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Beltone to run 1st investment fund in Egypt with capital worth LE 100 mn
Date: 2014-08-18 08:58:37 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:879179
Beltone Mena Equity Fund (BMENAEA) has been chosen to run the first investment fund for deposits, liquidity and treasury bills to Misr Insurance Company after the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority approved for such companies to establish ....
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Prime defendant in 2012 murder of Aswan police officer arrested
Date: 2014-08-18 08:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:879172
Security bodies arrested the main defendant in the murder of a police officer in Aswan in 2012. Mahmoud Goma Abdel Ghani, a habitual criminal, was arrested in a Kom Ombo village with a machine gun in possession. Captain Mohammed Rafat was ....
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Obama informs Congress of airstrikes
Date: 2014-08-18 08:49:57 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:879143
US President Barack Obama has formally notified Congress that he had authorized "limited" airstrikes in Iraq to help security forces, which retook the country's largest dam earlier from militants, The Washington Post newspaper reported. National ....
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Unidentified warplanes target military posts in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-18 08:48:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:879150
Unidentified warplanes targeted at dawn Monday military positions in Tripoli where militants have been fighting for over a month, Libya sources said. The sources, told "Al-Wasat" website that five explosions were heard as a result of the ....
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Lebanon's army arrests 12 gunmen east of Arsal
Date: 2014-08-18 08:39:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:879136
Lebanese army troops arrested 12 gunmen in a checkpoint, east of Arsal, the National News Agency reported. Those arrested are suspected of belonging a group that mounted attacks on the military nearly three weeks ago. ....
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Jordan King says reform drive based on national priorities
Date: 2014-08-18 08:25:39 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:879104
Jordanian King Abdullah II, on Sunday, met with the parliamentary National Accord Bloc at Husseiniyyeh Palace as part of a series of meetings with house members to discuss domestic issues, Petra news agency reported. He said the Kingdom's ....
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Morocco goes on high alert over terror threats
Date: 2014-08-18 08:23:30 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:879101
Morocco has put its security services on high alert while the army expanded military units and missile batteries in strategic sites in some cities. In statements to Sky News, local sources attributed the current security alert to concerns of the ....
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Sisi, Abbas to discuss Palestinian developments Saturday
Date: 2014-08-18 08:19:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:879087
Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Gamal Shobky said that President Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian lands and ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Abbas will ....
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Gaza death toll hits 2,016 - Health Ministry
Date: 2014-08-18 08:13:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:879057
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 2,016 including 541 children and 250 women. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra said more than 10,139 Palestinians were injured ....
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Independent Kurdish state would destabilize region - German FM
Date: 2014-08-18 08:12:51 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:879079
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against the formation of an independent Kurdish state, saying this would risk further destabilising the region, DW reported. "An independent Kurdish state would further destabilize the ....
