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  • Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Acting PM reviews conditions of sugar companies in Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7190277

    Acting Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly chaired a meeting Sunday to review conditions of sugar companies operating in Egypt. The meeting also tackled challenges facing sugar companies and ways to upgrade this vital industry. The economies of ....

  • Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

    Syrian army continues military operations in southern Aleppo

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:7190321

    The Syrian army continued military operations against Nusra Front in the southern countryside of Aleppo on Sunday. Over the past few hours, the Syrian army units controlled several areas in the southern countryside. The army units combed ....

  • Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Biography of Egypt's newly appointed local development minister

    Date: 2018-01-14 13:11:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7190296

    The House of Representatives approved on Sunday the appointment of Major General Abu Bakr al Gendy, the head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), as the new Local Development Minister in succession of Hisham el ....

  • Russian, US ambassadors outline joint steps to improve relations between countries

    Russian, US ambassadors outline joint steps to improve relations between countries

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:58:58 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:7189965

    - Russia’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov and the US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman outlined joint steps to improve the relations between Moscow and Washington, the Russian news agency Tass reported on Sunday. On Saturday, the Russian ....

  • Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Makram: State keen on catering for Egyptian expats needs

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7189935

    Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram stressed the state's keenness on catering for the needs of Egyptian expats. In a press release on Sunday, she said whatever the period an Egyptian stays away from his ....

  • Dollar exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks

    Dollar exchange rate stable at major Egyptian banks

    Date: 2018-01-14 10:48:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:7189934

    The US dollar exchange rate was stable during morning transactions at major banks on Sunday. The dollar exchange rate was stable at EGP 17.65 for buying and 17.75 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt, the Arab African Bank, CIB and Banque Du ....

  • Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

    Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2018-01-14 09:29:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7189708

    Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank during a wide-scale operation at dawn of Sunday, local sources said. The arrests took place in Hebron, Nablus and Jenin. Israeli forces carry out almost daily raids ....

  • Houthis seize several women during protest in Sanaa

    Houthis seize several women during protest in Sanaa

    Date: 2018-01-14 09:28:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7189692

    Houthi militias seized a number of women taking part in a protest against the arbitrary policy practiced by the Houthis in Sanaa, Sky news reported Sunday. The protest coincides with late president Ali Abdullah Saleh's Arbaeen (forty days that ....

  • Israel closes down Karm Abu Salem crossing without giving any reasons

    Israel closes down Karm Abu Salem crossing without giving any reasons

    Date: 2018-01-14 08:52:14 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7189679

    Israel on Sunday closed down Karm Abu Salem crossing for undisclosed reasons. Israeli occupation forces have not given any word so far on the reasons behind the move. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj.-Gen. Yoav ....

  • Syrian army repels new attack in Idlib countryside

    Syrian army repels new attack in Idlib countryside

    Date: 2018-01-14 08:44:59 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7189645

    The Syrian army repelled a new attack launched by Tahrir Al Sham (previously known as Al Nusra Front) in Idlib countryside, Syrian media sources said. Clashes are still going on between the two sides in the area, the sources added. Over the ....

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