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  • Egyptian banks to open branches in Africa in upcoming period - CBE governor

    Egyptian banks to open branches in Africa in upcoming period - CBE governor

    Date: 2015-06-10 13:00:15 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:41 - ID:2770025

    Egyptian banks will open branches in all African countries within the coming period in order to help Egyptian businessmen to open wider trade areas and contribute to boosting trade movement between Egypt and the continent's countries, said Central ....

  • Health min: 2  killed, 5 injured in failed Luxor terror attack

    Health min: 2 killed, 5 injured in failed Luxor terror attack

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:59:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2769097

    Two people were killed and five people were slightly injured in an aborted terrorist attack at Karnak Temple in Luxor, according to a Health Ministry report. The report indicated that the five injured are all Egyptians including security men and ....

  • EU, US ambs. to Libya welcome 4th draft of Libyan political agreement

    EU, US ambs. to Libya welcome 4th draft of Libyan political agreement

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:58:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2770005

    The ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and the US to Libya welcomed the fourth draft and final Libyan political agreement presented by the United Nations (UN) Special Representative Bernadino León. In a joint statement, the ambassadors of ....

  • Sisi, African leaders sign document of free trade agreement between major African blocs

    Sisi, African leaders sign document of free trade agreement between major African blocs

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:56:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2769965

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and African leaders signed on Wednesday the document of the free trade agreement of the three African blocs the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern ....

  • Egypt endorses African free trade deal once parliament is elected, says minister

    Egypt endorses African free trade deal once parliament is elected, says minister

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2769877

    The African Free Trade Area (AFTA) agreement between COMESA-EAC-SADC will be endorsed once a parliament is elected in Egypt, an Egyptian minister said on Wednesday. The parliament approval is one of the agreement's terms, Minister of Industry ....

  • Tourism min. slams Luxor terror attack

    Tourism min. slams Luxor terror attack

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:47:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2769853

    Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy slammed on Wednesday the terrorist attack that targeted the Karnak Temple in Luxor. Such attacks will not undermine the determination of the Egyptian people and government to uproot terrorism, he said. Ramy further ....

  • 83.56% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized

    83.56% of dredging at New Suez Canal finalized

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:29:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2769613

    Up to 215.583 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been dredged so far as part of the Suez Canal Development Project, said Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish. This represents 83.56 percent of a total 258 million cubic ....

  • Yemen's FM: Jeddah conf. to probe forming Islamic observation force

    Yemen's FM: Jeddah conf. to probe forming Islamic observation force

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:28:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2769601

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin said on Wednesday that the Jeddah extraordinary ministerial conference on Yemen will discuss a Yemeni proposal to form an Islamic observation force to maintain any possible truce that might be reached before the ....

  • Palestinian MP welcomes reopening Rafah crossing for 3 days

    Palestinian MP welcomes reopening Rafah crossing for 3 days

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:27:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:2769585

    Head of the Popular Committee against the Siege Jamal al Khodary welcomed Egypt's decision to reopen Rafah border crossing in two directions for three days starting from the beginning of next week. In press statements on Wednesday, al Khodary ....

  • Head of Cairo, Giza antiquities denies foiling terrorist attack near Pyramids area

    Head of Cairo, Giza antiquities denies foiling terrorist attack near Pyramids area

    Date: 2015-06-10 12:25:01 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:33 - ID:2769529

    Head of Cairo and Giza Antiquities Kamal Waheed denied news fanned by some websites about aborting a terrorist attack near the Pyramids area in Giza. The antiquities area is safe and the tourist movement is going on normally, he added. The ....

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