise missiles aimed at three of the country's critical chemical weapons sites. Trump and military officials are ....
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Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi missile targeting Najran
Date: 2018-04-17 06:53:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7354537
The Saudi air defense has intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias in Yemen targeting the border city of Najran, spokesman for the Arab Coalition Colonel Turki al Maliki said in a statement Monday. "The missile was deliberately ....
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Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles on Homs -- state TV
Date: 2018-04-17 05:59:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7354482
The Syrian air defenses have intercepted a missile attack apparently targeting Shayrat Airbase in Homs province. The Syrian air defenses managed to intercept some of the projectiles, it added. While it remains unclear who launched the attack, ....
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FRA puts volume of financial sector in Egypt at EGP 4tr
Date: 2018-04-16 13:17:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7353592
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has put the volume of the financial sector in Egypt at four trillion pounds. This is 100 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, said FRA chairman Mohamed Omran Monday. He was speaking in a conference ....