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Algeria’s former PM placed in custody over alleged corruption
Date: 2019-06-12 23:07:55 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7978154
Algeria’s supreme court has placed former prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia in custody over charges of financial corruption. Algeria’s state-run TV reported that Ouyahia would be jailed at a prison in the Algerain capital Algiers as he appeared ....
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Yemeni army foils Houthi attack on Hodeidah
Date: 2019-06-12 23:06:45 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7978153
The Yemeni army forces thwarted on Wednesday an attack launched by the Houthi militias on military outposts in al-Tahita directorate, south of Hodeidah province. The army forces managed to foil the Houthi attempt and forced the militias to ....
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Court sentences 3 people to death after burying driver alive, stealing his car
Date: 2019-06-12 23:05:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7978152
The Alexandria Criminal Court on Wednesday unanimously sentenced to death three people for burying a man alive and stealing his car. Investigations proved that the defendants deceived a driver at a ride-hailing company when they requested a ride ....
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Egypt spares no effort to fight corruption - minister
Date: 2019-06-12 23:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7978151
Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said Wednesday that the Egyptian government spares no effort to fight corruption through providing all investors with any data and information they need. Nasr’s remarks came during the ....
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CBE underlines importance of applying supervisory instructions on all banks in Africa
Date: 2019-06-12 17:13:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:7977912
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Gamal Negm on Wednesday underlined the importance of applying supervisory instructions on all banks in Africa. Addressing annual meetings of African central banks, he said that these instructions ....
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UNITAD adviser says Daesh crimes in Iraq amount to genocide
Date: 2019-06-12 16:38:45 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7977854
UNITAD Special Adviser Karim Khan has said that ISIS crimes in Iraq amount to war crimes and genocide, as well as crimes against humanity. An investigative team for the accountability of ISIS crimes, UNITAD is still probing crimes of the ....
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Syria repels 'Israeli missile strike' – state TV
Date: 2019-06-12 16:36:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7977850
Syria's Air defense systems have been activated around Tel al-Harah in southern Syria, close to the border with Israel, to repel an incoming missile attack allegedly launched by the Israeli forces, state news agency SANA reports. Amid the strike ....
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UfM official lauds Egypt investment program
Date: 2019-06-11 09:44:08 GMT - Spain - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7975452
Rachid Maaninou, Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), has praised an investment program launched by Egypt. Talking figures, the program has helped achieve big growth in Egypt, Maaninou said in statements to MENA ....
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Palestinian security guard injured by Israeli fire in Nablus
Date: 2019-06-11 09:05:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7975369
A Palestinian security personnel was injured by Israeli fire in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning. Israeli forces surrounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service as they were conducting ....
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Immediate steps taken to prevent sale of King Tut's bust in London
Date: 2019-06-11 08:09:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7975305
The Foreign Ministry said Monday it has taken immediate steps in coordination with the Ministry of Antiquities in response to an advertisement to sell an Egyptian piece of antiquity in London next month. A statue of Tutankhamun's head is ....