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  • Sharqia doctor kidnappers sentenced to 10 years in prison

    Date: 2018-05-20 11:23:29 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:22 - ID:7408846

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, May 20 (MENA) - A court in lower Egypt's Sharqia governorate sentenced on Sunday 10 persons to 10 years in jail for kidnapping a doctor for a ransom of five million pounds. They were found guilty by the Zagazig criminal court for ....

  • CAMPAS says website followers hit 25 mln

    Date: 2018-05-20 11:03:32 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:21 - ID:7408724

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAMPAS) said on Sunday that the followers of its website have hit 25 million until the beginning of this month. In a press release, the CAPMAS attributed the ....

  • Assiut, Asignación universities sign MoU for scientific cooperation

    Date: 2018-05-20 10:50:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7408762

    ASSIUT, May 20 (MENA) - Assiut University approved a memo of understanding with Asignación University in Uruguay to boost scientific and cultural cooperation. The memo aims at exchanging information and conducting joint researches and programs, ....

  • 7 protocols signed to implement all-out plan to upgrade school, university education -- Minister

    Date: 2018-05-20 10:48:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7408722

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - A plan to upgrade education is being co-implemented by the ministries of education and higher education starting from kindergarten through all stages up to college then the labor market, said Education Minister Tareq Shawqi ....

  • 3 killed, 8 wounded in accident on Safaga/Qena road

    Date: 2018-05-20 10:23:26 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:18 - ID:7408748

    HURGHADA, May 20 (MENA) - Three persons were killed and eight others wounded when a microbus overturned on Safaga/Qena road on Sunday. Ambulances rushed to carry the wounded to Safaga hospital. An investigation was launched into the accident. ....

  • Dollar rate stable at major banks

    Date: 2018-05-20 10:06:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:7408667

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - The US dollar exchange rate was stable at major banks on Sunday. The dollar rate stood at EGP 17.77 for buying and EGP 17.87 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At Banque du Caire and the Commercial International ....

  • 32 Houthis killed in confrontations in Yemen

    Date: 2018-05-20 10:05:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:7408702

    ADEN, May 20 (MENA) - Some 32 Houthis were killed and more than 40 others wounded in confrontations with the Yemeni resistance forces and in raids by Arab coalition on the western coast of Yemen. The Arab coalition-backed resistance forces ....

  • EgyptAir starts Umrah season with 18 flights to Jeddah, Madinah

    Date: 2018-05-20 09:52:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7408691

    CAIRO, May 20 (MENA) - EgyptAir started on Sunday flights to carry Umrah pilgrims to Saudi Arabia during the Ramadan season. Eighteen regular and additional flights will be operated today from Cairo airport to Jeddah and Madinah with 3,116 ....

  • Settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound amid tightened security

    Date: 2018-05-20 09:35:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7408600

    RAMALLAH, May 20 (MENA) - Scores of settlers have stormed the compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque amid tightened security by Israeli troops. The settlers, estimated by an official spokesman at more than 300, performed rituals at the holy site. The ....

  • 3 civilians wounded in blast in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2018-05-20 09:17:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7408651

    BAGHDAD, May 20 (MENA) - Three civilians were wounded in a blast near a marketplace in southern Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi police source said. An explosive device was planted near the market, leaving three civilians dead, Al Sumaria news ....

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