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  • Nasr, EGX head review plan for developing securities market

    Nasr, EGX head review plan for developing securities market

    Date: 2017-08-09 09:12:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6936655

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr reviewed on Wednesday with Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Chairman Mohamed Farid Saleh a plan for developing securities market and means of using innovative financial tools to improve the ....

  • GACA denies allowing Qatari airlines to access western Saudi airspace

    GACA denies allowing Qatari airlines to access western Saudi airspace

    Date: 2017-08-09 08:17:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6936544

    Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) denied allowing Qatari airlines to access the kingdom from the west. In a statement on Wednesday, GACA confirmed that Qatari airliners are banned from accessing the Saudi airspace. The ....

  • Hamas balks at Israeli raids on Gaza Strip as

    Hamas balks at Israeli raids on Gaza Strip as "major escalation"

    Date: 2017-08-09 07:40:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6936507

    Hamas balked at Tuesday's Israeli shelling of Hamas resistance posts, considering this as a major escalation. Hamas Spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Israel should bear the consequences of the attack. A number of Palestinians were injured in ....

  • Guam adviser: Security level to remain in place after North Korea threats

    Guam adviser: Security level to remain in place after North Korea threats

    Date: 2017-08-09 06:47:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6936441

    Guam's Department of Homeland Security and Office of Civil Defense said there is no change in threat level resulting from the North Korean events, adding there are several levels of defense all “strategically placed” to protect the territory and the ....

  • Min.: Sisi decision on new Suez Canal key step towards development

    Min.: Sisi decision on new Suez Canal key step towards development

    Date: 2017-08-09 06:43:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6936435

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s decision to dig the new Suez Canal was an important step towards development, Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam asserted on Tuesday. During a celebration held at Cairo Opera House to mark the second anniversary of ....

  • Kenyans line up to cast ballots in presidential election

    Kenyans line up to cast ballots in presidential election

    Date: 2017-08-08 08:36:14 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:4 - ID:6935042

    Millions of voters will go to the polls in Kenya on Tuesday in an election expected to be a close race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga. More than 180,000 police have been deployed across the country amid fears of ....

  • Syrian HNC to meet in Riyadh this month

    Syrian HNC to meet in Riyadh this month

    Date: 2017-08-08 07:44:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6934963

    Head of the delegation of the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Nasr Al Hariri said on Monday the committee will meet in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in mid-August in order to prepare for the next round of Geneva peace ....

  • Economic Ministerial Group approves investment law’s executive regulations

    Economic Ministerial Group approves investment law’s executive regulations

    Date: 2017-08-08 07:38:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:6934960

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahr Nasr on Monday said that the Economic Ministerial Group approved the executive regulations for the newly issued investment law. In a press conference at the cabinet headquarters, Nasr said a ....

  • Sisi receives letter from Kuwaiti amir on Qatar

    Sisi receives letter from Kuwaiti amir on Qatar

    Date: 2017-08-08 07:07:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6934923

    President Abdel Fatah El Sis on Monday received envoy of Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah. Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said the ....

  • Lavrov holding talks with N. Korean FM in Manila

    Lavrov holding talks with N. Korean FM in Manila

    Date: 2017-08-07 11:29:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:6933920

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings in Manila, Sputnik news reported Monday. Lavrov ....

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