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  • Egypt expresses condolences over victims of earthquake in Iraq, Iran

    Egypt expresses condolences over victims of earthquake in Iraq, Iran

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:31:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7088547

    Egypt conveyed its condolences over the victims of Sunday's devastating earthquake that hit Iraq and Iran, leaving scores dead and injured. In a statement on Monday, the Foreign Ministry asserted Egypt's stand in support of Iraq and Iran in their ....

  • Sudanese president heads for Uganda

    Sudanese president heads for Uganda

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:19:36 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7088497

    Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir left for Uganda on Monday on a two-day visit at the invitation of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Bashir was seen off at the airport by Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh and other senior officials. The ....

  • Border guards seize 14 vehicles laden with carcinogenic cigarettes, drugs

    Border guards seize 14 vehicles laden with carcinogenic cigarettes, drugs

    Date: 2017-11-13 11:08:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7088284

    Border guards seized 14 four-wheel drives laden with carcinogenic cigarettes and narcotic tablets. The guards foiled the wide-scale smuggling operation at the Great Sand Sea, Ain Dala and southern Salloum crossing. Twenty smugglers, all ....

  • Israeli army prepares to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in northern Jordan Valley

    Israeli army prepares to demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes in northern Jordan Valley

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:47:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7088295

    The Israeli army has ordered some 300 Palestinians who have lived for decades in the northern Jordan Valley to remove all their property from the area, Haaretz newspaper reported. This is the first time the army is using an eviction order against ....

  • US dollar exchange rate back at major banks

    US dollar exchange rate back at major banks

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:42:41 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7088386

    The US dollar exchange rate relatively backed during morning transactions at major banks on Monday. The dollar exchange rate recorded EGP 17.56 for buying and EGP 17.66 for selling at the Commercial International Bank. The rate recorded at ....

  • 25 gunmen surrender to Assad forces

    25 gunmen surrender to Assad forces

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:38:52 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7088373

    Twenty five gunmen surrendered to Syrian authorities in northern Aleppo, said a representative of Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria on Monday. The gunmen were forced to turn themselves in following a fierce offensive by the pro-Assad forces ....

  • 8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

    8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:38:13 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7088325

    An Afghan official said a Taliban attack in western Farah province has killed eight police officers, ABC news reported. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the Taliban attacked a police check point near the city of ....

  • 7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

    7 killed, 321 injured in Iraq's earthquake - Interior ministry

    Date: 2017-11-13 10:37:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7088433

    Iraq's Interior Ministry said seven people in the country's self-ruled northern Kurdish region died and 321 people were injured as a result of the the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq Sunday, ABC news reported. Iraq's Prime Minister Haider ....

  • Egypt oil minister heads for UAE to attend ADIPEC 2017

    Egypt oil minister heads for UAE to attend ADIPEC 2017

    Date: 2017-11-12 10:58:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7086892

    Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla left for the UAE Sunday on a several days' visit to the Gulf country, during which he will attend the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2017, which kicks off there Monday. ....

  • Egypt, Jordan FMs confer on Arab developments

    Egypt, Jordan FMs confer on Arab developments

    Date: 2017-11-12 10:56:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7086888

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is currently on a visit to Jordan, held talks earlier Sunday with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman al Safadi on the latest developments in the Arab world. The talks focused on the situation in Lebanon and ....

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