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  • Al Ahly beat Ittihad of Alexandria in league

    Al Ahly beat Ittihad of Alexandria in league

    Date: 2017-10-13 08:57:26 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:4 - ID:7037111

    Al Ahly football team defeated Ittihad of Alexandria 2-0 in the fifth fixture of the Egyptian Premier league. The two goals of Al Ahly were scored by Junior Ajayi and Hussain El Sayed respectively. The Red Devils were aiming to secure the ....

  • Egypt's bourse gains 2.6 billion pounds in week; indices up

    Egypt's bourse gains 2.6 billion pounds in week; indices up

    Date: 2017-10-13 08:56:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:7037109

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 2.6 billion pounds this week as the market capital went up 0.3 percent to 771.2 billion pounds compared to 768.6 billion pounds in the previous week. The EGX 30 benchmark index upped 0.07 percent, according to ....

  • Daesh car bombing kills, wounds tens of civilians in Syria's Hasaka

    Daesh car bombing kills, wounds tens of civilians in Syria's Hasaka

    Date: 2017-10-13 08:55:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7037107

    A number of Syrian civilians were killed and tens others injured Thursday in a car bombing attack carried out by Daesh terrorist group in Abu Fas area to the south-west side of Ashaddadi in Hasaka countryside, official SANA news agency ....

  • US welcomes efforts of PA to assume responsibilities in Gaza

    US welcomes efforts of PA to assume responsibilities in Gaza

    Date: 2017-10-13 08:53:49 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7037105

    The US State Department hailed the efforts exerted by the Palestinian Authority to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas have signed a reconciliation accord in Cairo on Thursday. State ....

  • Khattab gets 13 votes in 3rd round of UNESCO election

    Khattab gets 13 votes in 3rd round of UNESCO election

    Date: 2017-10-12 08:15:16 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:2 - ID:7035268

    Egypt's candidate for the UNESCO director-general post Moshira Khattab has secured 13 votes in the third round of election which was held Wednesday at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Khattab came third in the ballot after Qatar's Hamad al ....

  • WB expects Egypt's growth rate to increase by 4.5% in FY 2017/2018

    WB expects Egypt's growth rate to increase by 4.5% in FY 2017/2018

    Date: 2017-10-12 07:47:34 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7035233

    The World Bank (WB) expected Egypt's economy to achieve a growth rate of 4.5 percent in the 2017/2018 fiscal year. In its Middle East and North Africa Economic Monitor report, the World Bank expected the growth rate to hit 5.3% in 2019, the same ....

  • Sisi inspects Al Masah Hotel in New Administrative Capital

    Sisi inspects Al Masah Hotel in New Administrative Capital

    Date: 2017-10-11 11:42:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7033846

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected on Wednesday Al Masah Hotel in the New Administrative Capital. The hotel, established on an area of 40 feddans, includes a conference hall, a mosque, a shopping mall and lakes. Its architectural design ....

  • Pope Tawadros leaves for Germany on papal visit

    Pope Tawadros leaves for Germany on papal visit

    Date: 2017-10-11 10:46:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7034038

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese left on Wednesday for Germany on a papal visit that will last till the end of October. During his stay in Germany, the Pontiff is scheduled to give a lecture at the German ....

  • Petroleum minister, APICORP  in talks over increasing cooperation

    Petroleum minister, APICORP in talks over increasing cooperation

    Date: 2017-10-11 10:46:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7034002

    Petroleum Minister Tarek el Mollah discussed on Wednesday with Chief Executive Officer of the Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) Ahmed Attiga the current projects carried out by the company in Egypt in the petrochemical and natural gas ....

  • Education minister heads for Germany to take part in Frankfurt Book Fair

    Education minister heads for Germany to take part in Frankfurt Book Fair

    Date: 2017-10-11 10:46:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7033956

    Education Minister Tareq Shawqi left here on Wednesday for Berlin to take part in the Frankfurt Book Fair, which opened on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanual Macron inaugurated the 69th round ....

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