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  • IMF reform measures crucial to adjust financial situation, achieve social justice

    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 ....

  • Exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks

    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 ....

  • Israeli PM: House of Quds operation attacker will be demolished

    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 In press statements, he added that work permits for the family of the attacker will also be withdrawn, ....

  • 93% of voters support Kurdistan Independence - electoral commission

    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 ....

  • Curfew lifted in Iraqi Kirkuk governorate

    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 ....

  • Abul Gheit regrets holding Kurdistan independence referendum on Monday

    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 ....

  • Kuwait totally supports maintaining Iraq's unity, stability, says deputy FM

    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 ....

  • Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif stands trial before anti-corruption court

    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 ....

  • Body of

    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 ....

  • Kurdistan referendum will increase regional instability: US

    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 ....

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