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  • Daesh controls only 15 km in Raqqa: SOHR

    Daesh controls only 15 km in Raqqa: SOHR

    Date: 2017-07-30 10:32:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6922133

    The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that terrorist Daesh group controls only an area of ​​15 kilometers in the city of Raqqa, southern the Euphrates River. The SOHR explained that the Syrian army was able to make new ....

  • Omran: EGX realizes biggest surplus in its history exceeding EGP 600 m

    Omran: EGX realizes biggest surplus in its history exceeding EGP 600 m

    Date: 2017-07-30 10:30:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6922129

    The Egyptian Exchange managed to secure for the first time in its history a surplus exceeding EGP 616 million in June 2017, the bourse chairman said. Addressing a press conference on Sunday on the bourse's performance from 2013 to 2017, Mohamed ....

  • Armed forces destroy several Takfiri elements' hideouts in Sinai

    Armed forces destroy several Takfiri elements' hideouts in Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-30 10:25:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6922116

    Spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces Colonel Tamer al Rifai said Sunday that the law enforcement forces of the Second Field army discovered and destroyed a number of Takfiri elements' hideouts in northern Sinai. This comes as part of the forth ....

  • Putin, Security Council members discuss Syria’s situation, Russia-US ties

    Putin, Security Council members discuss Syria’s situation, Russia-US ties

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:57:10 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6920179

    Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on Friday with permanent members of Russia's Security Council to discuss the current state of Russia-US relations, as well as de-escalation zones in war-torn Syria, Sputnik News quoted Kremlin ....

  • N. Korea fired apparent ballistic missile, says S. Korea

    N. Korea fired apparent ballistic missile, says S. Korea

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:55:05 GMT - south korea - International - SN:12 - ID:6920161

    The South Korean military said that North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the East Sea late Friday, Yonhap news agency reported . The missile was launched from Jagang Province, northern North Korea, at around 11:41 p.m., ....

  • FDA says it plans to lower nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels

    FDA says it plans to lower nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:10:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:6920134

    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a new plan to lower the nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels . Market Watch reported on its website that because almost 90% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of ....

  • Israeli authorities to open Al Aqsa gates for worshipers of all ages

    Israeli authorities to open Al Aqsa gates for worshipers of all ages

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:03:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:6920099

    Israeli occupational authorities decided Friday to reopen Al Aqsa Mosque gates for worshipers of all ages, media official in the Department of Islamic Endowments in al Quds, Firas al Debs said. Israeli forces removed metal barriers and withdrew ....

  • State of emergency ended in Beheira following gas leak

    State of emergency ended in Beheira following gas leak

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:02:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6920078

    Beheira governor Nadia Abdo decided on Friday to end a state of emergency announced at the National Gas Company (Natgas) over a gas leak . The move was taken after the director general of the company Ibrahim Youssef received 300 complaints in ....

  • Army forces arrest Takfiri militant, dismantle 3 bombs in Sinai

    Army forces arrest Takfiri militant, dismantle 3 bombs in Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-28 18:00:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6920058

    Law enforcement forces of the Third Field Army arrested a Takfiri militant and dismantled three bombs in Sinai, the military spokesman said . In a statement on Friday, Colonel Tamer el Refai said the bombs were prepared to target army personnel ....

  • Finance minister modifies income tax, stamp duty

    Finance minister modifies income tax, stamp duty

    Date: 2017-07-28 17:57:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:6920042

    Finance Minister Amr el Garhy issued two decisions to amend the income tax and stamp duty . According to the decisions, the ceiling of the income tax exemption was raised to EGP 7200, in addition to tax deductions . The decision aims at ....

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