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  • Sisi greets Germany on its Unity Day

    Sisi greets Germany on its Unity Day

    Date: 2017-10-04 15:26:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7023655

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday delegated presidential secretary Abdel Aziz El Shreif to the embassy of Germany in Cairo to convey greetings on the occasion of Germany's Unit Day. ....

  • Egypt's cabinet approves farmers union bill

    Egypt's cabinet approves farmers union bill

    Date: 2017-10-04 15:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7023645

    The cabinet approved during a meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday a bill on setting up Farmers Union and referred it to the State Council, said Agriculture Minister Abdel Monem el Bana Wednesday. Under the bill, the union will ....

  • Investment, Irrigation ministers review with AfDB team disbursing 3rd loan tranche

    Investment, Irrigation ministers review with AfDB team disbursing 3rd loan tranche

    Date: 2017-10-04 15:24:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7023619

    Ministers Sahar Nasr of Investment and International Cooperation and Mohamed Abdel Ati of Irrigation had talks on Wednesday with a delegation of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on needed measures for disbursing the third tranche of the ....

  • Egypt FM to head for Paris tomorrow to back Khattab's UNESCO nomination

    Egypt FM to head for Paris tomorrow to back Khattab's UNESCO nomination

    Date: 2017-10-04 14:35:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7023530

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will fly to Paris on Thursday to hold a meeting with the member states of the executive council of the UNESCO to back Moshira Khattab's nomination for the international organization's top post. The visit comes as ....

  • 3 Turkish soldiers killed, 4 injured in blast in southeastern Turkey

    3 Turkish soldiers killed, 4 injured in blast in southeastern Turkey

    Date: 2017-10-04 12:39:46 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:7023453

    Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured in an explosion in southeastern Turkey. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast, Sky News quoted military sources as saying on Wednesday. ....

  • Neck-and-neck competition expected for UNESCO top post

    Neck-and-neck competition expected for UNESCO top post

    Date: 2017-10-04 12:39:34 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7023413

    Egypt's Ambassador to France and UNESCO Ihab Badawi expected neck-and-neck competition for the elections of UNESCO general director post, to take place on October 9. Eight candidates are running to succeed UNESCO's Bulgarian Irina Bokova after ....

  • Iraqi PM announces 3 days of mourning for Talabani's death

    Iraqi PM announces 3 days of mourning for Talabani's death

    Date: 2017-10-04 11:41:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7023340

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi announced three days of mourning for the death of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi news agency reported Wednesday. In a statement by the PM media office, expressed condolences to the Iraqi ....

  • Sisi lays wreaths at Unknown Soldier Memorial, tombs of Abdel Nasser, Sadat

    Sisi lays wreaths at Unknown Soldier Memorial, tombs of Abdel Nasser, Sadat

    Date: 2017-10-04 11:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7023167

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi laid on Wednesday a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the October war victory. Upon arrival, Sisi was welcomed by Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi, Chief of Staff ....

  • Al Nusra leader gravely injured by airstrike, 12 commanders killed – Russian MoD

    Al Nusra leader gravely injured by airstrike, 12 commanders killed – Russian MoD

    Date: 2017-10-04 10:50:41 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:7023055

    The leader of Al Nusra has been critically injured in an airstrike carried out by the Russian Air Force, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added at least 12 Al Nusra field commanders had been killed in the same ....

  • Sisi attends SCAF meeting

    Sisi attends SCAF meeting

    Date: 2017-10-04 10:46:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7023193

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended early Wednesday a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Earlier in the day, Sisi laid a wreath at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the ....

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