Gunman kills well-known Dutch priest in Syria’s Homs
Father Frans van der Lugt was shot and killed by a gunman on April 7, 2014, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying the motive for the attack was…
Wafd Party endorses Sisi presidential bid
Secretary General of the party says Sisi will bring "security, peace and stability" to Egypt, blames terrorism in Egypt on Israelis
3 Cairo University students arrested for unlawful assembly
AFTE calls on Cairo University to remove police from campus
African Union Panel meets with PM, Moussa
The panel, established after Egypt's suspension from the AU, issues positive statements about interim government, transitional roadmap
Egypt foreign reserves up at $17.414bn in March: Central Bank
Reuters - Egypt’s foreign reserves rose to $17.414bn in March from $17.307bn in February, the Central Bank said on Monday. Reserves fell sharply after a 2011 uprising that ousted President…
Mohamed Al-Zawahiri referred to criminal court
Brother of Al-Qaeda head and 67 others will stand trial for a list of terror-related charges
Dubai says agreement in principle on UAE bourse merger; no final word on bond issue
Reuters - A top Dubai economic policymaker said on Monday that an agreement to merge the two main stock markets in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Financial Market and…
Ministry of Housing approves debt repayment plan for struggling tourism companies
Ministry of Housing agrees to grant tourism companies the option to pay debts owed to water companies in installments
Egyptian pound strengthens at central bank Forex sale
Reuters - The Egyptian pound strengthened at a central bank dollar auction on Monday after hitting a six-month low last week. The central bank sold dollars at a cut-off price…
Divergence in MENA sovereign energy importer-exporter ratings widens: Fitch
Reuters - Fitch Ratings says in a new report that the average sovereign ratings of energy exporters and importers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have further diverged…