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Sisi attends opening of biggest petrochemicals complex in Alex.
Date: 2016-08-13 10:39:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5420113
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended Saturday the opening of ETHYDCO; the biggest petrochemicals complex in Egypt and the Middle East in Alexandria governorate. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Minister Tarek el ....
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4 killed, scores injured in bomb attack in Turkey's Diyarbakir city
Date: 2016-08-11 09:28:25 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:5409533
Four people were killed in a bomb attack in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, the ABC News Reported. According to a Turkish official, the explosion targeted a police bus and injured up to 13 people. The attack took place hours a way from ....
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Jordan's PM hails Egypt's regional role
Date: 2016-08-11 09:23:36 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:5409481
Jordan's Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki asserted on Wednesday the importance of Egypt's regional role and historic status in the Arab and Islamic worlds. He hailed as deeply-rooted the relations under the leadership of King Abdullah II of Jordan ....
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Sisi re-allocates state-owned lands for national, service projects
Date: 2016-08-11 09:02:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5409353
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree re-allocating 107.5 feddans of state-owned lands west of Port Said to the National Service Products Organization (NSPO) to establish fisheries. Sisi re-allocated pieces of state-owned ....
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US decries Daesh 'genocide' of Christians, Shiites, Yazidis
Date: 2016-08-11 08:52:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:5409277
The United States on Wednesday denounced the "genocide" carried out by Daesh group against Christians, Shiites and Yazidis, as the State Department unveiled its somber annual report on religious freedom around the world. This past March, US State ....
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Egypt wins second bronze medal in weightlifting in Rio Games
Date: 2016-08-11 08:44:50 GMT - Brazil - Sport - SN:3 - ID:5409185
Egyptian weightlifter Mohamed Ihab won Egypt’s second bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 77kg men’s weightlifting event. Ihab, who managed to lift 361kg, came in third place, scoring Egypt’s second bronze medal in the Rio Olympics after ....
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22 Houthis killed in northern Yemen
Date: 2016-08-11 08:37:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5409121
At least 12 Houthis and pro-Saleh militants were killed when Arab coalition jets shelled a building where the Houthi elements were hiding in Harad district in Hajjah governorate in northwestern Yemen, a military media center said on Thursday. The ....
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Arab coalition warplanes continue shelling Houthi posts
Date: 2016-08-11 08:31:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:5409037
Arab coalition warjets renewed for the third straight day the shelling of posts of militias of Houthis and ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, eyewitnesses said on Thursday. The raids targeted a presidential guards camp, Dulaimi military ....
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Assistant FM receives members of parliamentary Arab affairs committee
Date: 2016-08-10 08:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5403473
Assistant Foreign Minister Tareq Adel on Tuesday held a meeting with members of the parliamentary committee of Arab affairs to discuss relations between Egypt and countries of the Maghreb area. In a statement by the foreign ministry, Ambassador ....
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Egypt stuns Cuba in volleyball victory at Rio Olympics
Date: 2016-08-10 08:12:36 GMT - Brazil - Sport - SN:3 - ID:5403425
The Egyptian volleyball team achieved their first victory in men’s volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympics early Wednesday. Egypt defeated Cuba 3-0 after having lost to Poland 3-0 earlier in the preliminaries. The Egyptians will face tomorrow ....