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Mahlab chairs economic ministerial committee meeting
Date: 2015-05-25 18:58:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:2664045
The economic ministerial committee held a meeting Wednesday under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. During the meeting, attended by a host of ministers and the Central Bank of Egypt governor, the electricity minister tackled the most important ....
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Presidential decree to promote diplomatic, consular corps members
Date: 2015-05-25 18:57:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2664041
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday issued a presidential decree approving the promotions movement for the diplomatic and consular corps members. Some 13 ambassadors were promoted to the excellent degree and 21 others were promoted to the ....
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Saudi FM receives Libyan counterpart
Date: 2015-05-25 18:56:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:2664029
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir on Monday received his Libyan counterpart Mohammed Al-Dayri. During the meeting, they reviewed issues of mutual concern. The meeting was attended by Saudi Minister of State for foreign ....
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Boko Haram in deadly raid on Nigeria town
Date: 2015-05-25 15:25:22 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:40 - ID:2662609
Boko Haram fighters killed several people and destroyed dozens of homes in a raid on a town in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, local residents, a vigilante and the military said on Sunday. Scores of Islamist militants in trucks and on ....
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Bourse loses EGP 2.5 bn
Date: 2015-05-25 15:09:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:39 - ID:2662469
The Egyptian Exchange closed Monday with losses amounting to EGP 2.5 billion and its indexes were all down. The capital market hit EGP 506.08 billion after transactions reached EGP 1.2 billion. The benchmark index EGX 30 dropped 0.78 percent ....
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Abadi slams statements by US defense sec. over failure to fight Daesh
Date: 2015-05-25 15:08:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:2662453
Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder Abadi criticized statements made Sunday by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in which he said the rout of Iraqi forces at the city of Ramadi showed they lacked the will to fight against Islamic State. Abadi said that ....
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Minister: No leniency to those who seek to block exams
Date: 2015-05-25 15:01:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2662381
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar met on Monday with Minister of Education Moheb el Rafie to discuss means of securing the Thanawaiya Amma (General secondary school) exams. Abdel Ghaffar said during the meeting that directives were issued to ....
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Egypt auctions T-bonds
Date: 2015-05-25 14:58:46 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:36 - ID:2662337
The Finance Ministry auctioned on Monday treasury bonds at a total value of EGP 4.75 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 3 billion of 5-year and EGP 1.75 billion of 10-year treasury bonds. A coupon of 12.916% was ....
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Egypt FM meets German reporters ahead Sisi visit to Berlin
Date: 2015-05-25 14:57:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2662321
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday met with German journalists covering Egypt ahead of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to Germany, the ministry spokesman said. He said Shoukry updated the journalists on the latest developments in ....
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MB lawmaker dies in custody – security source
Date: 2015-05-25 14:40:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2662153
Muslim Brotherhood MP Mohamed el Falahgy, who has been in custody pending trial, died of a hepatic coma, a high-level security source at the Interior Ministry said. Speaking to MENA, the source said that Falahgy felt ill on May 20 due to a spleen ....
