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  • Palestinian supervisors conference decries transfer of US embassy to Jerusalem

    Palestinian supervisors conference decries transfer of US embassy to Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-08-02 14:53:41 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7516107

    Conference of Supervisors on Palestinian Affairs denounced on Thursday the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, in tandem with the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian exodus (Nakba). In its recommendations on the closing of its 100th ....

  • 49 ships transit Suez Canal

    49 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2018-08-02 14:52:35 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:3 - ID:7516105

    Forty-nine ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, with a total cargo of 3.3 million tons. The north-bound convoy included 26 vessels carrying two million tons, while the south-bound convoy included 23 ships laden with 1.3 million tons, ....

  • Gold prices go down in Thursday's trading

    Gold prices go down in Thursday's trading

    Date: 2018-08-02 14:37:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7516077

    Gold prices went down at the end of Thursday's trading to register EGP 611 for one gram of 21 carat gold, EGP 523 for each gram of 18 carat gold and EGP 698 for each gram of 24 carat gold. Today's decline in gold prices was driven by the drop in ....

  • PM: Gov't attaches importance to 'Magra El-Oyoun' development project

    PM: Gov't attaches importance to 'Magra El-Oyoun' development project

    Date: 2018-08-02 13:20:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7515936

    Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli asserted the government's interest in implementing "Magra El-Oyoun" development project. This came at a meeting with Finance Minister Mohamed Maeit, Trade Minister Amr Nassar, Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid and ....

  • Trump administration sanctions Turkish officials over detained American pastor

    Trump administration sanctions Turkish officials over detained American pastor

    Date: 2018-08-01 21:32:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:7515046

    The Trump administration on Wednesday sanctioned top Turkish officials over the country’s detention of American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, Fox News reported. The US Treasury Department sanctions, first announced by the White House, target ....

  • Egypt urges nationals in Russia to follow travel, residence laws

    Egypt urges nationals in Russia to follow travel, residence laws

    Date: 2018-08-01 20:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7515023

    The Foreign Ministry has called on Egyptian nationals who attended the World Cup games in Russia to strictly follow travel and residence laws applicable in the European country. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry warned that Russian ....

  • Top prosecutor orders forensic report into priest's murder to be finalized soon

    Top prosecutor orders forensic report into priest's murder to be finalized soon

    Date: 2018-08-01 18:33:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7514937

    Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq on Wednesday ordered a forensic report and criminal investigations into the murder of an Egyptian priest in Beheira governorate to be finalized as soon as possible. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch ....

  • Arab Parliament seeks removing Sudan from State Sponsors of Terrorism list

    Arab Parliament seeks removing Sudan from State Sponsors of Terrorism list

    Date: 2018-08-01 17:49:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7514889

    The Arab Parliament started implementing the first phase of a plan outlined to remove Sudan from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. The parliament decided to send a high-level delegation to Pan-African Parliament on Thursday to hold ....

  • Mexican Javier Aguirre named Egypt's new manager

    Mexican Javier Aguirre named Egypt's new manager

    Date: 2018-08-01 16:54:45 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:10 - ID:7514807

    Member of the Egyptian Football Association Magdy Abdel Ghany announced on Wednesday that Mexican Javier Aguirre was picked as the new head coach of Egypt's national football team, succeeding Argentinean manager Hector Cuper. Aguirre was the ....

  • Bourse gains EGP 3.6 bln, all indexes up

    Bourse gains EGP 3.6 bln, all indexes up

    Date: 2018-08-01 14:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7514471

    The Egyptian Exchange indexes posted collective gains at the close of Wednesday's trading, backed by purchases by local and Arab institutions and investment funds. The market capital gained EGP 3.6 billion to reach EGP 877.2 billion, after ....

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