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  • Sisi to attend Laylat al Qadr celebration Tuesday

    Sisi to attend Laylat al Qadr celebration Tuesday

    Date: 2015-07-13 18:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2975801

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will attend on Tuesday the celebration organized by the Awqaf Ministry to celebrate Laylat al Qadr (Night of Destiny). Laylat al Qadr is considered the holiest night of the year for Muslims, and is traditionally ....

  • Bourse indexes down in midday trading

    Bourse indexes down in midday trading

    Date: 2015-07-13 12:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2973573

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down in midday trading pushed by share sales by local and Arab institutions and investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 2.9 billion to hit EGP 472.4 billion. The main benchmark EGX 30 ....

  • Security chief inspects embassies’ area in Cairo

    Security chief inspects embassies’ area in Cairo

    Date: 2015-07-13 12:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2973509

    Cairo Security Director Osama Bedeir inspected security services in Cairo’s Garden City and Zamalek districts, where several embassies are located. Bedeir passed by the embassies of the US, UK, Italy, Canada, Germany, Algeria and Spain to ensure ....

  • Court sentences 2 defendants to three years in jail over Shura violence

    Court sentences 2 defendants to three years in jail over Shura violence

    Date: 2015-07-13 11:16:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2972837

    Cairo Criminal Court sentenced two defendants to three years in jail over charges of rioting and violence charges outside the Shura Council in November of 2013. The court also fined them 100,000 pounds each and ordered placing them under police ....

  • PM follows up measures to build furniture city in Damietta

    PM follows up measures to build furniture city in Damietta

    Date: 2015-07-13 11:10:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2972769

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting Monday to follow up measures taken to implement a furniture city project in Damietta. Attending the meeting were Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour, Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli ....

  • Israeli allows 500 trucks into Gaza via Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Israeli allows 500 trucks into Gaza via Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2015-07-13 09:07:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2971669

    Israeli authorities allowed on Monday 500 trucks loaded with goods and aid supplies to enter Gaza via Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks include 150 ones loaded with gravel for the infrastructure of the roads of the Qatari projects, head of ....

  • Sisi meets Italian FM Monday

    Sisi meets Italian FM Monday

    Date: 2015-07-13 09:07:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2971661

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet later Monday with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, said Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. Gentiloni's day-long visit to Egypt comes as part of consultations between the two countries on ....

  • Joint Iraqi forces start operation to liberate Anbar from Daesh

    Joint Iraqi forces start operation to liberate Anbar from Daesh

    Date: 2015-07-13 09:06:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2971653

    Joint Iraqi forces have started an operation to liberate Anbar province from the terrorist Daesh group. Commander of the operation Brigadier Yahia Rasoul Abdullah announced the launch of the operation at 5.00 a.m. local time. The Armed Forces, ....

  • Saudi king relieves chairman of Royal Diwan of post

    Saudi king relieves chairman of Royal Diwan of post

    Date: 2015-07-13 09:05:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2971645

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al Saud issued a royal decree relieving Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Suwailem, chairman of the Royal Diwan, of his position. Khaled bin Abdel Rahman al Issa, a state minister, has been appointed acting chairman of the ....

  • Al Ahly denies asking for delaying match with Zamalek

    Al Ahly denies asking for delaying match with Zamalek

    Date: 2015-07-13 09:04:12 GMT - Mali - Sport - SN:2 - ID:2971633

    Ahly coach Fat'hi Mabrouk denied claims that he had asked for postponing the Egyptian Premier League match with rival Zamalek, scheduled July 21, after four of its players were taken to play among Egypt's national under-23 football team against ....

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