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  • Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

    Minor quake jolts Kuwait following Iran's 5.6-magnitude tremor

    Date: 2018-04-19 10:49:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7358641

    Residents of several areas in Kuwait on Thursday morning felt a minor tremor lasting for 25 seconds. This minor earthquake came as an aftershock of an earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale that hit southern Iran earlier in the ....

  • Garhy: New budget targets 5.8% economic growth,  9.7% unemployment rate

    Garhy: New budget targets 5.8% economic growth, 9.7% unemployment rate

    Date: 2018-04-19 10:31:31 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:7 - ID:7358577

    Finance Minister Amr el Garhy said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts for Egypt's economic growth rate hit 5.2 percent in the current fiscal year, expecting the rate to reach 5.8 percent in the coming budget of the Egyptian ....

  • Presidential decree approving deal on scientific cooperation with EU

    Presidential decree approving deal on scientific cooperation with EU

    Date: 2018-04-19 09:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7358335

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued decree number no. 83/2018, approving an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between Egypt and the European Union (EU). The deal sets out the terms and condition of Egypt's participation in the ....

  • Transport minister inspects second, third metro lines

    Transport minister inspects second, third metro lines

    Date: 2018-04-19 09:01:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7358316

    Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat has made a tour of the second and third Metro lines as well as Giza Railway Station. The tour started with Ataba Metro station, an interchange station between the second and third metro lines, as it witnesses a ....

  • EgyptAir operates two weekly flights between Kuwait, Sohag

    EgyptAir operates two weekly flights between Kuwait, Sohag

    Date: 2018-04-19 08:45:31 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7358294

    EgyptAir, the flag carrier airline of Egypt, said it will operate two weekly flights from Kuwait city to the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag as of Friday as part of the company's plan to provide more facilities and privileges to its Egyptian customers ....

  • Over 100 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under Israeli forces' protection

    Over 100 Israeli settlers storm Al Aqsa mosque under Israeli forces' protection

    Date: 2018-04-19 08:19:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7358249

    A group of Israeli settlers stormed Thursday morning Al Aqsa Mosque, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The more than 100 Israeli settlers broke into the holy site precincts from Bab el Maghreba gate and performed Talmudic rituals ....

  • French FM: Health of Libya’s Haftar improved

    French FM: Health of Libya’s Haftar improved

    Date: 2018-04-19 07:52:05 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7358203

    French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's health is improving after receiving treatment at a military hospital in Paris. The top diplomat made the remark behind closed doors at the French parliament, ....

  • Libyan interim gov't: Suspects arrested in attempt murder of COS

    Libyan interim gov't: Suspects arrested in attempt murder of COS

    Date: 2018-04-19 07:16:08 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7358135

    Libyan interim government has announced arresting suspects of a failed assassination attempt on army's chief of staff Abdel-Razik Al-Nathouri, the Libyan News Agency announced quoting an official statement by the interior ministry on Wednesday ....

  • Two Facebook accounts shut down over charges of inciting violence

    Two Facebook accounts shut down over charges of inciting violence

    Date: 2018-04-18 20:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7357965

    Security forces arrested over the past week 44 persons who created Facebook accounts and pages that incite violence and blackmail people. The security campaign has also resulted in shutting down two Facebook accounts for publishing posts that ....

  • Cabinet greenlights legalizing status of 66 churches, buildings

    Cabinet greenlights legalizing status of 66 churches, buildings

    Date: 2018-04-18 20:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:7357943

    The cabinet approved on Wednesday legalizing the status of 66 churches and service buildings after it ratified the decisions taken by a relevant higher committee in accordance with law 80/2016. During a meeting headed by Prime Minister Sherif ....

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