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Bourse loses EGP 7.1bln

Date: 2018-05-10 09:36:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:7393148

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went down collectively during morning trading on Thursday amid selling operations by the domestic investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 7.1 billion to hit EGP 967.9 ....

Pope Tawadros: Marian apparition in 1968 sent message of consolation to all Egyptians

Date: 2018-05-10 09:28:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:17 - ID:7393067

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said that the Holy Lady's apparition in luminous scenes over domes of St. Mary church in 1968 sent a condolence message to all Egyptians following the June 1967 ....

Irrigation minister heads for S.Sudan

Date: 2018-05-10 09:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7393030

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati on Thursday headed for South Sudan on an official visit to probe ways of fostering bilateral relations in the irrigation field. The visit emanates from Egypt's ....

Presidential decree appointing Taha Marzouk as SCZone deputy chairman issued

Date: 2018-05-10 08:39:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7393043

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued decree no. 192/2018, appointing Mahfouz Mohamed Taha Marzouk as Deputy Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Authority for a one-year period. The decision came into effect ....

Armed Forces: 21 takfiris killed, 238 wanted criminals arrested in Sinai over past days

Date: 2018-05-10 08:37:28 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:14 - ID:7392985

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Armed Forces killed 21 takfiris and arrested 238 wanted criminals in North and Central Sinai over the past days within the course of the Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 (COS 2018). The Armed Forces announced this ....

Trump, Pence receive American prisoners freed by N.Korea

Date: 2018-05-10 07:45:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7392928

WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - Marine One, the helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania arrived at Joint Base Andrews, where he'll greet the Americans who were detained in North Korea. US Vice President Mike Pence and his ....

S. Korean foreign minister to meet Pompeo in D.C.

Date: 2018-05-10 07:41:53 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7392977

SEOUL, May 10 (MENA) - South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will travel to the United States this week for talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on North Korea and alliance issues, Yonhap news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying ....

Israel says informed Russia ahead of its strikes in Syria

Date: 2018-05-10 07:38:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:7392930

GAZA CITY, May 10 (MENA) - An Israeli military spokesman said that Israel forewarned Russia of its strikes on multiple targets in Syria on Thursday, Ynet news reported. "The Russians were informed prior to our attack by the established mechanisms ....

Iraqi army personnel cast ballots in 2018 parliamentary elections

Date: 2018-05-10 07:36:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7392969

BAGHDAD, May 10 (MENA) - Amid tight security measures, Iraqi army personnel cast their ballots in the first parliamentary elections since the terrorist Daesh group was forced out of the country, AlSumaria news reported Thursday. The polls will ....

11 killed as dust, thunderstorm strikes Western Uttar Pradesh

Date: 2018-05-10 07:20:11 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7392934

NEW DELHI, May 10 (MENA) - At least eleven people died and eleven were injured as a dust and thunderstorm struck parts of western Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday evening, NDTV reported. Four deaths were reported from Etawah, three from Mathura one ....