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Azhar imam greets Sisi on new Islamic year
Date: 2016-09-29 13:58:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5683261
Grand Imam of Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb on Thursday greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian people s well as leaders and governments of the Arab and Muslim worlds on the new Hijri (Islamic) year, which falls on Sunday. Tayyeb urged ....
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French trade minister heads for Cairo
Date: 2016-09-29 12:38:51 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5682453
French Minister of State for Foreign Trade Matthias Fekl headed for Cairo on Thursday to meet a host of Egyptian officials. During his visit, Fekl will meet with Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil and Housing Minister Mostafa Kamal ....
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Panama asks US to extradite ex-leader Martinelli
Date: 2016-09-28 07:54:19 GMT - Panama - International - SN:5 - ID:5673569
Panama is formally asking the United States to extradite former President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with a phone-tapping controversy, ABC News quoted an official as saying Tuesday. The case involves allegations that the phones of dozens of ....
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Awqaf min. praises relations between Egypt, Indonesia
Date: 2016-09-28 07:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5673529
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed on Tuesday the depth of relations between Egypt and Indonesia. Delivering a speech at the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo on the occasion of Indonesia's Independence Day, Gomaa called for boosting ....
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Shimon Peres, former Israeli president, dies aged 93
Date: 2016-09-28 07:45:01 GMT - Israel - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5673493
The former Israeli PM and president Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday, the BBC reported. His son Chemi led tributes to "one of the founding ....
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Interior Ministry: Police conscript injured during attempt to steal CIB bank at Sabteya
Date: 2016-09-28 07:42:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5673465
A police conscript was injured when unknown person tried to storm CIB bank at Cairo's district of Sabteya, said a reliable source at Interior Ministry's media center. In a statement released late Tuesday, the source said an unknown person tried ....
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MB bid to stage public transport strike in Cairo thwarted
Date: 2016-09-28 06:53:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5673241
A Muslim Brotherhood bid to incite workers at the Public Transport Authority to stage a strike in Cairo has been foiled. MB elements, who work at the authority, tried to recruit other employees to disrupt the traffic movement to pressure the ....
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Azhar imam heads for Manama
Date: 2016-09-27 10:18:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5668149
Grand Imam of Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb headed for Manama on Tuesday on the first leg of a foreign tour that will also take him to Switzerland. In a statement, the Azhar Sheikhdom said Tayyeb, the chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders (MCE), ....
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Omani FM underlines importance of Palestinian cause for ME stability
Date: 2016-09-27 09:51:55 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5667933
Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi emphasized the centrality of the Palestinian issue for the stability in the Middle East region. Without reaching a comprehensive and just solution to this issue, it would be ....
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Syrian FM: Damascus ready to form expanded gov't, hold parliamentry elections
Date: 2016-09-27 08:37:24 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5667265
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid el Muallem said Damascus is ready to form a new government, establish a constitution and hold parliamentary elections. Interviewed by "Al Mayadeen" TV and aired on Russia Today channel early Tuesday, Muallem said ....
