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  • St. Catherine's monastery made no encroachments on state property - official

    Date: 2014-06-15 13:02:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:779090

    TUR, Egypt, June 15 (MENA) – A well-placed governmental official here denied on Sunday claims that St. Catherine's monastery has made encroachments on state property. These reports are unfounded, the official said. He also refuted claims that ....

  • Trial of Zawahri's brother delayed to July 3

    Date: 2014-06-15 13:00:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:779085

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court delayed the trial of 68 terrorists, including Mohamed el-Zawahri - the brother of Al-Qaeda's number one leader Ayman el-Zawahri, over forming a terrorist organization to July 3. In April, the ....

  • 91-, 273-day T-bills auctioned

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:57:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:68 - ID:778981

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - The Finance Ministry auctioned on Sunday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 2.5 billion of 91-day T-bills with an average yield of 10.677%, adding it ....

  • Muft: Egypt taking steady paces towards restoring leading role

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:56:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:779077

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Egyptian Mufti Shawqi Allam said on Sunday that Egypt is taking steady paces towards restoring its leading role at the regional and international levels. These remarks came during a meeting with a UK parliamentary ....

  • Iran vice president says extremist groups threaten global peace

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:46:20 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:66 - ID:779000

    SANTA CRUZ, June 15 (MENA) – Extremist and terrorist groups pose serious threat against world peace and stability, IRNA quoted visiting Iranian Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri as saying in a meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales, here ....

  • Azhar "patriotic" institution, cares about concerns of Arab, Islamic nations - Tayyeb

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:42:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:779084

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Al-Azhar is an Islamic and patriotic institution that cares about the concerns of Egypt and all other Arab and Islamic nations, affirmed Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Dr Ahmed el-Tayyeb. Al-Azhar also works on maintaining national ....

  • 11 MB members arrested over violence charges

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:779087

    DAMANHOUR, Egypt, June 15 (MENA) – Security forces here arrested on Sunday 11 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members over violence charges. They are accused of staging illegal protests and setting fire to a governmental building. The public prosecution ....

  • Interpol calls for criminal inquiry into 2022 bids

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:36:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:63 - ID:778997

    LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Interpol, the international police organization, this weekend called for an investigation into criminal corruption in the 2022 World Cup bidding process, wrote Jon Ungoed-Thomas in the Sunday Times Sunday. Interpol has ....

  • British PM issues powerful new pledge to combat extremism

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:35:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:778998

    LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Muslim clerics in the UK who inflame terrorism by denouncing free speech, equality and democracy will be opposed in a ‘muscular’ new defense of ‘British values’, the Daily Mail quoted David Cameron as pledging Sunday. In ....

  • Egypt, Hungary probe restitution of 3 artifacts

    Date: 2014-06-15 12:33:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:778978

    CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim discussed with Hungarian Ambassador here Peter Kveck the possibility of retrieving three Egyptian artifacts displayed at the Hungarian National Museum through diplomatic channels. The ....

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