By Jim Finkle (Reuters) – The U.S government issued a rare public warning that sophisticated hackers are targeting energy and industrial firms, the latest sign that cyber attacks present an increasing threat to the power industry and other public infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation warned in a report distributed […]
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CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 52 Egyptian police and conscripts were killed and six more wounded in a gun battle on Friday during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in the western desert, three security sources said. Sources had said late on Friday at least 30 police were killed. Egypt is battling an Islamist […]
Read More CAIRO (Reuters) – Armed militants killed at least 30 policemen in a shootout during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Egypt’s Western desert, security sources said on Friday. A number of suspected militants were also killed and security forces are combing the area, a statement by the Interior Ministry said. Egypt is facing […]
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RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s annual inflation rose to 0.4 percent year-on-year in September from 0.3 percent in August, the High Planning Authority said on Friday. On a month-on-month basis, the consumer price index rose to 0.8 percent in September, the data showed. The annual price index for food and non-alcoholic beverages fell to 0.7 percent […]
Read More LONDON (Reuters) – Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has launched a tender to buy 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in the first quarter of 2018, trade sources said on Friday. EGAS is seeking to bring in nine of the cargoes via Egypt’s two floating import terminals and three cargoes through a […]
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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Turkey’s swift response to Somalia’s deadliest truck bombing drew praise from survivors and officials who called Ankara their “only genuine” international partner, an implicit challenge to that Western backers that spend billions on security. Within 48 hours of the huge twin explosions that hit Mogadishu on Saturday, a Turkish […]
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – The Gaza Strip will have three new solar energy plants operating by April, the U.S.-based energy firm behind the project said on Tuesday, providing the territory with some relief from daily blackouts but far from meeting its severe power shortages. Gaza was already chronically short of electricity before West […]
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Space Communications has signed a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch two communication satellites into orbit, after a prior attempt ended in disaster. The explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket last year at Cape Canaveral in Florida dealt a major blow to the Israeli satellite operator. But Space Communications said […]
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By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Medics who rushed to help victims of a huge bomb explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu that killed more than 300 people say the country’s threadbare emergency services have been pushed beyond their limit. From a lack of ambulance drivers to break-downs of the ambulances themselves, to checkpoints blocking […]
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By Aidan Lewis TUNIS (Reuters) – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent son of the former Libyan leader, is in good health and is following the political situation in Libya from his base inside the country, a Gaddafi family lawyer said on Tuesday. Khaled al-Zaidi said he was in personal contact with Saif, but refused […]
Read More (Reuters) – Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC is buying peer Impax Laboratories Inc in an all-stock deal as it looks to add heft to its generics business and gain an edge in a tough drug pricing environment. The deal comes at a time when speedy aprovals of generic drugs by U.S. regulators has ratcheted up competition in […]
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TUNIS (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists in Tunisia has risen by 24 percent so far this year, official data showed, indicating that a vital industry crippled two years ago by Islamist attacks on holidaymakers is recovering. Tourism accounts for about 8 percent of Tunisia’s gross domestic product, provides thousands of jobs and is […]
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