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  • Macron says France will increase support to coalition in Syria

    Macron says France will increase support to coalition in Syria

    Date: 2018-04-26 10:20:23 GMT - France - International - SN:11 - ID:7370256

    French President Emmanuel Macron promised to increase France’s military involvement in Syria and back the US presence in the country’s north. Macron said at a briefing in Washington "We are fully committed, and we will continue and increase our ....

  • Syrian army takes firmer grip on al-Hajar al-Aswad district

    Syrian army takes firmer grip on al-Hajar al-Aswad district

    Date: 2018-04-26 09:54:18 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7370194

    Syrian Arab Army units on Thursday targeted several positions and main supply routes of the terrorist organizations which are positioned in al-Hajar al-Aswad. The army has been intensifying its strikes against terrorists’ positions in al-Hajar ....

  • EGX market cap exceeds EGP 1 trillion for 1st time

    EGX market cap exceeds EGP 1 trillion for 1st time

    Date: 2018-04-26 09:47:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7370182

    For the first time in its history, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) market cap exceeded EGP 1 trillion. EGX indexes collectively went up at the beginning of Thursday's trading amid purchase operations by investors. The market capital gained EGP ....

  • Egypt's tennis player Safwat to quarter-finals of Anning Challenger in China

    Egypt's tennis player Safwat to quarter-finals of Anning Challenger in China

    Date: 2018-04-26 09:37:00 GMT - China - Sport - SN:8 - ID:7370161

    Egypt's tennis player Mohamed Safwat qualified for the quarter-finals of the $150,000 Anning Challenger in China after defeating Chinese player Wu Yibing by three sets to one in the second round of the tournament. Safwat, ranked 229th in the ....

  • Pope Tawadros meets clergymen of Tama congregation at Papal HQ

    Pope Tawadros meets clergymen of Tama congregation at Papal HQ

    Date: 2018-04-26 09:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7370114

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese met with clergymen of Tama congregation in Sohag to choose a successor to Bishop of Tema and Its Environs Anba Fam, who passed away at a hospital in London in March. In a ....

  • SOHR: 110 killed in clashes between Syrian army, Daesh south of Damascus

    SOHR: 110 killed in clashes between Syrian army, Daesh south of Damascus

    Date: 2018-04-26 09:04:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7370078

    As many as 61 Syrian armed forces and 49 Daesh militants were killed in clashes south of Damascus in a week, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced on Thursday. In a statement carried by the US channel Alhurra, the SOHR said the ....

  • Macron urges US to engage more in global affairs

    Macron urges US to engage more in global affairs

    Date: 2018-04-26 08:50:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7370048

    Emmanuel Macron may be known in the US for his close relationship to President Donald Trump, but in his address to Congress on Wednesday, the French President took aim at several key points of Trump's agenda, the CNN reported. Speaking before US ....

  • PM directs governors to be on full alert for handling bad weather

    PM directs governors to be on full alert for handling bad weather

    Date: 2018-04-26 08:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7370035

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail directed governors to be on high alert to deal with the consequences of bad weather nationwide. Also, he ordered the governors to take all preventive measures in response to the spell of bad weather sweeping across ....

  • UN warns of surge in attacks on Syrian civilians

    UN warns of surge in attacks on Syrian civilians

    Date: 2018-04-26 08:36:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7370029

    The UN's deputy humanitarian chief Ursula Mueller said attacks on civilians in Syria and their homes, schools and health facilities "have reached some of the highest levels since the conflict began" seven years ago, ABC News reported. The needs ....

  • Cabinets' operations room adds telephone numbers for complaints about bad weather conditions

    Cabinets' operations room adds telephone numbers for complaints about bad weather conditions

    Date: 2018-04-26 08:28:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7370013

    The Central Operations Room of the cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) has added new telephone numbers to receive any complaints regrading the current bad weather conditions. The move comes due to the operations room's ....

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