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Dollar exchange rate reaches average of EGP 17.83 for buying, EGP 17.93 for selling
Date: 2017-07-31 10:30:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:6923585
The exchange rate of the US dollar was stable at major banks during morning transactions on Monday. The dollar exchange rate stood at EGP 17.80 for buying and EGP 17.90 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and Banque du Caire. At Banque ....
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Economic reform measures bearing fruit at IT sector, says minister
Date: 2017-07-31 10:27:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6923575
Communications Minister Yasser el Qadi said Monday that economic reform measures are bearing fruit and have positively affected the communications and IT sector. Egypt has become of big interest to world IT companies, Qadi told MENA. IT is ....
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Israeli occupation forces storm central Ramallah under pretext of arresting wanted elements
Date: 2017-07-30 10:35:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6922145
Israeli occupation forces at dawn Sunday stormed central Ramallah city and imposed a curfew on a number of buildings under pretexts of searching for wanted elements. Eyewitnesses told MENA that the Israeli forces stormed the surroundings of the ....
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Agriculture min. discusses implementing projects with NSPO, Armed Forces Engineering Authority
Date: 2017-07-30 10:34:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6922141
Minister of Agriculture Abdel Moniem el Banna discussed joint agricultural projects implemented by the ministry in coordination with the National Service Projects Organization (NSPO) and Armed Forces Engineering Authority. This came during ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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., ....
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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 ....