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Investment min. meets Egypt envoy to Russia
Date: 2014-06-24 13:31:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:795273
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Investment Minister Ashraf Salman held a meeting with Egypt's ambassador to Russia Mohamed El Badry. They discussed investment opportunities in Egypt and the embassy's role in luring Russian investments to the country. The ....
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Summit meetings of NEPAD Steering Committee kick off on Wednesday
Date: 2014-06-24 13:26:48 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:80 - ID:795255
MALABO, June 24 (MENA) - Summit meetings of the Steering Committee of the NEPAD will kick off on Wednesday. Egypt's representative to the committee Ambassador Ibrahim Hassan told MENA that the meetings have special importance in light of the topics ....
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Foreign Ministry urges Egyptians to avoid travelling to Libya
Date: 2014-06-24 13:22:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:795335
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Egypt has appealed anew to the Egyptian nationals not to travel to Libya due to the worsening security situation there. Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Atti on Tuesday called on all Egyptians in Libya to be ....
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Bomb defused in North Sinai
Date: 2014-06-24 13:18:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:795385
ARISH, Egypt, June 24 (MENA) - Security forces in North Sinai on Tuesday defused a bomb that was set to go off in Al-Goura area in Sheikh Zweid. No casualties or damage were reported, according to a security source. The source said that the ....
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Praying for Prophet Muhammad good deed, shouldn't be turned into dispute -- Mufti adviser
Date: 2014-06-24 13:07:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:795333
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Praying for the Prophet Muhammad is in the heart of Islam and every Muslim should be keen on frequently doing so, the academic adviser to the mufti has said. Allah has ordered Muslims to pray for the Prophet Muhammad Peace ....
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UK Foreign Office to cut counter-terrorism budget by half
Date: 2014-06-24 13:06:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:795271
LONDON, June 24 (MENA) - The UK Foreign Office has halved its counter-terrorism budget even as officials warn of the most severe threat to the UK from overseas terror groups since the London bombings in 2005, the Financial Times reported on ....
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Egypt, UAE seek boosting military cooperation
Date: 2014-06-24 13:04:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:795360
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Colonel General Sedki Sobhi held talks on Tuesday with Chief of Staff of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Lt. General Hamad Thani Al-Rumaythi and his accompanying delegation, ....
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UK's Hammond warns of threat posed by ISIL ahead of talks with foreign ministers
Date: 2014-06-24 13:03:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:74 - ID:795290
LONDON, June 24 (MENA) - British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond started Tuesday a visit to the Gulf region to talk with leaders about the threat posed by hardline Islamist militants in Iraq, The Times reported Tuesday. The defense secretary ....
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Court sets dates for adjudication against 52 MB members
Date: 2014-06-24 12:53:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:795262
MINYA, Upper Egypt, June 24 (MENA) - Minya Criminal Court on Tuesday set July, August and September for holding four hearing sessions in the trial of 52 defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group, who are facing charges of staging illegal ....
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EGX changes trading session hours in Ramadan
Date: 2014-06-24 12:45:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:66 - ID:795228
CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) will change the hours of the trading session during the holy month of Ramadan. The EGX will reduce the time of trading to three hours instead of four, said a statement on Tuesday. The trading ....