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  • Bourse loses EGP 5.4 bn Sunday

    Bourse loses EGP 5.4 bn Sunday

    Date: 2015-05-31 17:23:55 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:43 - ID:2703149

    The Egyptian Exchange closed on Sunday with losses amounting to EGP 5.4 billion and its indexes were all down amid anticipation of a visit by an International Monetary Fund mission after it expressed reservations over the government's decision to ....

  • John Kerry suffers broken leg in bike accident in France

    John Kerry suffers broken leg in bike accident in France

    Date: 2015-05-31 17:23:23 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:42 - ID:2703137

    US Secretary of State John Kerry suffered a broken leg in a bike accident in France early Sunday, and will return to the U.S. for treatment, the State Department said, according to NBC News. The cycling accident occurred near Scionzier, France, ....

  • Factories discharging wastes into Nile River to punished, says minister

    Factories discharging wastes into Nile River to punished, says minister

    Date: 2015-05-31 14:14:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2701849

    Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy on Sunday said factories that discharge their wastes into the Nile River will be punished. "There will be no toleration of any plant that discharges wastes into the Nile River," the minister said after meeting ....

  • Sisi orders halting legal chases of defaulting farmers - min.

    Sisi orders halting legal chases of defaulting farmers - min.

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:57:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2701669

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had ordered a halt to legal chases of farmers defaulting on the payment of loans they got from the state's Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC), Agriculture Minister Salah Helal ....

  • Port Said court postpones trial of 51 over violent riots to Monday

    Port Said court postpones trial of 51 over violent riots to Monday

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:26:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2701453

    Port Said Criminal Court on Sunday adjourned to Monday the trial of 51 defendants in the riots that took place in the governorate in 2013 following the issuance of death sentences against a number of defendants in the Port Said stadium massacre ....

  • Syrian regime drops more barrel bombs on Aleppo

    Syrian regime drops more barrel bombs on Aleppo

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:23:48 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2699405

    Syrian government helicopters dropped once again at least two barrel bombs on al Bab town in Syria's northern Aleppo province. Meanwhile, scores were killed and injured when helicopters dropped three barrel bombs on Fardous district in ....

  • 54 ships transit Suez Canal Sunday

    54 ships transit Suez Canal Sunday

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:22:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:38 - ID:2701397

    Fifty-four ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, carrying a total cargo of about 2,150,312 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 37 vessels carrying 1,511,252 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 17 ships carrying ....

  • 13 MB members arrested on violence charges

    13 MB members arrested on violence charges

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:20:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2701373

    Security forces arrested 13 middle-ranking members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in the past 24 hours. Security forces managed also to arrest nine members of quality operations committees affiliated to the terrorist group in ....

  • Trial of Zawahri brother, 67 others delayed to Tuesday

    Trial of Zawahri brother, 67 others delayed to Tuesday

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2701357

    The Cairo Criminal Court delayed the trial of 68 terrorists, including Mohamed el Zawahri - the brother of Al Qaeda's number one leader Ayman el Zawahri, over charges of forming a terrorist organization to Tuesday. In April 2014, the public ....

  • Mahlab: Regional events cast shadow on whole world

    Mahlab: Regional events cast shadow on whole world

    Date: 2015-05-31 13:18:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2701345

    The regional developments are casting their shadows on the whole world, said Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. Financing terrorism is a serious issue that should be confronted, he added during his meeting Sunday with leader of France's far-right ....

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