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Interior Ministry says bomb targeted police patrol in Cairo
Date: 2017-06-18 07:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6859301
The Interior Ministry said that an explosive charge went off near a police patrol in Cairo over night Sunday, killing an officer and injuring another and two conscripts. The bomb had been planted on a side road in Basateen district of Cairo, a ....
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4 killed, wounded in attack on police patrol in Cairo
Date: 2017-06-18 06:46:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6859257
A police officer was killed in an attack on his patrol near the Ring Road in Cairo. Another officer and two conscripts were injured when a number of unidentified persons opened fire at the patrol in Saqr Quraish area in Maadi, southern Cairo, a ....
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Mobile companies to get 4G frequencies next week - minister
Date: 2017-06-18 06:34:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6859239
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser el Kady said Saturday the 4G frequencies would be delivered to the telecom companies operating in Egypt: Telecom Egypt, Orange, Vodafone, and Etisalat, during the coming week. In ....
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Israel rescinds entry permits handed to Palestinians after Al-Quds attack
Date: 2017-06-17 08:54:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6858111
Israel has revoked permits allowing Palestinians to visit Israel on occasion of the holy month of Ramadan after a deadly attack in Al-Quds city on Friday, a senior official told Haaretz. Muslim worshippers' access to the Temple Mount for Friday ....
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Tillerson cancels Mexico trip to focus on resolving Qatar crisis
Date: 2017-06-17 08:50:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6858105
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson canceled a trip to Mexico next week to focus on resolving the crisis in Qatar, Sky News reported Saturday. Tillerson had been expected to go to Cancun for less than 24 hours Monday for a meeting of the ....
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US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collides with merchant boat
Date: 2017-06-17 08:50:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6858103
The US Navy has requested assistance from the Japanese coastguard after a US destroyer collided with a merchant vessel, Sky News reported. The extent of injuries to US personnel "is being determined", the US Navy said in a statement. The USS ....
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Sadat metro station reopened
Date: 2017-06-17 08:48:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6858101
Sadat metro station was reopened at the start of operating hours on Saturday after a one-day closure over security concerns. In a statement, Spokesman for the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation Ahmed Abdel Hadi said that trains ....
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Cuba denounces Trump's policy rollback
Date: 2017-06-17 08:28:36 GMT - Cuba - International - SN:2 - ID:6858077
Cuba's government has denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to roll back on policy changes towards the island nation, the BBC reported Saturday. However, it said it will still co-operate with its larger neighbor. Speaking earlier in ....
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PM to attend signing of deal on upgrading Egyptian ports
Date: 2017-06-17 07:31:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6858019
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail will witness on Saturday the signing of a deal between the Ministry of Transport, the Egyptian National Railways authority and General Electric company to upgrade Egyptian ports. The deal will cover a set of ....
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FM meets with editors-in-chief of national papers, MENA
Date: 2017-06-15 08:48:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6855654
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held an Iftar (fast-breaking) banquet on Wednesday in honor of the editors-in-chief of national newspapers and the Middle East News Agency (MENA) as well as a number of thinkers and writers. The banquet was also ....