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ACA arrests gang members charged with drug-trafficking
Date: 2019-01-03 19:27:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7742109
The Administration Control Agency (ACA) arrested a gang in Luxor over drug-trafficking charges. The gang includes an official in the Egyptian Company of Pharmaceuticals, an anesthetist in a government hospital and the owner of a medical center in ....
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Parl't achievements over past three years to be reviewed next week- spox
Date: 2019-01-03 19:21:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7742101
Parliament Spokesman Salah Hasaballah will hold a press conference late next week to review the House of Representatives’ legislative and monitoring role over the past three years as well as its role in supporting the State and President Abdel ....
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Sisi directs ministers to cut public debt, budget deficit
Date: 2019-01-03 18:20:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7742039
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued directives to officials to exert further efforts to reduce public debt and slash budget deficit through proceeding with the comprehensive economic reform program and focusing on its various institutional, ....
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EGX attracted 24,000 new investors in 2018- bourse head
Date: 2019-01-03 17:37:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:7742003
Head of the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) Mohamed Farid on Thursday said the Egyptian capital market in 2018 succeeded in attracting 24,000 new Egyptian, Arab and foreign investors, as well as 1,187 Egyptian, Arab and foreign funds and ....
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Nigerian military aircraft crashes in fighting with Boko Haram
Date: 2019-01-03 16:31:42 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:2 - ID:7741945
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed as fighting raged against Boko Haram group for control of the strategic town of Baga in northeastern Nigeria, said ABC news. Air force spokesman Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement the ....
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Around 1,700 refugees returned to Syria in 24 hours - Russian Military
Date: 2019-01-03 16:30:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7741941
About 1,1700 Syrian refugees from abroad have returned to their home country over the past 24 hours, Sputnik News Agency has quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees as saying. "Over ....
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Putin, Macron discuss Syria issue, Ukrainian crisis
Date: 2019-01-02 22:32:03 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7740808
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have held a telephone conversation, discussing the Syria issue, the Kremlin press service said in a statement carried by Tass on Wednesday. According to the statement, ....
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Navigation at Suez Canal records second highest worldwide in terms of vessels and tonnage
Date: 2019-01-02 22:30:22 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:12 - ID:7740807
Navigation at the Suez Canal has recorded on Wednesday the second highest rate worldwide in terms of the number of vessels and tonnage, Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish said on Wednesday. In a released statement, he added that ....
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Syrian army expands military operations in Hama countryside
Date: 2019-01-02 22:25:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7740805
Syrian army units broadened the scale of military operations against terrorist groups and thwarted their attempts of infiltration in the northern countryside of Hama, said SANA. Army units positioned in the northwestern countryside of Mhardeh ....
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Madbouli commends Sisi's 'Decent Life' initiative
Date: 2019-01-02 21:33:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7740792
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli hailed on Wednesday an initiative launched by President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to improve the living conditions of the neediest category of citizens in the Egyptian society during 2019. Madbouli directed the ....