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  • Abyan province to be recaptured within hours: Hadi

    Abyan province to be recaptured within hours: Hadi

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:54:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:3136697

    Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi said that the southern Abyan province will be fully controlled by pro-government forces within hours. The province will be fully recaptured from Houthi militias and pro-former president troops during the ....

  • Lebanon's speaker urges to stop financing terrorism in Syria

    Lebanon's speaker urges to stop financing terrorism in Syria

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:53:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:3136693

    Speaker of Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri has called for issuing a UN resolution to stop the financing terrorism in Syria. In a keynote speech during a reception of his Paraguayan counterpart, Hugo Velazquez, on Monday, Berri called on the UN to ....

  • Planning minister: No going back on civil service bill

    Planning minister: No going back on civil service bill

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:50:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3136677

    Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform Ashraf el Arabi described the civil service bill, which is due to be issued shortly, as one of the most important elements of administrative reforms. In a press conference Monday, the ....

  • Trial of 21 MB defendants in Basmalot, Beni Mazar riot incidents put off

    Trial of 21 MB defendants in Basmalot, Beni Mazar riot incidents put off

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:49:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3136669

    Minya Criminal Court decided to put off to September 13 the trial of 11 defendants, who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), in the riot incidents of Samallot. The decision came to allow the defense team to resume their argument. The same ....

  • Annual inflation rate down to 6.49 pct in July - CBE

    Annual inflation rate down to 6.49 pct in July - CBE

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:48:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:3136665

    The annual inflation rate declined to 6.49 percent in July, compared by 9.07 percent in June, announced the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). In a statement Monday, the CBE said that the monthly main inflation rate hit 0.3 percent in July, against ....

  • Sisi calls for benefiting from free trade agreements with African states

    Sisi calls for benefiting from free trade agreements with African states

    Date: 2015-08-10 18:43:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3136657

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed the importance of benefiting from three trade agreements signed with African countries topped by the agreement reached recently in Sharm El Sheikh between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ....

  • 45 vessels cross Suez Canal

    45 vessels cross Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-08-10 13:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:3134805

    Forty-five ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday carrying a total cargo of 2.4 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 19 vessels carrying about 1.68 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ships carrying about 1.300 ....

  • PM Mahlab meets Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali

    PM Mahlab meets Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali

    Date: 2015-08-10 13:48:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3134701

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting on Monday with Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali on the ministry's measures for implementing social justice in the country. The minister cast light on the ministry's landmark program, named ....

  • Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

    Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

    Date: 2015-08-10 10:22:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3132745

    Israeli occupation forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores. The Israeli gunboats fired at a Palestinian fishing boat and held the fishermen on board, said head of Palestinian fishermen Nezar Ayyash. No injuries were reported ....

  • Rocket attack foiled on Kabul city

    Rocket attack foiled on Kabul city

    Date: 2015-08-10 10:21:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:3132737

    The Afghan national security forces thwarted a plot by the militant groups to fire a rocket on Kabul city, Khaama Press quoted Kabul police as saying Monday. The BM-1 rocket was discovered by the security forces from Qalacha area where the ....

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