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  • Qalash, Balshi, Abdel Rehim given one-year suspended jail sentence

    Qalash, Balshi, Abdel Rehim given one-year suspended jail sentence

    Date: 2017-03-25 09:52:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6735870

    Qasr el-Nile Misdemeanor Court on Saturday sentenced former journalists' syndicate chief Yehia Qalash and two members of the syndicate council Gamal Abdel Rehim and Khaled al-Balshi to one year suspended jail sentence over their involvement in ....

  • Arab parliament supports British House of Commons

    Arab parliament supports British House of Commons

    Date: 2017-03-25 09:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6735866

    Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal Bin Fahm al Salami affirmed support to the British House of Commons after the terror strike which took place near it in London and left several people dead. In a statement, Salami aid that the Arab Parliament ....

  • Trump stresses support for Iraq in fight against Daesh

    Trump stresses support for Iraq in fight against Daesh

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:57:35 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:5 - ID:6729537

    US President Donald Trump received on Monday in the White House Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi. Following the meeting, the two countries’ delegations held a plenary session of talks chaired by Trump and Abadi. Trump asserted Washington's ....

  • Arab Speakers nominate Abdel Aal for membership of IPU Executive Bureau

    Arab Speakers nominate Abdel Aal for membership of IPU Executive Bureau

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6729525

    Speakers of Arab parliaments on Monday unanimously nominated Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal for the membership of the Executive Bureau of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The decision was taken in a ....

  • Foreign Ministry mourns death of Egyptian biker

    Foreign Ministry mourns death of Egyptian biker

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:46:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6729521

    Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday mourned the death of Egyptian biker Islam Nasser Ragae who died on Monday during his participation in the 2017 African Continental Track Championships held in the South African city of Durban. In statements on ....

  • U.S. temporarily bans electronic devices on some Middle Eastern and African flights

    U.S. temporarily bans electronic devices on some Middle Eastern and African flights

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:26:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6729486

    Several Middle Eastern and African airlines say they are temporarily banning laptops and other electronic devices on US flights to comply with requests from US officials. Royal Jordanian Airlines told its passengers via Twitter that it is banning ....

  • France presidential candidate calls for banning MB, Salafi movements

    France presidential candidate calls for banning MB, Salafi movements

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:17:28 GMT - France - International - SN:1 - ID:6729471

    France's conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Monday called for banning all entities belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi movements in the country. During the first presidential debate, Fillon added that all movements ....

  • Hurghada Port reopens after weather improvement

    Hurghada Port reopens after weather improvement

    Date: 2017-03-20 08:49:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6727813

    Hurghada Port has been reopened after weather conditions improved. All maritime activities and navigation movement have resumed, said Malak Youssef, the media spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority, Monday. ....

  • Abbas, Shoukry meet in Cairo on latest Palestinian developments

    Abbas, Shoukry meet in Cairo on latest Palestinian developments

    Date: 2017-03-20 08:48:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6727811

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday received Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in his residence in Cairo. The meeting dealt with latest Palestinian developments and efforts made at the international level to revive the political ....

  • MENA chief calls for enhancing cooperation between news agencies

    MENA chief calls for enhancing cooperation between news agencies

    Date: 2017-03-20 08:44:21 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6727804

    Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Haidar on Sunday called for enhancing cooperation between news agencies worldwide to cope with significant challenges with regard to terrorism, especially in the Arab, Islamic, ....

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