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Israeli forces arrest 37 Palestinians in West Bank during Eidul Fitr
Date: 2019-06-09 23:30:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7973579
Israeli occupation forces have arrested 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during Eidul Fitr, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced on Sunday. There are three girls among the arrestees, the club said in a press statement. Of all, the Israeli ....
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Egypt dismisses reports on fuel prices hike
Date: 2019-06-09 22:31:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7973574
The Finance Ministry denied Sunday reports on fuel prices hike, saying that a fabricated Facebook page with the logo of the ministry had claimed such rumors. "This news is baseless," the ministry stressed, refuting such rumors, aimed at ....
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PM calls for increasing local components in automotive industry
Date: 2019-06-09 18:26:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7973466
Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli said Sunday that the government pays great attention to boosting the locally-manufactured parts in the automotive industry. Madbouli’s remarks came during his meeting with Trade and Industry Minister Amr Nassar, ....
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House okays draft amendments to anti-drug law
Date: 2019-06-09 17:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7973419
The House of Representatives has okayed amendments to the anti-drug law of 1960 as a whole, but delayed the final approval to Tuesday. Under the proposed amendments, synthetic materials produced from narcotics should be considered as drugs. ....
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Parl't approves gov't-proposed bill on SCC
Date: 2019-06-09 17:47:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7973410
The House of Representatives in its plenary session on Sunday okayed a number of articles of the government-proposed draft law to amend some provisions pertaining to the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC's) law. The parliament's approval to the ....
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Bourse gains EGP 5.8 bln
Date: 2019-06-09 17:26:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7973396
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes posted collective gains on Sunday, backed by purchases of local institutions and investment funds. The market capital gained EGP 5.8 billion to reach EGP 750.9 billion amid transactions that hit EGP 565 ....
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Cabinet media center underlines positive change in foreign media coverage of Egypt economy
Date: 2019-06-09 17:14:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:7973377
The cabinet media center has underlined a change in the way foreign media covers the economic performance in Egypt. News agencies, such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and Financial Times, have been pointing to tangible growth following economic reforms ....
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Sisi: Egypt keen on establishing strategic partnership with Eritrea
Date: 2019-06-08 20:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7972334
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Saturday the importance of setting forth well-defined plans to push forward Egyptian-Eritrean cooperation at various levels. Sisi also underscored the need to overcome any obstacles to mutual cooperation, ....
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IAEA urges nuclear-derived techniques to protect oceans
Date: 2019-06-07 21:49:19 GMT - Austria - International - SN:5 - ID:7971357
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) celebrated on Friday World Oceans Day, calling for using nuclear-derived technique to protect them. In a statement, the IAEA said "oceans contain half of the oxygen we breathe and much of the protein ....
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9 dead, 14 injured in vehicle collision in Aswan
Date: 2019-06-07 19:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7971284
As many as nine people were killed on Friday and 14 others injured in a head-on collision in northern Aswan. The accident occurred when a microbus collided with a seven-seat vehicle on the Cairo-Aswan western desert road, some 55 kilometers away ....