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  • Hossam Abdel-Rehim to be appointed as head of appeals court as of July 1

    Date: 2014-06-11 10:47:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:772111

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) unanimously approved Wednesday the nomination of Counselor Hossam Abdel- Rehim as head of the Appeals Court and chief of the Judicial Supreme Council as of July 1. Abdel-Rehim will be ....

  • 37 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-06-11 10:43:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:772355

    ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 11 (MENA) - Thirty-seven vessels transited the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.505 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 14 ships, carrying 997,000 tons and the north-bound convoy included 23 ....

  • Trial of Morsi, 14 others in Ittihadiya case delayed to June 22

    Date: 2014-06-11 10:40:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:772350

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to June 22 the trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 14 co-defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood leaders over charges of inciting the killing of peaceful protesters outside ....

  • Arab women's delegations happy over return of HQ of Arab women union to Cairo

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:772142

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Arab women's delegations voiced happiness over the return of the premises of the Arab women's union to Cairo. During their participation in the proceedings of the general conference for Arab women's union hosted by Egypt, ....

  • World Bank Cuts Global Growth Forecast After ‘Bumpy’ 2014 Start

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:50:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:34 - ID:772069

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The World Bank cut its global growth forecast amid weaker outlooks for the U.S., Russia and China, while calling on emerging markets to strengthen their economies before the Federal Reserve raises interest rates. In a ....

  • 500,000 Iraqi civilians flee Mosul fighting, migration group says

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:49:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:772058

    BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - More than 500,000 citizens fled in fear as extremist militants overran Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. The group, whose teams have been monitoring the ....

  • Ansar al-Sharia denies agreement for calm

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:25:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:771936

    TRIPOLI, June 11 (MENA) - Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Sharia) organization Wednesday denied statements by spokesman for the crisis in Libya committee Mabrook Shoneib on an agreement for calm and dialogue among the fighting parties in ....

  • Pakistan summons Afghan ambassador following attack on Karachi airport

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:20:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:772068

    KABUL, June 11 (MENA) - The foreign ministry officials said Tuesday that the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan was summoned following militants attack on Karachi airport, ABC news reported. Ahmad Shekib Mostaghni, spokesman for the ministry of foreign ....

  • 6,000 tons of butane gas, 52,753 tons of iron arrive at Suez harbors

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:30 - ID:771937

    SUEZ, Egypt, June 11 (MENA) - As many as 6,000 tons of butane gas arrived at Zaityat port coming from Yanbu port, Chairman of Red Sea Ports Authority Hassan Fallah said Wednesday. Adabiya port received 52,753 tons of iron on board a Panamanian ....

  • Top Filipino terror suspect captured near airport

    Date: 2014-06-11 09:17:40 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:29 - ID:772065

    MANILA, June 11 (MENA) - Philippine army troops and police on Wednesday captured a top Filipino commander of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group who is on the U.S. list of most-wanted terrorists and has acknowledged receiving al-Qaida funds to finance ....

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