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  • BeIN Sports fined EGP 400m for violating anti-monopoly law

    BeIN Sports fined EGP 400m for violating anti-monopoly law

    Date: 2018-01-30 14:38:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7218686

    Cairo Economic Court on Tuesday fined Nasser al Khelaifi, the Chairman of beIN Sports Company 400 million pounds over charges of violating the law on the protection of competition. The case dates back to early 2017 when the Egyptian agency for ....

  • Putin: Sochi conf. presents opportunity to eradicate terrorism in Syria

    Putin: Sochi conf. presents opportunity to eradicate terrorism in Syria

    Date: 2018-01-30 13:16:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:20 - ID:7218248

    The Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi provides an opportunity to meet the Syrians’ aspirations to end the war and fully eradicate terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his message to participants in the forum read out by ....

  • Mahlab holds talks with Iraqi Speaker, ministers

    Mahlab holds talks with Iraqi Speaker, ministers

    Date: 2018-01-30 12:14:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7218327

    Presidential Assistant for National Projects Ibrahim Mahlab, now visiting Iraq, met on Tuesday with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri. Jabouri said that the visit comes at an important time to confirm the strength of bilateral ....

  • Sochi peace conference for Syria kicks off

    Sochi peace conference for Syria kicks off

    Date: 2018-01-30 11:47:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7218231

    A Russian-sponsored peace conference for Syria kicked off on Tuesday in the Black Sea Resort of Sochi after it has been delayed for almost two hours. At least 1,500 participants from Syria, including 107 representatives of the Syrian opposition ....

  • AL seeks enhancing role in regional conflict management

    AL seeks enhancing role in regional conflict management

    Date: 2018-01-30 11:21:48 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7218185

    The Arab League (AL) is seeking to play a greater role in conflict management in the region, said an AL senior official on Tuesday. AL Assistant Secretary General for Media Affairs Ambassador Haifaa Abu Ghazala said in a speech at a meeting on ....

  • Military Production Ministry, Orascom sign cooperation protocol

    Military Production Ministry, Orascom sign cooperation protocol

    Date: 2018-01-30 11:03:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7218156

    The National Organization for Military Production (NOMP) and Orascom Construction Ltd Company signed on Tuesday a cooperation protocol in the field of implementing construction and steel works. In statements during the signing ceremony, Minister ....

  • FM leaves for Brussels to attend Palestine meeting

    FM leaves for Brussels to attend Palestine meeting

    Date: 2018-01-30 11:03:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7218145

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left on Tuesday for Brussels to take part in an extraordinary ministerial meeting of the coordination committee on assistance to the Palestinians. The committee is entrusted with coordinating international ....

  • Dollar exchange rate inches down

    Dollar exchange rate inches down

    Date: 2018-01-30 11:03:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:7218140

    The US dollar exchange rate inched down during morning transactions at major banks on Tuesday. The dollar exchange rate went down by one piaster recording EGP 17.62 for buying and EGP 17.72 for selling at Banque Misr. The rate dropped by two ....

  • Trump declines to implement new Russia sanctions

    Trump declines to implement new Russia sanctions

    Date: 2018-01-30 10:13:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:7218062

    The Trump administration told US Congress that bipartisan legislation passed last year authorizing new sanctions on Russia is already "serving as a deterrent," and there's no need to actually implement the penalties at this time. A spokesperson ....

  • Russia says Sochi conference on Syria delayed

    Russia says Sochi conference on Syria delayed

    Date: 2018-01-30 10:12:22 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7218056

    A Russian diplomat said Tuesday the opening of a Russia-sponsored peace conference for Syria is being delayed. Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi is hosting the conference that Moscow describes as an effort to speed up political settlement for ....

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