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  • Mattis says US wants diplomatic solution for North Korea

    Mattis says US wants diplomatic solution for North Korea

    Date: 2017-08-11 11:08:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6939912

    US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Trump administration is working with its allies on a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions with North Korea, The Washington Post reported. Speaking with reporters in Mountain View, California, Mattis ....

  • Trump praises Putin instead of critiquing cuts to US embassy staff -- paper

    Trump praises Putin instead of critiquing cuts to US embassy staff -- paper

    Date: 2017-08-11 11:06:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6939910

    US President Donald Trump offered gratitude rather than outrage on Thursday for Russia’s decision to force the United States Embassy in Moscow to slash its personnel by 755 people, despite bipartisan condemnation from other American leaders who ....

  • Nasr, UNFPA head discuss coop. plan over next 5 years

    Nasr, UNFPA head discuss coop. plan over next 5 years

    Date: 2017-08-11 10:54:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:6939891

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr on Friday discussed with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Egypt Aleksandar Bodiroza cooperation in the next five years, especially in the field of tackling ....

  • Egyptian irrigation min. winds up visit to Uganda

    Egyptian irrigation min. winds up visit to Uganda

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:42:32 GMT - Uganda - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6938422

    Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aati concluded a three-day visit to Uganda by attending the inauguration of a solar-operated well. The visit comes within the framework of strengthening relations between Egypt and ....

  • PM follows up effect of exchange differences

    PM follows up effect of exchange differences

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:41:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6938417

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held a meeting on Thursday to follow up means of dealing with effects of exchange differences on supply and construction contracts and public services. The meeting was attended by the ministers of housing, ....

  • Jordanian FM arrives in Iraq

    Jordanian FM arrives in Iraq

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:39:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6938411

    Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al Safadi arrived in Baghdad on Thursday on a visit to Iraq . During his visit to Iraq, Al Safadi will meet with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al Jaafari and a number of Iraqi officials. They will discuss ....

  • Yemeni army foils attempt by Houthi militias to re-take Khaled Bin al Walid camp

    Yemeni army foils attempt by Houthi militias to re-take Khaled Bin al Walid camp

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:38:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6938407

    The Yemeni army foiled an attempt by militias of Houthis and supporters of ousted president Ali Abdallah Saleh to attack Khalid Bin Al Walid military camp, east of the Yemeni city of Mocha, a Yemeni military source said on Thursday. The source ....

  • Investment min.: Egypt open market for Kazakh investors

    Investment min.: Egypt open market for Kazakh investors

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:33:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:6938398

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said Egypt is an open market for Kazakh investors. After seven months of restoration, Al-Zahir Rukn Al-Din Baybars Mosque, famously known as "Al-Zahir Baybars Mosque" in Cairo will be ....

  • Housing, transportation ministers agree on establishing electric train linking Cairo with new cities

    Housing, transportation ministers agree on establishing electric train linking Cairo with new cities

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:32:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6938395

    Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouly and Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat Thursday agreed on establishing an electric train linking Cairo with new cities. The electric train is expected to be operational in 2020 with the capacity to transport ....

  • Sisi issues decree considering as public utility Sinai sanitary sewers project

    Sisi issues decree considering as public utility Sinai sanitary sewers project

    Date: 2017-08-10 10:30:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6938393

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree considering as public utility projects of establishing sanitary sewers to divert water for irrigating new land in Sinai and Ismailia governorates. The decree was published in the Gazette out Thursday. ....

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