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Houthis, Saleh militants shell residential areas in Taiz
Date: 2015-08-19 07:34:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3183549
Houthi militias and troops loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh raided residential areas in Taiz early Wednesday. Sky News said the raids resulted in huge explosions that rocked the city. Meanwhile, the popular resistance and ....
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Supreme Judicial Council nominates 3 judges for prosecutor general post
Date: 2015-08-18 18:28:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:3182325
Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council has nominated three judges in preparation for issuing a presidential decree appointing one of them as prosecutor general for four years. The new prosecutor general will take office in succession of Hisham Barakat ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London stable
Date: 2015-08-18 18:07:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:17 - ID:3182237
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on London Stock Exchange (LSE) showed stable performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank (CIB), Edita Food Industries, the EFG Hermes and ....
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Grand Imam of Azhar: Egyptian-Sudanese relations strong, distinguished
Date: 2015-08-18 16:47:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:3181885
Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb described Tuesday Egyptian-Sudanese relations as strong and distinguished. Receiving visiting Sudanese Awqaf Minister Fateh Taj Al Sir, Tayyeb highlighted joint cooperation in the various cultural and ....
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Trial of Morsi on espionage charges delayed until Thursday
Date: 2015-08-18 16:36:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3181685
Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until Thursday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 10 other Muslim Brotherhood members over charges of leaking classified documents on Egypt's national security and Armed Forces to Qatar. The ....
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Presidential decree to amend items of additional pension
Date: 2015-08-18 16:16:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:3181693
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree Tuesday to amend the maximum nature-of-work allowance that is calculated as part of the additional pension. The decree was published in the official gazette and went into effect as of ....
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EGX loses EGP 12.4bn
Date: 2015-08-18 15:23:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:13 - ID:3181269
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost some 12.4 billion pounds at the close of trading on Tuesday pushed by Arab sales. The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 2.58 percent reaching 7,398.43 points. The broader EGX 70 index of the leading ....
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PM says Egypt knows no compromises with extremist ideas
Date: 2015-08-18 15:09:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3181133
Egypt knows no compromises with extremist ideas, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said Tuesday. Addressing the first world conference of Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta, Mahlab reaffirmed that Egypt made long strides with regard to facing takfiri ideas, ....
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Abbas receives Israeli opposition leader
Date: 2015-08-18 14:55:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:3181049
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday received Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog in Ramallah. Abbas stressed the Palestinian side's commitment to the peace process based on the resolutions of international legitimacy for the ....
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Elderly woman dies of heat stroke in Suez
Date: 2015-08-18 13:00:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3179937
An elderly woman has died of a heat stroke in Suez, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The woman died shortly after arriving at an emergency unit in the Suez public hospital, the ministry said. The ministry said a scorching heatwave over the ....
