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  • Council of Governors observes a minute of silence for Minya victims

    Council of Governors observes a minute of silence for Minya victims

    Date: 2017-05-27 14:00:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6830383

    The Council of Governors, under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, on Saturday observed a minute of silence for the victims of Friday terror attack in Minya. "Such heinous criminal acts will only make us more determined to uproot terrorism, the ....

  • FM receives condolences from senior officials over Minya terror attack

    FM receives condolences from senior officials over Minya terror attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:10:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6829794

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a number of phone calls from Arab foreign ministers and senior officials to offer their condolences over the victims of Minya terror attack, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Friday. The ....

  • Trump condemns Minya attack, says terrorists in war against civilization

    Trump condemns Minya attack, says terrorists in war against civilization

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:08:46 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6829790

    US President Donald Trump condemned Friday's attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians from Beni Suef to Minya, expressing his country's solidarity with Egypt. "Terrorists are engaged in a war against civilization, and it is up to all who value ....

  • President Sisi receives phone call from Saudi king to offer condolences on Minya attack

    President Sisi receives phone call from Saudi king to offer condolences on Minya attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:07:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6829784

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received a phone call from Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz al Saud to offer condolences over the victims of the terrorist attack in Minya governorate. In the phone call, the Saudi king pledged the Kingdom's ....

  • Minya governor following up developments after bus attack

    Minya governor following up developments after bus attack

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6829782

    Essam el Bedaiwi, the governor of Minya, has been following up repercussions for the heinous terrorist attack that targeted a bus on the desert road Friday. An emergency room has been formed in the Upper Egyptian city to follow up developments of ....

  • Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger strike

    Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger strike

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:04:58 GMT - palestine - International - SN:3 - ID:6829780

    Hundreds of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners ended their open-ended strike on Saturday after reaching a deal with Israel, said head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe. In press statements Saturday, Qaraqe said ....

  • S. Korean fishing vessel apparently hijacked in waters of Somalia

    S. Korean fishing vessel apparently hijacked in waters of Somalia

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:03:44 GMT - south korea - International - SN:2 - ID:6829777

    A South Korean fishing vessel was apparently hijacked in waters off the Somali coast, a Seoul official was quoted by South Korean news agency Yonhap as saying on Saturday. Seoul's naval contingent, the Cheonghae Unit, was deployed to the site ....

  • Daesh 'mufti', 4 others killed in Iraqi airstrike - source

    Daesh 'mufti', 4 others killed in Iraqi airstrike - source

    Date: 2017-05-27 08:02:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6829775

    A mufti of Daesh terrorist group was killed along with his four companions in the district of Ba'aj in the west of Iraq's Nineveh province on Saturday, Al Arabiya News Channel quoted a security source as saying. The five were killed in an ....

  • King of Jordan, French President discuss cooperation over phone

    King of Jordan, French President discuss cooperation over phone

    Date: 2017-05-25 08:21:41 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6826915

    King Abdullah II of Jordan held a phone conversation on Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss ties and latest developments in the region. In a statement, the Royal Hashemite Court said King Abdullah congratulated Macron on ....

  • 45 fugitives arrested in N.Sinai

    45 fugitives arrested in N.Sinai

    Date: 2017-05-25 08:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6826912

    North Sinai security forces arrested 45 fugitives and wanted persons during a security crackdown on outlaws in El-Arish city in North Sinai. All legal measures were taken against those arrested, a security source said. ....

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