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IMF reform measures crucial to adjust financial situation, achieve social justice
Date: 2017-09-26 14:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:19 - ID:7010350
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said economic reform measures adopted by the Egyptian government including setting new energy prices, are crucial to adjust the financial situation and achieve social justice. The IMF in a report ....
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Exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks
Date: 2017-09-26 10:25:10 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:7009760
The US dollar exchange rate was relatively stable during morning transactions at major banks on Tuesday. The dollar exchange rate recorded EGP 17.63 for buying and EGP 17.73 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and HSBC. At the ....
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Israeli PM: House of Quds operation attacker will be demolished
Date: 2017-09-26 10:22:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7009754
Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the house of the perpetrator of today's Al Quds attack will be demolished. In press statements, he added that work permits for the family of the attacker will also be withdrawn, ....
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93% of voters support Kurdistan Independence - electoral commission
Date: 2017-09-26 10:02:26 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7009713
The electoral commission supervising the independence referendum said Tuesday that initial results have shown that 93 percent of Iraqi Kurds support Kurdistan independence from Iraq. Alsumaria news quoted the independent commission as saying that ....
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Curfew lifted in Iraqi Kirkuk governorate
Date: 2017-09-26 09:50:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7009693
A curfew imposed in Iraqi Kirkuk governorate was lifted in the wee hours of Tuesday and gateways with other Iraqi governorates have been reopened, Kirkuk Police Command announced. Security conditions in Kirkuk are stable and everything back to ....
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Abul Gheit regrets holding Kurdistan independence referendum on Monday
Date: 2017-09-26 09:49:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7009692
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit regretted the Kurds' holding of the independence referendum on Monday despite intensive Arab and international efforts exerted to prevent it. Abul Gheit said "there is still time to contain the ....
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Kuwait totally supports maintaining Iraq's unity, stability, says deputy FM
Date: 2017-09-26 09:45:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7009685
Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al Jarallah said Monday evening that Kuwait always supports the unity, security, sovereignty and independence of Iraq, KUNA news agency reported. Al Jarallah was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ....
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Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif stands trial before anti-corruption court
Date: 2017-09-26 09:18:13 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:12 - ID:7009619
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stood trial on Tuesday before an anti-corruption court in Islamabad to face corruption charges. His court appearance comes a day after he returned home from London, where he visited his wife who is ....
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Body of "fattest woman in world" arrives from Abu Dhabi
Date: 2017-09-26 09:16:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7009618
The body of Egyptian-born Iman Abdulati who was known as the fattest woman in the world arrived here coming from Abu Dhabi. Abdulati died on Monday in the UAE during her treatment trip. Her condition seriously deteriorated during her last 24 ....
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Kurdistan referendum will increase regional instability: US
Date: 2017-09-26 07:26:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7009435
The US Department of State expressed disappointment over Iraqi Kurdistan region independence referendum that was held on Monday saying that it will increase instability in the region. In a statement on Tuesday, State Department spokeswoman ....