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  • Egypt purchases 60,000 tons of wheat from Russia

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:46:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:131 - ID:781599

    MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) – Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities has purchased 60,000 tons of wheat from a Russian company, Ria Novosti reported. The price of the wheat hit 262,12 dollars per ton, including the shipment price, said ....

  • Arab environment ministers meeting concluded in Hurghada

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:32:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:781558

    HURGHADA, Egypt, June 16 (MENA) - The Arab environment ministers council concluded Monday its extraordinary session that was held in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Hurghada on June 16. The meeting underlined the importance of updating Arab ....

  • 13 defendants in "Rabaa dispersal case,” including Abdallah Elshamy, released

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:27:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:129 - ID:781572

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat approved on Monday to release 13 defendants who were in detention pending investigations over case known in media as “the Rabaa dispersal case.” The decision came due to their deteriorating ....

  • Profile: Scientific Research & Technology Minister Sherief Hamad

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:20:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:128 - ID:781547

    CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) – Scientific Research and Technology Minister Sherief Hamad in the new cabinet formation served as dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University ....

  • Lavrov urges intl community to push Ukrainian crisis to political course

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:18:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:127 - ID:781564

    MOSCOW, June 16 (MENA) - The international community must ask Kiev to ensure security for diplomats and embassies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying Monday. "The International community must require of the ....

  • Egyptian shot dead in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:09:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:781556

    TRIPOLI, June 16 (MENA) - An Egyptian citizen was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Libya's second largest city of Benghazi on Monday. The man, identified as 35-year-old Khalifa Hamed, was killed on the spot after unidentified armed men in a ....

  • RJ operations to Iraq as scheduled, Mosul flights suspended temporarily

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:04:22 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:781504

    AMMAN, June 16 (MENA) - Royal Jordanian said that all its flights operating between Jordan and Iraq are running as scheduled, except to those operated to Mosul which were temporarily suspended since last Tuesday due to the prevalent security ....

  • CV of Egypt new FM

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:03:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:124 - ID:781498

    CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) – Egypt's new Foreign Minister Ambassador Sameh Shokry was born on October 20, 1952 and graduated from Faculty of Law of Ain Shams University. Shokry joined the diplomatic corps in 1976. Shokry, who will succeed Ambassador ....

  • Mahlab starts to receive members of new govt - 4 last Cairo

    Date: 2014-06-16 17:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:123 - ID:781543

    Mahlab received a number of ministers who will retain their ministerial posts in the new cabinet including Military Production Minister Ibrahim Younes, Youths and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz and Finance Minister Hani Qadri. He further met ....

  • US diplomats visit family of abducted Israeli teen

    Date: 2014-06-16 16:56:58 GMT - Israel - World - SN:122 - ID:781521

    GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) - Diplomats from the US Embassy in Israel visited abducted teen Naftali Frenkel's family at their home in Nof Ayalon, Ynet news reported on Monday. Frenkel, who was kidnapped on Thursday along with two classmates, has a ....

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