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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Palestinian Foreign Ministry slams Israeli settlement policy as declaration of war on two-state solution
Date: 2017-10-11 10:45:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7033932
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry castigated at Israel's racist settlement policy as a declaration of war on the two-state solution and a clear-cut rejection of the establishment of a Palestinian state. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry ....
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Finance min. heads for Washington to attend IMF, WBG annual meeting
Date: 2017-10-11 10:45:23 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7033893
Finance Minister Amr El Garhy left Wednesday for Washington leading a high-level delegation to the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). Minister Garhy will meet a number of IMF officials, ....