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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....