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Tarawih, Itkaf to be held in all N.Sinai mosques in Ramdan: official
Date: 2014-06-29 15:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:803772
ARISH, June 29 (MENA) – All mosques in the province of North Sinai will be opened for Tarawih prayers and Itikaf ritual during the holy month of Ramdan, said Amin Abdel Wahed, undersecretary of Awqaf ministry in the city. Tarawih prayers are ....
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Iran carries explorations for new oil, gas fields
Date: 2014-06-29 15:34:34 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:803833
TEHRAN, June 29 (MENA) - Preliminary studies suggest that new oil and gas fields are expected to be discovered in the near future, Managing-Director of Iranian National Oil Company (NIOC), Rokneddin Javadi said on Sunday. Javadi said that more ....
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President Sisi, Awqaf minister discuss new preaching law
Date: 2014-06-29 15:26:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:803824
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) – President Adel Fattah El SIsi held a meeting Sunday with Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to discuss a new preaching law. The meeting tackled ways to enforce a law confining preachers from Al-Azhar graduates to take ....
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Beltone, New Egypt Investment Fund say no change to EFG Hermes purchase offer
Date: 2014-06-29 15:16:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:803798
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Beltone Financial and the New Egypt Investment Fund said on Sunday they would not change their offer to buy 20 percent of EFG Hermes investment bank at 16 Egyptian pounds per share. EFG Hermes, which appointed ....
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Jordan king warns of impact of Iraqi crisis on region
Date: 2014-06-29 15:11:05 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:803799
AMMAN, June 29 (MENA) – Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday warned of the impact of the Iraqi crisis on the region, asserting the importance of the unity of Iraq. The king made his comments during his talks with Chairwoman of the US House of ....
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Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying charges delayed to July 9
Date: 2014-06-29 15:08:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:803835
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone until July 9 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other leading members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood on charges of espionage. Morsi and the 35 other ....
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EGP 1.2bln estimated revenues in 2014/2015 - HOTAC
Date: 2014-06-29 14:55:18 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:66 - ID:803706
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The total revenues of the the Holding Company for Tourism, Hotels and Cinema (HOTAC) and its affiliated companies in the budget of 2014/2015 was estimated at 1.2 billion pounds against 800 million pounds in the current year ....
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2nd Egyptian satellite channel to air religious program in English during Ramadan
Date: 2014-06-29 14:43:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:803780
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - The second Egyptian satellite channel, directed to Europe and the US, will launch a religious program in English during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In statements Sunday, the channel's chief Saeed Abu-Gamil said that ....
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Qatari emir greets Sisi on Ramadan
Date: 2014-06-29 14:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:803722
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Sunday a phone call from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hmad bin Khalifa al-Thani. During the phone call, the Qatari emir greeted Sisi on the occasion of the holy fasting month of ....
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2 arrested in Beheira over MB connections
Date: 2014-06-29 14:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:803708
DAMANHUR, Egypt, June 29 (MENA) - Security forces arrested two persons affiliated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in Beheira, including one sentenced to three years in absentia over violence charges. The two are accused of inciting ....