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  • Qena governor: 95 percent of sunken phosphate retrieved

    Qena governor: 95 percent of sunken phosphate retrieved

    Date: 2015-04-26 15:03:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2460485

    Workers on six river vessels sent by the Armed Forces to retrieve the barge that sank days ago in River Nile in Qena with 500 tons of phosphate on board continued retrieval operations with giant winches. Qena governor Abdel Hamid Al Haggan said ....

  • Ain Sokhna Port receives first LNG shipment

    Ain Sokhna Port receives first LNG shipment

    Date: 2015-04-26 15:02:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2460473

    The Ain Sokhna Port received the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Sunday, Chairman of the Red Sea Ports Authority Hisham Abu Senna said. "Corcovado", a huge liquefied gas carrier, sailed into the port on Sunday carrying 65,000 tons ....

  • EGX to host meeting of African union for stock markets Monday

    EGX to host meeting of African union for stock markets Monday

    Date: 2015-04-26 15:00:02 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:2460441

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) will host on Monday the executive meeting of the African Union for stock markets. The get-together, which will be attended by eight heads of African stock markets, will discuss mechanisms to develop the union's ....

  • Collision grounds Metro Line 3 movement; no human losses

    Collision grounds Metro Line 3 movement; no human losses

    Date: 2015-04-26 14:58:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2460425

    Some stations on the Metro Line 3, extending from Giza to eastern Cairo, were closed after a train collided with a platform in the station of Abbassiya. A metro train exiting the maintenance workshop to the rail line collided with a buffer, Cairo ....

  • Investment minister discusses means to cement ties with Georgia

    Investment minister discusses means to cement ties with Georgia

    Date: 2015-04-26 14:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:2460381

    Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman received on Sunday Georgian Ambassador in Cairo Archil Dzuliashvili and his accompanying delegation. The meeting, which was attended by officials from the Ministry of Investment, tackled means to cement ....

  • Palestine PM: Gaza integral part of Palestine

    Palestine PM: Gaza integral part of Palestine

    Date: 2015-04-26 14:51:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2460349

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah asserted on Sunday that the Gaza Strip is part and parcel of Palestine. The Palestinian leadership, under President Mahmoud Abbas will thwart all attempts aiming to destroy the national project, he ....

  • Assad forces kill gunmen in Aleppo countryside

    Assad forces kill gunmen in Aleppo countryside

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:36:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2457765

    Syrian army forces killed scores of gunmen in Aleppo countryside and Quneitra, a military source said. The gunmen belong to Nusra Front militant group, the Syrian news agency reported. The regime forces destroyed the weapons that were in their ....

  • 55,000 Egyptians rectify their conditions in Jordan - ambassador

    55,000 Egyptians rectify their conditions in Jordan - ambassador

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:34:28 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2458993

    Some 55,000 Egyptian workers legalized their stay during the deadline granted by the kingdom to all illegal foreign workers, said Egyptian Ambassador here Khaled Tharwet on Sunday. This represents 68 percent of the total number of violating ....

  • 6.5-billion-pound treasury bills auctioned

    6.5-billion-pound treasury bills auctioned

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:25:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:30 - ID:2458897

    The Finance Ministry on Sunday auctioned 91-day and 266-day treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said the average yield on the 91-day bills was 11.2 at a total of 2.5 billion pounds. The ....

  • Houthis prevent relief aid from reaching Aden - Red Cross

    Houthis prevent relief aid from reaching Aden - Red Cross

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:24:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2458889

    International Committee of the Red Cross Spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali said Houthi security checkpoints prevented a Red Cross team from entering Aden to deliver medical supplies to war-inflicted citizens. In a tweet, Feghali wrote that a ....

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