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Awqaf min. decides to translate Friday sermon into more languages
Date: 2019-03-01 17:26:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7828433
Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided to translate the Friday sermon into further foreign languages, the ministry said in a statement Friday. The sermon is already translated to eight languages. In a statement, Gomaa said the ....
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Azhar deplores Israeli measures, arrests in Al Quds
Date: 2019-03-01 16:57:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7828403
Al Azhar condemned on Friday the repressive measures recently taken by Israeli occupation authorities in Al Quds city, including the frequent storming of Al Aqsa Mosque and the arrests that targeted prominent figures in the city. Al Azhar ....
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Hawass: National project to study mummies to be launched next month
Date: 2019-03-01 14:26:03 GMT - Denmark - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7828246
Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said on Friday that a national Egyptian project to study the royal mummies would be launched next month. Delivering a lecture on the ancient Egyptian civilization at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Hawass ....
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Peru: Massive 7.3 magnitude quake smashes South America
Date: 2019-03-01 14:01:25 GMT - Peru - International - SN:1 - ID:7828205
A powerful 7.3 magnitude quake hit just 11km from Azangaro, which is located near the Bolivian boarder. So strong was the tremor that it was also felt in Brazil, Bolivia and Chile, the Daily Express reported Friday. The US Geological Survey ....
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Russian Black Sea fleet officer, partner jailed as spies for Ukraine
Date: 2019-02-28 23:09:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:7827486
An officer of Russia's Black Sea fleet and his partner have been imprisoned on charges of spying for Ukraine, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday. Russia's North Caucasus Regional Military Court sentenced Major Dmitry ....
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Loans provided to bank customers hit EGP 1.802 trillion in December -- CBE
Date: 2019-02-28 23:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7827484
Total loans provided to bank customers, excluding the Central Bank of Egypt, increased by EGP 44 billion in December to stand at EGP 1.802 trillion compared to EGP 1.758 trillion in November, according to the latest report released by the CBE on ....
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Five Daesh members sentenced for plotting terror attacks in Moscow
Date: 2019-02-28 23:03:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:7827483
The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced five citizens of Russia’s Ingushetia Republic to between 12 and 20 years in a maximum security colony for plotting terror attacks on the territory of the French Embassy in Moscow overnight to ....
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Kuwait, Italy discuss joint military cooperation
Date: 2019-02-28 23:01:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7827480
Kuwaiti Army Chief-of-Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammad Al-Khedher met on Thursday with the Italian undersecretary of defense, KUNA news agency reported. The two sides discussed issues of mutual concern, especially on the military level and ways to enhance ....
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One civilian killed, 13 others injured in car blast in Mosul
Date: 2019-02-28 23:00:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7827479
One civilian was killed and 13 others injured in a car blast in Mosul City, northern Iraq, Al Sumariya News reported quoting the Iraqi security media. A booby-trapped car, that was parked beside the fence of a residential area in Mosul, went off ....
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CBE: Bank deposits up by EGP 57bn in Dec.
Date: 2019-02-28 20:38:29 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7827415
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Thursday announced an increase in bank deposits by around EGP 57 billion by the end of December to reach EGP 3.818 trillion compared to EGP 3.761 trillion in November. The total governmental deposits at banks ....