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  • Car bombing takes place in Baghdad

    Car bombing takes place in Baghdad

    Date: 2015-04-10 10:28:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2350577

    A car bombing took place in central Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday, a well-placed security source reported. The bomb exploded in Karrada neighborhood in Baghdad, the source said. Security forces and ambulances rushed to the scene of the ....

  • 2nd round of intra-Syrian talks in Moscow 'positive', says opposition

    2nd round of intra-Syrian talks in Moscow 'positive', says opposition

    Date: 2015-04-10 10:03:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2350441

    Syrian opposition leader Qadri Jamil on Friday said it was premature to discuss a new round of intra-Syrian talks, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported. Jamil said the negotiating parties were closer to agreeing on the existing issues than ....

  • Erdogan ratifies nuclear cooperation deal between Turkey, Japan

    Erdogan ratifies nuclear cooperation deal between Turkey, Japan

    Date: 2015-04-10 08:55:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:8 - ID:2350013

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved an agreement between Turkey and Japan to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy, The Daily Sabah reported. The Turkish parliament had passed into law an intergovernmental agreement to build a ....

  • Hillary Clinton to announce presidential run as soon as this weekend

    Hillary Clinton to announce presidential run as soon as this weekend

    Date: 2015-04-10 08:44:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:2349937

    Hillary Clinton will end years of speculation about her political ambitions and formally announce she is running for president as early as this weekend, Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying on Thursday. In recent ....

  • EGX gains EGP 1.5 bln, indexes show mixed performance

    EGX gains EGP 1.5 bln, indexes show mixed performance

    Date: 2015-04-10 08:19:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2349821

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 1.5 billion pounds at the end of the week's trading as its capital hits EGP 510.8 billion with 0.3 percent increase. The EGX 30 benchmark index went up 0.01 percent to close at 8,893 points. The broader EGX ....

  • Nilesat: Satellite channels go off air due to technical problems at studios

    Nilesat: Satellite channels go off air due to technical problems at studios

    Date: 2015-04-10 08:13:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2349797

    The privately-owned satellite channels of Al Kahera Wal Nas and Sada El Balad went off air on Thursday due to technical problems at their studios, an official source with the Egyptian Satellite Company Nilesat said. A team of technicians from ....

  • Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss military cooperation

    Egypt, Saudi Arabia discuss military cooperation

    Date: 2015-04-10 07:57:00 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2349725

    Egypt's Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi held a meeting on Thursday with his Saudi counterpart Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss military cooperation. The meeting took up the latest developments of the military operations led by Saudi Arabia ....

  • Sisi has busy schedule last week

    Sisi has busy schedule last week

    Date: 2015-04-10 07:53:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2349649

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s week saw a flurry of activity as he held meetings at the internal and foreign levels. He started his activity with chairing a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. After the meeting, Sisi ....

  • Irrigation min. to present report to Sisi on outcome of meetings on Ethiopian dam

    Irrigation min. to present report to Sisi on outcome of meetings on Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2015-04-10 07:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2349625

    Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi said that he will present a report to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the outcome of meetings on the renaissance dam that were held in Ethiopia on April 8-9. During the meetings, the ....

  • Agriculture min. launches project of early warning on climate change in Luxor

    Agriculture min. launches project of early warning on climate change in Luxor

    Date: 2015-04-10 07:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2349517

    Minister of Agriculture Salah Hilal launched a project of early warning on climate change as part of a new electronic system in Luxor. Hilal held a meeting on Thursday with farmers at the presence of Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr and other senior ....

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