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Fire at flax factory in Gharbiya controlled
Date: 2016-05-30 07:13:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5005865
Civil protection forces in Mahala and Samanoud controlled a fire that broke out Sunday in a flax factory in Gharbiya. The fire gutted more than 250 tons of flax along with other contents of the factory. Nine fire engines rushed to the scene to ....
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Chairman of Syndicate of Journalists, 2 board members released on EGP 10,000 bail each
Date: 2016-05-30 07:11:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5005857
The First Attorney General of Central Cairo Prosecutions Counselor Wael Shebl ordered the release of Chairman of the Syndicate of Journalists Yehia Qallash, Secretary Gamal Abdel Raheem and board member Khalid el Balshy on a bail of 10,000 pounds ....
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Egypt's mufti stresses importance of coop. to overcome terrorism
Date: 2016-05-29 13:16:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:5002301
Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam underlined the importance of cooperation between all countries at all levels to overcome the danger of terrorism especially that this phenomenon does not pose threats to a certain nation but it extended to Europe. This ....
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Jordanian King dissolves parliament, entrusts Mulqi to form gov't
Date: 2016-05-29 12:19:18 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:5001877
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday issued a royal decree dissolving the parliament and ordered holding parliamentary elections according to the Jordanian law. The King also entrusted Hani al Mulqi, the head of Aqaba Execlusive Economic Zone ....
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Awqaf min. starts visit to Kazakhstan Monday
Date: 2016-05-29 11:15:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:5001161
Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa heads on Monday to Astana leading a senior delegation on a four-day visit to Kazakhstan. During the visit, he will meet with a number of officials, ministers and scholars from a number of ....
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Interior min.: Egypt's development requires unifying society around state's institutions
Date: 2016-05-29 10:15:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:5000629
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said that the country's development requires working hard and upholding the values of citizenship. During a meeting with a number of young police officers, he pointed out at the policemen and army forces' ....
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Israeli occupation forces open fire at farmers in southern GS
Date: 2016-05-29 09:16:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:5000265
Israeli occupation forces on Sunday opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported. Local sources said the Israeli occupation forces stationed at the military towers established on the ....
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NCW secretary-general leaves for Rome
Date: 2016-05-29 08:37:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5000001
Mervat Tallawy, the secretary general of the National Council of Egyptian Women, left here on Sunday for Rome on a several days' visit to Italy. Tallawy will hold talks on a set of issues of concern to women and discuss means of bolstering ....
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Larijani elected Iran’s new parliament speaker
Date: 2016-05-29 08:29:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:4999953
Lawmakers have voted Ali Larijani as the temporary speaker of Iran’s new parliament following February elections, Press TV reported. Larijani, a Principlist, won the post on Sunday with 173 votes in a race against Mohammad Reza Aref who had ....
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Shark attacks set to rise to record highs around the world
Date: 2016-05-29 07:54:11 GMT - USA - Variety - SN:3 - ID:4999713
An expert predicted an increase in shark attacks around the world this year that will surpass last year's record number, the Independent reported on Sunday. "We should have more bites this year than last," George Burgess, director of the ....