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  • EGX gains EGP 2.1bn

    EGX gains EGP 2.1bn

    Date: 2015-09-16 13:42:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:3363753

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained about 2.1 billion pounds at the end of Wednesday's trading on the back of purchase operations by investors. The EGX 30 benchmark index leapfrogged by 1.27 percent to close at 7,266.42 points. The broader EGX ....

  • Arabi urges empowering Palestinian, Syria women economically

    Arabi urges empowering Palestinian, Syria women economically

    Date: 2015-09-16 13:38:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3363741

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil El Arabi called for empowering the Palestinian and Syrian women economically in the aftermath of the bad conditions the region is passing through. Addressing the inaugural session of a regional forum on ....

  • Moussa receives Sheikh Isa award for voluntary work

    Moussa receives Sheikh Isa award for voluntary work

    Date: 2015-09-16 11:30:20 GMT - Bahrain - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3362589

    Bahrain Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on Wednesday received former secretary-general of the Arab League Amr Moussa who was handed Sheikh Issa bin Ali Al Khalifa Award for Voluntary Work. Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al ....

  • Shoukry receives Mexican FM

    Shoukry receives Mexican FM

    Date: 2015-09-16 11:28:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3362569

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Wednesday his Mexican counterpart Claudia Ruiz Massieu, that arrived here earlier in the day to stand on the circumstances of Al Wahat accident that left eight Mexican tourists dead and six others ....

  • Sisi to receive Mexican FM

    Sisi to receive Mexican FM

    Date: 2015-09-16 09:22:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:3361297

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will receive later Wednesday Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said. The top diplomat arrived early Wednesday in Cairo accompanied by families of Mexican tourists who ....

  • Australian fighter jet carries out first airstrike inside Syria

    Australian fighter jet carries out first airstrike inside Syria

    Date: 2015-09-16 07:50:05 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3360473

    Australian fighter jets have carried out their first airstrike on Daesh targets inside Syria, Australia's ABC News reported, quoting Defence Minister Kevin Andrews. Three air strikes were conducted in the country, including one on an oil ....

  • Jewish settlers renew storming of Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli guards

    Jewish settlers renew storming of Al Aqsa Mosque under protection of Israeli guards

    Date: 2015-09-16 07:47:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:3360453

    Jewish settlers on Wednesday renewed their storming of Al Aqsa mosque complex from Bab el Maghreba gate under the protection of the Israeli occupation police units. A number of Palestinian youths had spent the night in the mosque to prevent entry ....

  • Pentagon: US closely eyeing developments in Syria

    Pentagon: US closely eyeing developments in Syria

    Date: 2015-09-16 07:45:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:3360441

    Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said on Tuesday that the US is still tracking developments in Syria closely and that it is in touch with its allies and partners. "We're not talking about deconfliction right now, because we're not seeing those ....

  • Arab coalition warjets shell Yemeni Armed Forces Command premises

    Arab coalition warjets shell Yemeni Armed Forces Command premises

    Date: 2015-09-16 07:44:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3360437

    Arab coalition warjets on Wednesday shelled targets for Houthis and loyalists to former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh. Eyewitnesses said the shelling hit the premises of the Yemeni Armed Forces Command in Tahrir street in central Sanaa, a ....

  • Kerry, Lavrov discuss developments in Syria over phone

    Kerry, Lavrov discuss developments in Syria over phone

    Date: 2015-09-16 07:43:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:3360433

    US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday made a phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that focused on the conflict in Syria, the State Department said. Kerry called Lavrov to "make clear that Russia's continued support for ....

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