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  • Bourse closes Wednesday with collective gains

    Bourse closes Wednesday with collective gains

    Date: 2015-08-26 13:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:3230393

    Egypt's bourse indices recorded collective gains at the end of Wednesday's trading, amid intensive purchases by institutions and Arab and foreign investment funds. The market capital gained about 100 million pounds to hit over 424.8 billion ....

  • Shas party rules out fall of Israeli government shortly

    Shas party rules out fall of Israeli government shortly

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:17:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:3229421

    Israeli ultra-orthodox Shas party leader Aryeh Deri ruled out the fall of the Benjamin Netanyahu government soon although the government has no majority in parliament. Radio Israel quoted Deri as saying that member of the Israeli government are ....

  • Israel continues to enforce military cordon on Aqsa Mosque

    Israel continues to enforce military cordon on Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:16:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3229397

    Israeli forces continued to tighten their presence at Al Aqsa Mosque, banning women for the third day from entering the holy shrine and arresting two others, Palestinian sources said. Scores of women are still protesting at one of the mosque's ....

  • Court sentences to 10 years engineer of collapsed Loran building

    Court sentences to 10 years engineer of collapsed Loran building

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3229377

    Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced to ten years in prison the engineer of the apartment building that collapsed in Loran district in 2007. Another engineer was also jailed five years by the court in the case known in the media as the "collapse ....

  • Cabinet discusses security, economic files

    Cabinet discusses security, economic files

    Date: 2015-08-26 12:10:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3229333

    The cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, discussed on Wednesday a number of security and economic files, especially securing roads and measures against terrorism. The cabinet will review a report on security on streets and ways of ....

  • Interior minister mourns 2 policemen martyred in Arish

    Interior minister mourns 2 policemen martyred in Arish

    Date: 2015-08-26 10:48:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3228493

    Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar mourned on Wednesday the two policemen who were killed in an armed attack in Arish earlier in the day. Unidentified persons driving a motorcycle opened fire at two policemen on way to their work at Arish ....

  • US State Department places Haqqani on global terrorist list

    US State Department places Haqqani on global terrorist list

    Date: 2015-08-26 10:46:52 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:3228473

    The US Department of State added Abdul Aziz Haqqani (Aziz Haqqani) to its global terrorist list. In a press release on Wednesday, the US State Department said it has designated Aziz Haqqani as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) under ....

  • Obama apologises to Japan over US spying claims released by WikiLeaks

    Obama apologises to Japan over US spying claims released by WikiLeaks

    Date: 2015-08-26 10:45:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:3228429

    US President Barack Obama has apologized to Tokyo after WikiLeaks claimed Washington had spied on Japanese politicians, ABC News quoted a government spokesman as saying. "President Obama said he was very sorry ... as the case caused a big debate ....

  • 2 NATO soldiers killed in attack in southern Afghanistan

    2 NATO soldiers killed in attack in southern Afghanistan

    Date: 2015-08-26 08:29:04 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:3227133

    Two NATO service members were killed Wednesday in southern Afghanistan after coming under fire from men wearing the uniforms of Afghan security forces, ABC news network reported. NATO service members fired back, killing the attackers, the ....

  • UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal

    UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal

    Date: 2015-08-26 08:27:36 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:3227125

    The UN Security Council has warned that it is ready to 'act immediately' if South Sudan's president does not sign a peace deal, the BBC reported. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing agreement in Juba on Wednesday, ....

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