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  • Taliban say they didn't plant bomb wounding UAE diplomats in Afghanistan

    Taliban say they didn't plant bomb wounding UAE diplomats in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-01-11 09:15:53 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:6311037

    The Taliban issued a statement Wednesday saying they did not plant a bomb that went off in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and wounded the UAE ambassador to the country and a number of diplomats. The group instead blamed an "internal local rivalry" for ....

  • Iraq to start extending to Egypt 1 mln oil barrel monthly within few days - envoy

    Iraq to start extending to Egypt 1 mln oil barrel monthly within few days - envoy

    Date: 2017-01-11 09:13:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6311021

    Iraq will start extending to Egypt one million barrels of oil monthly within few days in line with an agreement signed between the two states, the Iraqi ambassador in Cairo said. In statements to MENA on Wednesday, Ambassador Habib al Sadr said ....

  • Electricity Ministry denies obstacles to implementing Dabaa nuclear power plant project

    Electricity Ministry denies obstacles to implementing Dabaa nuclear power plant project

    Date: 2017-01-11 08:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6310925

    Spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy Ayman Hamza dismissed on Tuesday reports claiming that there are obstacles facing the government in establishing a nuclear power plant in Dabaa. The spokesman described negotiations ....

  • Egypt amb. says FM visit to Germany of great importance

    Egypt amb. says FM visit to Germany of great importance

    Date: 2017-01-11 08:25:45 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6310677

    Egypt's Ambassador in Berlin Badr Abdel Aati said Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's upcoming visit to Germany is of great importance. Expected here later today, Shoukry will, during his two-day visit, discuss with German officials ....

  • 5 UAE diplomats killed in Afghan blast

    5 UAE diplomats killed in Afghan blast

    Date: 2017-01-11 08:10:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6310549

    UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has mourned, with deep sorrow and grief, the death of a number of UAE's sons who died Tuesday evening as a result of the terrorist bombing which took place at the headquarters of the Governor of ....

  • Arab League consultative meeting on Libya starts

    Arab League consultative meeting on Libya starts

    Date: 2017-01-10 09:04:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6304249

    A consultative meeting of the Arab League Council began here on Tuesday at the level of permanent delegates with the participation of AL envoy to Libya Salaheddine Jamali. The meeting will focus on conditions in Libya and efforts exerted to ....

  • Sisi: Egypt in real war against terror

    Sisi: Egypt in real war against terror

    Date: 2017-01-10 09:04:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6304245

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Egypt is waging a real war against terror. During a phone call with Kol Youm program presented by TV anchor Amr Adib, Sisi said the operations in the state are similar to those in the period from 1967 to ....

  • Pick-up truck runs into closed level crossing, collides with Cairo-Aswan train

    Pick-up truck runs into closed level crossing, collides with Cairo-Aswan train

    Date: 2017-01-10 08:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6303981

    A pick-up truck ran into el Garf level crossing - which was closed - and collided with the Aswan-Cairo train, the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) said. In a statement on Tuesday, the ENR said the accident took place between Deirot and Deirmawas ....

  • State Council official in custody for 15 days over bribery charges

    State Council official in custody for 15 days over bribery charges

    Date: 2017-01-10 06:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6303453

    The Illicit Gains Authority on Monday ordered a State Council official to be remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations into bribery charges. The State Council's purchasing manager Gamal el Labban is accused of making illicit gains ....

  • Orthodox Church condemns Al-Arish terrorist attack

    Orthodox Church condemns Al-Arish terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-01-10 06:33:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6303329

    The Coptic Orthodox Church condemned a terrorist attack on a checkpoint in Al-Arish which left several policemen and civilians killed and injured earlier on Monday. In a statement, the church mourned the martyrs and condoled with their families. ....

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