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38 ships transit Suez Canal
Date: 2016-03-29 12:18:18 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:4611501
Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, with a total cargo of 2.500 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 22 vessels carrying 1.4 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 16 ships carrying 1.1 million tons, ....
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All hostages of hijacked plane freed, hijacker arrested
Date: 2016-03-29 12:16:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4611477
All hostages of hijacked Egyptian plane were released and the hijacker was arrested, EgyptAir said in a statement Tuesday. Earlier, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry announced that the hijacked Egyptian plane situation is over and its hijacker has ....
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Immigration min. confers with parents of Egyptian students detained in Sudan
Date: 2016-03-29 11:34:56 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4610893
Immigration Minister Nabila Makram met on Tuesday with a number of parents of the Egyptian students, currently detained in Sudan over charges of collective cheating in the secondary stage exams. During the meeting, Makram asserted Egypt's ....
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UN chief says youth employment necessary to face terror
Date: 2016-03-29 11:33:20 GMT - Tunisia - International - SN:4 - ID:4610869
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asserted the importance of providing job opportunities for youth to combat terrorism. Jobless young men are more subject to being affected by the inciting discourse given by terror groups, the UN chief ....
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Identity of EgyptAir hijacker revealed
Date: 2016-03-29 08:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4609041
Egyptian security agencies have managed to reveal the identity of the hijacker of the EgyptAir passenger plane, well-placed sources said on Tuesday. The Egyptian man, Ibrahim Samaha, was sitting on seat no. 38k, according to the sources. ....
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EgyptAir plane hijacked, forced to land in Cyprus
Date: 2016-03-29 08:36:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4608845
An EgyptAir Airbus A320, carrying 56 passengers, seven crew members and a security guard on board, was hijacked on Tuesday and forced to land in Cyprus. A well-placed source at Egypt's flag carrier airline said in a statement that flight MS181 ....
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Sisi sacks Accountability State Authority chief
Date: 2016-03-29 08:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4608693
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree sacking head of the Accountability State Authority (ASA) Hisham Geneina as of Monday. Hisham Badawy has been named acting head of the authority, according to well-informed sources. The CAO is a ....
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Works on providing utilities networks to administrative capital to start next week - minister
Date: 2016-03-28 12:20:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4603369
Works related to providing utilities networks to the administrative capital will start next week, said Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli. During his meeting with officials of construction companies assigned to deliver utilities to the new ....
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Russia supports Pakistan's anti-terror efforts - Putin
Date: 2016-03-28 11:21:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:4602701
Russia supports the efforts of the Pakistani authorities to combat terrorism and is interested in enhancing cooperation in the anti-terror sphere, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "The Russian side supports the efforts of the Pakistani ....
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Iraqi parliament gives Abadi government two weeks to introduce reforms
Date: 2016-03-28 10:20:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4602045
Iraq's parliament on Monday gave Prime Minister Haider al Abadi two weeks to present a new cabinet lineup that aimed at fighting graft. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Selim al Jabouri engaged in verbal clashes with members of Al Ahrar parliamentary ....
