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  • Court acquits defendants held in protest case

    Court acquits defendants held in protest case

    Date: 2015-05-23 13:50:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2648825

    A misdemeanor court in Cairo has acquitted all defendants accused of organizing an unauthorized protest to mark the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution. The public prosecution had referred 17 leaders and members of the Socialist ....

  • Egypt FM says Houthis not for political solution in Yemen

    Egypt FM says Houthis not for political solution in Yemen

    Date: 2015-05-23 13:46:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2648785

    Houthis have shown no signs, so far, that they want to be part of a political solution to the crisis in Yemen, the Egyptian foreign minister has said. In an interview with Sky News channel, to be aired Sunday, Sameh Shoukry said the truce ....

  • Egypt envoy meets Togolese, UN officials

    Egypt envoy meets Togolese, UN officials

    Date: 2015-05-23 13:45:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2648781

    Egypt's Ambassador to Togo Karim Sherif met Saturday the director of the disarmament and peacekeeping administration of the Togolese Foreign Ministry and the director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa. The ....

  • Egypt chief of staff: Mechanisms of forming joint Arab force to be outlined before June 29

    Egypt chief of staff: Mechanisms of forming joint Arab force to be outlined before June 29

    Date: 2015-05-23 11:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2647781

    Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi has pressed for action to implement an Arab Summit resolution to form a joint Arab military force before June 29. The Arab Summit, which was held in Sharm el Sheikh late March, had endorsed the ....

  • Egypt chief of staff condemns Qatif terrorist attack

    Egypt chief of staff condemns Qatif terrorist attack

    Date: 2015-05-23 11:16:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2647593

    Egyptian Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazi on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in al Qatif city in Saudi Arabia on Friday and left scores of worshipers dead and injured. Speaking at the inauguration of a ....

  • Egypt envoy to Kuwait offeres condolences over death of former speaker

    Egypt envoy to Kuwait offeres condolences over death of former speaker

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:43:25 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2646833

    Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait Abdel Kerim Seliman offered condolences over the demise of former Kuwaiti speaker of the National Assembly Jasim Mohammed al Kharafi. In exclusive statements to MENA correspondent in Kuwait, he said that Kharafi ....

  • 1st trial session of Morsi, 24 others over insulting judiciary starts

    1st trial session of Morsi, 24 others over insulting judiciary starts

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:13:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2646469

    The first trial session of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 24 others over charges of insulting Egypt’s judiciary started on Saturday before Cairo Criminal Court. Morsi is accused, alongside 24 other Brotherhood associates, Islamist figures, ....

  • Exhibitions of basic commodities to be held this week - minister

    Exhibitions of basic commodities to be held this week - minister

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:03:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2646377

    Coordination is underway with the Supply and Internal Trade Ministry to provide all basic commodities nationwide as the holy fasting month of Ramadan approaches, said Local Development Minister Adel Labib. Several exhibitions of foodstuffs and ....

  • Egypt to host meetings of Syrian opposition in June

    Egypt to host meetings of Syrian opposition in June

    Date: 2015-05-23 09:01:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2646345

    Cairo will be hosting meetings of the Syrian opposition on June 8-9, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry has said. Talks will be held under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdel Aati said on Saturday. The ....

  • 283 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    283 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    Date: 2015-05-23 08:59:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2646337

    As many as 283 Egyptians have returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing along the border between Egypt and Libya over the past 24 hours, Matrouh security chief Anani Hamouda said Saturday. He further said that 120 of the returnees had ....

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