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  • EgyptAir plans 19 pilgrim flights on Sunday

    EgyptAir plans 19 pilgrim flights on Sunday

    Date: 2017-09-10 11:20:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6983233

    EgyptAir will operate 19 flights on Sunday to bring pilgrims home from Saudi Arabia. As part of an air bridge, the flag carrier's flights today will transfer 4,527 pilgrims from Jeddah and Madinah to Cairo airport. The air bridge, to last ....

  • Preparatory meetings of AL Foreign Ministers' Council kick off

    Preparatory meetings of AL Foreign Ministers' Council kick off

    Date: 2017-09-10 11:18:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6983224

    Permanent delegates of the Arab League Council convened a meeting on Sunday at the Arab League premises to prepare for the 148th Ordinary Session of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council, due to convene on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of Djibouti ....

  • Egypt FM to open IAPTC annual conference on Monday

    Egypt FM to open IAPTC annual conference on Monday

    Date: 2017-09-10 11:17:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6983220

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will inaugurate on Monday the 23rd annual conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres (IAPTC) in Cairo. The gathering, held in a Middle East country for the first time, will ....

  • Iraqi army launches operation against Daesh terrorists  in Diyala

    Iraqi army launches operation against Daesh terrorists in Diyala

    Date: 2017-09-09 11:46:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6981884

    The Iraqi army has launched a military operation in northeastern Diyala to eliminate any activities by Daesh terrorists in the province. Backed by army jets, police and military troops launched the operation earlier Saturday, according to ....

  • Egypt not to accept obstacles hindering ILO Better Work program: minister

    Egypt not to accept obstacles hindering ILO Better Work program: minister

    Date: 2017-09-09 11:42:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6981879

    Minister of Manpower Mohamed Saafan held talks with director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Cairo Office Peter Van Rooij on several files as well as the ongoing projects implemented by the ministry and the ILO. Saafan asserted ....

  • Syrian army takes control of al Taim oil field

    Syrian army takes control of al Taim oil field

    Date: 2017-09-09 10:51:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6981761

    Units of Syrian army took control of al Taim oil field and the surrounding areas, military sources said on Saturday. The units are pushing deep toward Deir Ezzor after inflicting heavy losses on Daesh terrorists and their equipment, the sources ....

  • Chinese company to establish automotive factory in Egypt

    Chinese company to establish automotive factory in Egypt

    Date: 2017-09-09 10:48:56 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:6981757

    A Chinese company has decided to establish a factory to produce trucks and minibuses in Egypt. FAW, in cooperation with its agent in Egypt Geyushi Motors, will build the factory in the 10th of Ramadan City, said Trade and Industry Minister Tareq ....

  • AL chief leaves for Iraq

    AL chief leaves for Iraq

    Date: 2017-09-09 10:47:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6981751

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit left for Iraq on Saturday on a visit meant to support efforts to revive dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, the capital city of the Kurdistan region in Iraq. The visit comes after a Kurdish plan to ....

  • Arabia: Qatar News Agency continues to distort facts

    Arabia: Qatar News Agency continues to distort facts

    Date: 2017-09-09 08:45:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6981527

    The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that a statement that was carried by Qatar News Agency continues to distort facts. Saudi Arabia announced in a statement that it will not agree on starting a dialogue with Qatar until the release of an ....

  • Health Ministry: Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 73

    Health Ministry: Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 73

    Date: 2017-09-08 17:23:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6981097

    The Health Ministry said three Egyptians died in Saudi Arabia Friday bringing to 73 the death toll among Egyptian pilgrims . In statements, Head of the medical Hajj mission Ahmed El Ansary said that coordination is underway with the Saudi bodies ....

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