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  • Bourse indexes show mixed performance

    Bourse indexes show mixed performance

    Date: 2018-05-27 12:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:7418685

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of trading on Sunday amid purchases by foreign institutions and investment funds besides selling operations by Arab and Egyptians individuals. The market capital lost EGP ....

  • Former Mossad chief: Israel is no superpower

    Former Mossad chief: Israel is no superpower

    Date: 2018-05-27 12:00:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:7418617

    Former Israeli Mossad Chief Shabtai Shavit said Israel is no superpower and “we cannot be the second country” in the world to use a nuclear weapon [following the US during World War II], stressing an Israeli preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear ....

  • Egypt's Mufti accuses extremists of spreading misconceptions about Islam

    Egypt's Mufti accuses extremists of spreading misconceptions about Islam

    Date: 2018-05-27 11:40:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7418556

    Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam has criticized extremists who try to spread misinformation about Islam in the society. In his daily Ramadan sermon, Allam accused those extremists of misunderstanding the religion and seeking to force people to follow ....

  • PM directs examining all drainage canals, water channels across nation

    PM directs examining all drainage canals, water channels across nation

    Date: 2018-05-27 11:23:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7418518

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail assigned on Sunday the Irrigation Ministry to examine all drainage canals and water channels across the nation and prepare a detailed report on any violation. Ismail also instructed companies affiliated with the ....

  • Cairo Univ. allocates EGP 23 mln for children's hospital

    Cairo Univ. allocates EGP 23 mln for children's hospital

    Date: 2018-05-27 11:13:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7418487

    Abul-Rish Children's Hospital will have a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner thanks to an allocation of EGP 23 million from Cairo University to which the hospital is affiliated. The step is part of a plan to develop the facility to be able ....

  • Houthi leaderships killed in Saada - coalition

    Houthi leaderships killed in Saada - coalition

    Date: 2018-05-27 10:36:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7418393

    The pro-legitimacy coalition in Yemen said a number of Houthi militia leaderships were killed in the Houthi stronghold of Saada at the hands of the Yemeni national army forces backed by the Arab coalition troops. In a statement on Sunday, the ....

  • N. Korea's Kim reaffirms pledge to denuclearize, willingness to meet Trump

    N. Korea's Kim reaffirms pledge to denuclearize, willingness to meet Trump

    Date: 2018-05-27 10:15:22 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:7418340

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his willingness to denuclearize and hold a summit with US President Donald Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying Sunday. "Chairman Kim Jong-un has once ....

  • Shoukry back home from Addis Ababa

    Shoukry back home from Addis Ababa

    Date: 2018-05-27 09:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7418320

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry returned home from Addis Ababa on Sunday, winding up a day-long visit to Ethiopia. Shoukry took part in the institutional reform meetings of the African Union (AU) that was held at the AU headquarters on ....

  • Trump: Date and location for Kim summit 'hasn't changed'

    Trump: Date and location for Kim summit 'hasn't changed'

    Date: 2018-05-27 09:44:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7418299

    US President Donald Trump seemed to revive hopes for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, telling reporters at the Oval Office late Saturday, "we're looking at June 12th in Singapore. That hasn't changed." His remarks came as ....

  • PM checks on work progress in govt district of New Administrative Capital

    PM checks on work progress in govt district of New Administrative Capital

    Date: 2018-05-27 09:44:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7418298

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail presided over a meeting on Sunday to follow up construction work at the government district in the New Administrative Capital. The meeting was attended by ministers of housing, communications, transport, planning as ....

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