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  • AL chief slams statements by Israeli PM on settlements

    AL chief slams statements by Israeli PM on settlements

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:41:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6967934

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has denounced recent statements by the Israeli premier in which he said that the Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands would remain forever. Benjamin Netanyahu is proving he is against ....

  • China welcomes visit by Sisi next month -- Ambassador

    China welcomes visit by Sisi next month -- Ambassador

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:39:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:6967916

    Chinese Ambassador here Song Aiguo on Tuesday asserted that his country welcomes an anticipated visit by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to China early next month. President Sisi is visiting China at an invitation from his Chinese counterpart to ....

  • Sisi praises level of relations, strategic partnership with China

    Sisi praises level of relations, strategic partnership with China

    Date: 2017-08-29 14:33:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:6967883

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has given an interview to some Chinese media outlets and newspapers on the occasion of his anticipated visit to China to take part in the BRICS summit. In the interview, the president praised the level of relations ....

  • Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens

    Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:46:45 GMT - Germany - International - SN:21 - ID:6967797

    Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Turkish government to release 10 Germans arrested in the last summer, after the military coup attempt. Turkey has arrested 10 Germans in recent months on charges the German government considers ....

  • EGX shuts on mixed note, benchmark up 1.4%

    EGX shuts on mixed note, benchmark up 1.4%

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:6967771

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The market capital gained about EGP 5.4 billion, reaching EGP 699.3 billion. The EGX 30 benchmark index upped 1.4 percent, closing at 13,195.34 ....

  • Russian Center for Reconciliation: Homs-Hama highway opens for humanitarian convoys in Syria

    Russian Center for Reconciliation: Homs-Hama highway opens for humanitarian convoys in Syria

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:35:50 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6967754

    The Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria agreed to open the Homs-Hama highway after talks with the armed opposition, Head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria Alexandr Vyaznikov said, TASS news ....

  • Taliban claims responsibility for explosion in Kabul

    Taliban claims responsibility for explosion in Kabul

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:25:12 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:6967682

    The Taliban terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the recent Kabul explosion that took place close to the US embassy, local media were quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, media reports said that a ....

  • 3 foreigners deported over harming public interest: Ministry of Interior

    3 foreigners deported over harming public interest: Ministry of Interior

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:20:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:6967718

    Minister of Interior Magdi Abdel Ghaffar issued on Tuesday a decision to deport three people, two Palestinians and a Bangladeshi, over harming the public interest. Under the move, the head of the Passports, Emigration and Nationality ....

  • Cairo Criminal Court places 56 MB on terrorist list

    Cairo Criminal Court places 56 MB on terrorist list

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:17:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:6967677

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided on Tuesday placing 56 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) defendants on terrorist list for three years. The court ruling was published in the official gazette on Tuesday. The court expounded that these defendants were ....

  • Sisi invited to attend high-level meeting on Libya

    Sisi invited to attend high-level meeting on Libya

    Date: 2017-08-29 13:16:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:6967673

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday received a message from President of Congo Brazzaville Sassou Nguesso inviting him to attend the third meeting of the high-level committee of African Union heads of states on Libya that will be held in the ....

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