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EU opposes shift of US embassy site in Israel
Date: 2017-01-17 07:43:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6348009
European Union foreign ministers on Monday opposed any plan by President-elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and warned that it could ratchet up tensions with the Arab world. "It is very important for us all to ....
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Istanbul nightclub massacre gunman 'arrested'
Date: 2017-01-17 07:31:32 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:6347933
The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's Day shooting at an Istanbul nightclub has been arrested. Abdulkadir Masharipov was caught by police officers in the Turkish capital's Esenyurt district, Hurriyet newspaper reported. Daesh ....
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Al Azhar Imam denounces New Valley terror attack
Date: 2017-01-17 06:46:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6347785
Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb denounced Monday night the terrorist attack on a checkpoint in the New Valley governorate. Mourning the victims of the attack, in which a group of attackers targeted the Naqb checkpoint, 70 km away ....
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Sisi: Egyptians achieve in less than 3 years what can be completed in 30 years
Date: 2017-01-16 08:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6341129
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that what has been achieved by the Egyptian people in less than three years exceeds what can be completed in 30 years. In the first part of his interview with the editors in chief of Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar and ....
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Cairo seeks luring investments to education sector - minister
Date: 2017-01-16 08:15:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6341109
Investment Minister Dalia Khurshid and Education Minister el Hilali el Sherbini discussed Sunday the challenges facing investors in the sector of international education who operate via American, Canadian, British, German and French ....
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Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan, 32 dead
Date: 2017-01-16 07:27:00 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - International - SN:1 - ID:6340893
A cargo plane attempting to land at Kyrgyzstan’s main airport in thick fog crashed in a populated area Monday, authorities at the airport said, leaving at least 32 people dead, The National reported. The majority of the dead are from the nearby ....
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Egypt to host COMESA economic summit in April
Date: 2017-01-14 12:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6330657
Amani Asfour, the chairman of the Business Council of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), said Egypt will host COMESA Summit in April. In statements on Saturday, Asfour said Egypt has 165 medicine factories and they could ....
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No 'credible' security threats to Trump inauguration: US government
Date: 2017-01-14 10:11:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6329517
US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the government sees no immediate threats for the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Johnson said US authorities have ramped up security preparations in light of the rise of ....
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Belarusian president in Egypt Sunday on visit to boost ties
Date: 2017-01-14 09:06:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6328953
Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, will start a visit to Egypt Sunday. During his two-day visit, Lukashenko will meet with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation, as well as other issues of ....
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Egyptian embassy in Tunis following up situation of held fishermen
Date: 2017-01-14 07:05:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6328449
The Egyptian Embassy in Tunis is closely following up the situation of a number of Egyptian fishermen held there for illegal fishing in Tunisia's territorial waters. A delegate of the embassy already met with the 16-member crew of the Egyptian ....