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  • Wazir: Armed Forces allocate EGP 1bn to utilities in most needy villages

    Wazir: Armed Forces allocate EGP 1bn to utilities in most needy villages

    Date: 2017-05-02 07:07:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6792879

    Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority Maj. Gen. Kamel el Wazir said the Armed Forces has allocated one billion pounds for utilities in most needy villages to implement projects. In a telephone call with TV anchor Amr Adib on ON E channel ....

  • 2 officers, policeman injured in Nasr City shootout - security source

    2 officers, policeman injured in Nasr City shootout - security source

    Date: 2017-05-02 07:06:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6792877

    Two police officers and a policeman were injured in a shootout with unidentified gunmen in Cairo's suburb of Nasr City, a security source told MENA Monday. The gunmen suddenly opened fire on a security patrol tasked with inspecting the area, the ....

  • Japan condemns North Korea missile test

    Japan condemns North Korea missile test

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:53:32 GMT - Japan - International - SN:6 - ID:6789332

    Japan condemned a North Korean ballistic missile test on Saturday as absolutely unacceptable and a violation of UN resolutions, and it lodged a strong protest. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said he had been in touch with Prime ....

  • Trump demands S. Korea pay for US-deployed missile system

    Trump demands S. Korea pay for US-deployed missile system

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:52:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6789330

    President Trump pushed back against South Korea’s objections to paying for a U.S.-deployed missile defense system, insisting that it’s “appropriate” for Seoul to shoulder the $1 billion cost. “Why should we pay for it?” Mr. Trump said in an ....

  • Arab coalition airstrikes kill 8 Houthis western Taiz

    Arab coalition airstrikes kill 8 Houthis western Taiz

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:50:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6789326

    At least eight Houthi militants, including two senior leaders, were killed in Arab Coalition airstrikes on western Taiz, said Yemeni sources on Saturday. One of the liquidated Houthi leaders, Gaylan Atef, was in charge of recruiting militants, ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for bomb that kills 4 in Baghdad

    Daesh claims responsibility for bomb that kills 4 in Baghdad

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:49:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6789324

    Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a bombing that targeted a police station in Baghdad's center on Friday night. Iraqi officials said the blast killed four people and wounded eight. The attack was carried out by a suicide ....

  • Pope Francis leading Mass at Air Defense Olympic Village

    Pope Francis leading Mass at Air Defense Olympic Village

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:48:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6789320

    Vatican Pope Francis is leading Mass at the Air Defense Olympic Village, with six Catholic denominations taking part. Attending Mass is Egyptian Catholic Bishop Ibrahim Is'haq. About 25,000 Egyptian Copts are also present. ....

  • Brazilian president regrets violence in Rio

    Brazilian president regrets violence in Rio

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:47:39 GMT - Brazil - International - SN:1 - ID:6789318

    President Michel Temer said he regretted the incidents in Rio. But he stressed that he would continue his "efforts to modernise the country", the BBC reported on Saturday. Brazilian workers and the government are working together, he said, to get ....

  • Investment min. participates in W20 summit in Berlin

    Investment min. participates in W20 summit in Berlin

    Date: 2017-04-26 09:18:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6785016

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr took part in the Women20 (W20) summit in Berlin. The summit was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Assistant to US President Donald Trump and Senior Counselor for Economic ....

  • Youth conf. continues for 2nd day in Ismailia

    Youth conf. continues for 2nd day in Ismailia

    Date: 2017-04-26 09:17:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6785012

    Activities of the third youth conference continued Wednesday in Ismailia for the second day in a row under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. A session kicked off to tackle sustainable development in the transport and housing ....

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