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  • CBE gov.: Egypt succeeded in pushing foreign reserves to record highs

    Date: 2020-02-11 19:24:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:74 - ID:8308005

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tareq Amer on Tuesday said that Egypt succeeded in cutting the trade deficit and inflation rates, as well as pushing the country's foreign reserves to record highs. Speaking on ....

  • PM chairs meeting on legalizing unlicensed churches

    Date: 2020-02-11 18:43:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:8307954

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the committee tasked with legalizing the status of unlicensed churches, in the presence of the ministers of justice, housing and parliamentary affairs, Cabinet ....

  • Pentagon: 109 troops suffer brain injuries from Iran strike

    Date: 2020-02-11 18:26:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:8308008

    WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (MENA) - The number of US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon has said, as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month ....

  • Irrigation minister arrives in Washington for GERD talks

    Date: 2020-02-11 18:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:71 - ID:8307925

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati has arrived in Washington to complete talks on the rules regulating the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a statement ....

  • Sisi meets CEO of oilfield services company "Schlumberger"

    Date: 2020-02-11 18:05:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:8307849

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with CEO of Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company, Olivier Le Peuch, in Cairo. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral ....

  • Parl't speaker lauds strategic plans to develop SCZone

    Date: 2020-02-11 17:43:39 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:69 - ID:8307892

    CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal commended on Tuesday strategic plans adopted by the Suez Canal Authority to develop the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), saying this promising area is set to take Egypt into a major economic ....

  • Damietta Port receives 12 cargo vessels

    Date: 2020-02-11 17:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:68 - ID:8307893

    DAMIETTA, Egypt, Feb 11 (MENA) - Damietta Port received over the past 24 hours 12 cargo vessels, the Damietta Port Authority Media Center said in a statement Tuesday. The statement added that nine cargo vessels left the port. (MENA) K A E/I S N ....

  • WHO officially names coronavirus 'COVID-19'

    Date: 2020-02-11 17:06:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:8307913

    GENEVA, Feb 11 (MENA) - The coronavirus causing a deadly outbreak in China has been named COVID-19, the World Health Organization has announced. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the global body, announced the new name at a ....

  • Palestinian president at UN: We reject US plan because of its unilateral steps

    Date: 2020-02-11 16:41:21 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8307874

    NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that he rejected the US so-called peace plan because of its unilateral steps and because it violates United Nations resolutions, state news agency WAFA ....

  • Coast guard catches and returns 81 migrants off Libyan coast

    Date: 2020-02-11 16:40:51 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:8307740

    GENEVA, Feb 11 (MENA) - The Libyan coast guard apprehended 81 migrants off the coast of Libya and returned them to the capital of the war-ravaged country, the UN migration agency said Tuesday. The International Organization for Migration said ....

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