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  • Turkish army shells school, water plant in Afrin -- YPG

    Turkish army shells school, water plant in Afrin -- YPG

    Date: 2018-02-08 07:25:31 GMT - Syria - International - SN:3 - ID:7233886

    Syrian Kurdish fighters accused the Turkish army Wednesday of shelling a primary school and a water plant in Syria's northern Afrin region, Daily News reported. Nouri Mahmoud, spokesman of the Syrian Kurdish YPG, said Turkish forces and their ....

  • Banque du Caire establishes financial leasing subsidiary

    Banque du Caire establishes financial leasing subsidiary

    Date: 2018-02-08 07:23:00 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:2 - ID:7233881

    Banque du Caire had the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) approval allowing it to establish a financial leasing subsidiary with an authorized capital of EGP 500 million and paid-in-capital worth EGP 100 million. Banque du Caire Chairman and CEO Tarek ....

  • Saudi king meets Indian FM

    Saudi king meets Indian FM

    Date: 2018-02-08 07:02:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7233856

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Wednesday Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sushma Swaraj, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and discussed ways of enhancing and ....

  • Taiwan hit by second huge earthquake in 24 hours

    Taiwan hit by second huge earthquake in 24 hours

    Date: 2018-02-07 19:08:18 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:27 - ID:7233588

    Taiwan has been hit by a second strong earthquake just a day after at least seven people were killed by a quake near the city of Hualien, Daily Express reported. Today a 5.7 quake has hit the east coast of the island, disrupting search and rescue ....

  • Sudan's FM in Cairo for talks with Shoukry

    Sudan's FM in Cairo for talks with Shoukry

    Date: 2018-02-07 18:41:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7233554

    Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour has arrived in Cairo for talks with his counterpart Sameh Shoukry. They are due to discuss ways to promote bilateral relations in the various domains. Ghandour will also take part in a joint committee ....

  • Morsi espionage trial delayed to Feb. 28

    Morsi espionage trial delayed to Feb. 28

    Date: 2018-02-07 14:34:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7233009

    Cairo Criminal Court has postponed till February 28 the trial of ousted president Mohammed Morsi in an espionage case. Morsi and his co-defendants are accused of leaking classified information to the Qatari Intelligence and the Doha-based ....

  • Egypt's foreign debts hit dlrs 80.8bln in Sept 2017-CBE

    Egypt's foreign debts hit dlrs 80.8bln in Sept 2017-CBE

    Date: 2018-02-07 14:34:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:24 - ID:7232997

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Wednesday that the country's foreign debts reached at the end of last September 80.8 billion dollars recording a 1.8 billion dollar increase over July 2017. A statement issued by CBE, a copy of which MENA ....

  • FEI: Dlrs 3.6bn volume of trade exchange with India

    FEI: Dlrs 3.6bn volume of trade exchange with India

    Date: 2018-02-07 14:34:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7232973

    Head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries Mohamed el Sewedi said India is number 7 on the list of Egypt's trade partners with the volume of trade exchange between the two countries amounting to dlrs 3.6 billion. The figure does not reflect ....

  • Sisi back home winding up Gulf tour involving Oman, UAE

    Sisi back home winding up Gulf tour involving Oman, UAE

    Date: 2018-02-07 14:34:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7232916

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi returned home on Wednesday winding up a Gulf tour that took him to Oman and the UAE. In Muscat, Sisi held talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Saed on means of upgrading cooperation especially in the economic field as well ....

  • 4-way Egyptian-Sudanese meeting in Cairo Thursday

    4-way Egyptian-Sudanese meeting in Cairo Thursday

    Date: 2018-02-07 13:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7232913

    A four-way meeting featuring the foreign ministers and heads of intelligence services in Egypt and Sudan will take place on Thursday to tackle bilateral relations and coordination regarding a number of key regional issues. The meetings will ....

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