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  • Egypt's foreign cash reserves expected to hit dlrs 20bn over Gulf deposits- CBE

    Egypt's foreign cash reserves expected to hit dlrs 20bn over Gulf deposits- CBE

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:16:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:41 - ID:2466249

    The Central Bank of Egypt expected that the country's foreign cash reserves would reach more than 20 billion dollars in April. The increase is prompted by Gulf deposits that now hit six billion dollars, CBE Governor Hisham Ramez told MENA on the ....

  • Govt reform measures restore confidence to economy – UAB chief

    Govt reform measures restore confidence to economy – UAB chief

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:40 - ID:2466229

    Confidence is being restored to the Egyptian economy thanks to a series of economic reform measures taken by the government that led to upgrading its credit ratings by international financial institutions, Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) ....

  • Death toll in Nepal earthquake rises to 3,700, official says

    Death toll in Nepal earthquake rises to 3,700, official says

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:09:25 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:25 - ID:2465037

    The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake soared past 3,700 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster, ....

  • Israel's secret cooperation with Hamas

    Israel's secret cooperation with Hamas

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:08:17 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:2466117

    For several weeks now, official representatives of the Israeli government and defense establishment have been holding a real dialogue with the Islamic terrorist group in a bid to reach a long-term calm on the Gaza border. The rocket fired at the ....

  • Freak storm kills 45 in Pakistan

    Freak storm kills 45 in Pakistan

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:06:22 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:38 - ID:2466081

    A freak “mini-cyclone” tore roofs of buildings and brought down trees and power poles in Pakistan, killing 45 people and injuring more than 200, officials said. Army teams were on their way to the area of Peshawar city to help with the rescue, a ....

  • 7th round of Arab committee on human rights starts at AL

    7th round of Arab committee on human rights starts at AL

    Date: 2015-04-27 12:01:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2466025

    The 7th round of the Arab committee for human rights started Monday at the Arab League premises to discuss the first report presented from Lebanon on the humanitarian situation there. Permanent Lebanese representative at the Arab League and ....

  • Two ancient tombs open to public in Pyramid plateau

    Two ancient tombs open to public in Pyramid plateau

    Date: 2015-04-27 11:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2466001

    Two ancient tombs belonging to the priest of King Khufu and his son were opened to the public in Giza Pyramid Plateau on Monday after the end of maintenance works. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty opened the two tombs located in the western ....

  • ICRC launches initative aiming at gathering families trapped in violent actions in S. Sudan

    ICRC launches initative aiming at gathering families trapped in violent actions in S. Sudan

    Date: 2015-04-27 11:56:46 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2464985

    The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva launched a new initiative that aims at gathering families besieged in the violent actions in South Sudan. In a statement Monday, the ICRC said that the family reunions will happen via an ....

  • Mercedes-Benz Egypt to exit local car assembly in May

    Mercedes-Benz Egypt to exit local car assembly in May

    Date: 2015-04-27 11:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2465977

    Mercedes-Benz Egypt, German luxury cars, said its assembler in Egypt, the Egyptian German Automotive Company (EGA), has changed its activity model to become an independent supplier to assemble cars and car parts for other sides. EGA will continue ....

  • Retrial of Akhbar El Yom officials adjourned until July 28

    Retrial of Akhbar El Yom officials adjourned until July 28

    Date: 2015-04-27 11:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2465677

    Cairo Criminal Court has adjourned until July 28 the retrial of board chairman of Akhbar El Yom Mohamed Ahdi Fadli and Hany Kamel Amin, the acting director general of the ads sector at the same press institution, on graft charges. Fadli and Amin ....

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