Egypt
Health minister reduces Sovaldi price to LE1,600
June 29, 2015
Health minister reduces Sovaldi price to LE1,600
Health Minister Adel al-Adawy issued a decision to cut the price of the local Sovaldi drug, dedicated to the treatment…
Newspaper: MCIT withdraws from national telecommunication infrastructure project
June 29, 2015
Newspaper: MCIT withdraws from national telecommunication infrastructure project
The Communication and Information Technology Ministry (MCIT) has officially withdrawn from establishing the national telecommunication infrastructure entity, official sources said, according…
Train tickets reservations with ID cards help reduce black market influence
June 29, 2015
Train tickets reservations with ID cards help reduce black market influence
The Egyptian National Railways started for the first time Sunday the application of a system to reserve train tickets with…
Israel bars foreign activist flotilla from reaching Gaza
June 29, 2015
Israel bars foreign activist flotilla from reaching Gaza
Israel said on Monday it had blocked a boat leading a four-vessel protest flotilla of foreign activists from reaching the…
TE board discusses standoff with communication ministry
June 29, 2015
TE board discusses standoff with communication ministry
Telecom Egypt’s chief Mohamed Salem and managing director Ossama Yassin held an emergency meeting Sunday morning to discuss the company’s standoff…
UPDATE 4: Car bomb attack kills Egypt’s top public prosecutor
June 29, 2015
UPDATE 4: Car bomb attack kills Egypt’s top public prosecutor
Egypt's top public prosecutor was killed by a car bomb attack on his convoy on Monday, the most senior state…
Top prosecutor bans publishing in ‘250 State Security’ case
June 29, 2015
Top prosecutor bans publishing in ‘250 State Security’ case
Top prosecutor Hesham Barakat issued a decision Sunday banning publishing in the case known in the media as the "250…
Sisi increases military pensions
June 29, 2015
Sisi increases military pensions
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a decree in Law No. 30 of 2015, to increase military pensions and amend…
Sinai State claims responsibility for 3 Sinai judge killings
June 29, 2015
Sinai State claims responsibility for 3 Sinai judge killings
The Sinai State's media office, (formerly Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis) which has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, has published a…
Monitor: IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ‘caliphate’
June 28, 2015
Monitor: IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ‘caliphate’
The Islamic State group has executed more than 3,000 people in Syria, including hundreds of civilians, in the year since…