By Reuters, Ehab Farouk CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has ordered banks to prevent customers from using debit cards based on their Egyptian pound accounts when they go abroad, a central bank official said on Wednesday, a move to combat the … read more
EgyptAir flight MS 804 that crashed in May saw smoke on board shortly before its crash, the investigation committee looking into the incident confirmed on Wednesday after examining the plane’s recovered data recorders. “Recorded data is showing consistency with [distress … read more
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has made economic reform and recovery one of the main cornerstones of his government’s attempts to address lingering economic concerns. From increasing unemployment and poverty, to an expanding budget deficit, as well as debt and the … read more
Public opinion polls in the US currently indicate that Hillary Clinton stands the highest chance of winning the presidential election, but no one can rule out the possibility of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, gaining a surprise victory. The political … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Meteorologists are predicting hot, humid weather on Wednesday for most areas of the country, with temperatures reaching 37 degrees centigrade in Cairo. The north coast will experience cooler, fresher weather, with highs of 31. The weather in Upper … read more
A senior official at the Ministry of Tourism said that Thomas Cook’s decision to suspend its flights to Sharm El-Sheikh until February 2017 will exacerbate the sector’s losses. The tourism sector has already been suffering ever since Britain halted its … read more
EgyptAir, the country’s national carrier, said it had cancelled flights to Istanbul scheduled for Wednesday after multiple suicide bombers killed 36 people at Istanbul’s main international airport late on Tuesday. Flights number MS 737 and MS 735 that were scheduled from Cairo to Istanbul … read more
Reuters Egypt investigators said on Monday that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been successfully repaired, paving the way for investigators to analyze data that may explain why the jet plunged into the Mediterranean last month. … read more
Egypt’s Ministry of Supplies on Sunday dismissed allegations that its wheat procurement figures were inflated and promised penalties for domestic suppliers that misreport stocks. The ministry announced a government-led inspection of wheat silos this month after an unusually high procurement … read more
This year’s Ramadan will be the last one to begin in the summer season until 2041, the Astronomy Association (AA) in Jeddah announced in a statement. The Saudi AA lists 1 June as the start of summer season using the … read more