ar
en
fr
English webnews
- Service : English
-
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
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
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
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
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
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 ....
-
Petroleum minister, ITFC official confer on bilateral cooperation
Date: 2018-01-30 10:03:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:7218033
Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla and CEO of the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Hani Sonbol met Tuesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the coming stage. The ITFC is interested in financing oil projects in Egypt, ....
-
Egypt's economic growth rate expected to reach 5% in 2018 - IMF official
Date: 2018-01-30 10:00:20 GMT - Morocco - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7218026
Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour expected the economic growth rate in Egypt to exceed projections hitting about 5 percent in 2018. Speaking to MENA on Tuesday on the ....
-
Movement regular at Metro Line 2 after repairs in central control room
Date: 2018-01-30 09:20:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7217919
Movement returned to normal in Cairo Metro Line 2 on Tuesday after repairing a malfunction in the central control room that forced a 30-minute stop of the train service. In statements, Metro Company Spokesman Ahmed Abdel Hady said the problem was ....
-
Israeli occupation forces round up dozens of Palestinians in arrest campaign
Date: 2018-01-30 09:00:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7217854
Israeli occupation forces detained early Tuesday at least 30 Palestinians, mainly minors, during a wide-scale search-and-arrest campaign in the West Bank and Al Quds. The campaign included al-Issawiya, a neighborhood in the occupied East ....
