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  • Border guards destroy 4 tunnel openings in North Sinai

    Border guards destroy 4 tunnel openings in North Sinai

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:11:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7146347

    Border guards detected and destroyed four tunnel openings used in smuggling people, ammunition and arms along borders in North Sinai. In December, the Armed Forces destroyed three 4×4 vehicles and seized 1.44 million narcotic tablets, 866kg of ....

  • Dollar exchange stable at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange stable at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:08:43 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:7146218

    The US dollar exchange rate was relatively stable during morning transactions at major banks on Monday. The dollar exchange rate stood at EGP 17.69 for buying and EGP 17.79 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr. The dollar ....

  • Sheikh Akrama rejects US officials' claims on Buraq Wall will be part of Israel

    Sheikh Akrama rejects US officials' claims on Buraq Wall will be part of Israel

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:08:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7146205

    The Grand Imam of Al Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Akrama Saed Sabri vehemently rejected US officials' unfounded claims that the Buraq Wall (the Western Wall) of Al Aqsa Mosque will at the end be part of Israel. In statements on Monday, Sheikh Akrama lashed ....

  • Governor: Oil not to be pumped to Beni Sweif until pipeline fire controlled

    Governor: Oil not to be pumped to Beni Sweif until pipeline fire controlled

    Date: 2017-12-18 10:57:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7146165

    Beni Sweif governor Sherif Habib said Monday that he will coordinate action with the governorates of Cairo and Giza to stop pumping oil into pipelines between el Tebeen and Minya until a fire that erupted in Ahnasia pipeline is controlled. Habib ....

  • Third Arabic Language Forum kicks off at Arab League premises

    Third Arabic Language Forum kicks off at Arab League premises

    Date: 2017-12-18 09:19:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7146132

    The Third Arabic Language Forum kicked off in Cairo on Monday with the participation of relevant regional and international organizations, non-governmental organizations as well as Azhar and the Arab Parliament. The agenda of the two-day forum ....

  • Houthis execute 30 elements after attempting to surrender to Yemeni army

    Houthis execute 30 elements after attempting to surrender to Yemeni army

    Date: 2017-12-18 09:13:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7146089

    Houthi militia in Yemen has executed more than 30 of its own militiamen in the district of Midi located near the Saudi border area of Jizan, local sources told Al Arabiya on Monday. The militiamen were allegedly killed after they attempted to ....

  • 21 Houthis killed by Yemeni legitimate forces in western coast

    21 Houthis killed by Yemeni legitimate forces in western coast

    Date: 2017-12-18 09:12:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7146075

    Twenty-one Houthi militants were killed by the Yemeni legitimate troops in the western coast of Yemen, Sky News channel reported Monday. The Yemeni army announced that 80 armed Houthis were killed over the past two days in Beihan and Assilan ....

  • Fire erupts in oil pipeline in Beni Suef

    Fire erupts in oil pipeline in Beni Suef

    Date: 2017-12-18 09:11:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7146051

    A huge fire broke out on Monday in an oil pipeline in a village in Ahnasia township in western Beni Suef governorate. The fire left one guard injured with second degree burns. Ambulances rushed to the scene to put out the fire. Initial ....

  • Israeli jets launch series of raids on Gaza

    Israeli jets launch series of raids on Gaza

    Date: 2017-12-18 09:09:15 GMT - palestine - International - SN:7 - ID:7146028

    Israeli jets launched on Monday a series of fierce raids on the Gaza Strip. The jets targeted positions in Ashkelon and navy sites in western Gaza city, local sources said. Israeli helicopters and reconnaissance planes intensely flew over the ....

  • Two rockets fired from Gaza at Israel - report

    Two rockets fired from Gaza at Israel - report

    Date: 2017-12-18 08:29:00 GMT - palestine - International - SN:6 - ID:7146005

    Two rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel Sunday night, the Israeli military confirmed, according to Haaretz. One of the rockets exploded in the yard of a residential building in southern Israel's Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, and the other ....

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