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  • UAE, US discuss boosting bilateral ties

    Date: 2017-11-16 18:54:32 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:7094381

    ABU DHABI, Nov 16 (MENA) – Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed Thursday in a telephone call with US Defence Secretary James Mattis the friendly relations and ....

  • CBE keeps interest rates unchanged

    Date: 2017-11-16 18:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:82 - ID:7094504

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Thursday decided to keep the key interest rates unchanged. The CBE kept the overnight deposit rate at 18.75 percent and the overnight lending rate at 19.75 percent. (MENA) A R E/M A F ....

  • Air hospitality union thanks Sisi for agreeing to set up professional syndicate

    Date: 2017-11-16 18:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:81 - ID:7094403

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) – The general syndicate of air hospitality on Thursday thanked President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for approving its request to set up a professional syndicate. Head of the syndicate Ossama Abdel Basset was notified the parliament ....

  • Dar Al Hilal publishing house has significant importance in Arab culture, says Russian amb.

    Date: 2017-11-16 18:17:56 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:80 - ID:7094347

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador in Cairo Sergei Kerbachenko on Thursday said Dar Al Hilal publishing house has a significant importance in Arab culture. Kerbachenko made these remarks on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of ....

  • 11 Houthis killed in Arab coalition airstrikes in Yemen’s Arhab

    Date: 2017-11-16 17:47:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:7094382

    SANAA, Nov 16 (MENA) – Eleven Houthi militants were killed and scores injured when the Saudi-led coalition jets launched airstrikes against some Houthi sites in Arhab district, military sources said on Thursday. Two tanks and an arms cache were ....

  • Sudan, US discuss means to boost cooperation

    Date: 2017-11-16 17:40:20 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:7094386

    KHARTOUM, Nov 16 (MENA) - Sudanese Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh discussed on Thursday with US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan means of boosting cooperation between the two countries. The two sides took up the Sudanese-US relations ....

  • UN selects Egypt among countries tasked with drafting declaration of WTO ministerial conf.

    Date: 2017-11-16 17:12:41 GMT - Switzerland - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:77 - ID:7094343

    GENEVA, Nov 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Representative to Geneva Ambassador Alaa Youssef was chosen among four ambassadors to supervise negotiations on drafting the declaration to come out of the 11th World Trade Organisation ministerial ....

  • Finance Ministry auctions EGP 13.7 bln T-bills

    Date: 2017-11-16 16:54:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:76 - ID:7093909

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 13.750 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 6.750 billion of 182-day T-bills with an average yield of 18.534%, ....

  • Interior minister highlights importance of security information exchange with France

    Date: 2017-11-16 16:49:41 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:7094208

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) – Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar highlighted on Thursday the importance of exchanging information with France in order to further tighten the grip on terrorist organizations in conflict zones. During a meeting with ....

  • Zambia's president leaves Cairo

    Date: 2017-11-16 16:21:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:7094211

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Thursday left here after a three-day visit, during which he held talks with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on ways of boosting bilateral cooperation in the agricultural and economic fields, in ....

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