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Cabinet holds weekly meeting to discuss political, economic files
Date: 2016-03-09 11:04:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4474837
The cabinet held its weekly meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to discuss a set of political, economic and security files as well as ministers' reports on economic situation and improvement of services offered to ....
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Sisi delegates Sobhy to lay down wreath at martyrs memorial
Date: 2016-03-09 10:29:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4474449
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated on Wednesday Defense Minister Sedky Sobhy to lay down a wreath at the Armed Forces martyrs memorial in Cairo's Nasr City. This falls within the framework of Egypt's celebrations of the Martyrs' ....
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Transport minister receives Greek counterpart on joint cooperation
Date: 2016-03-09 08:32:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4473389
Transport Minister Saad el Gyoushi on Tuesday received Greek Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Christos Spirtzis. During the meeting, the two sides discussed joint cooperation in various fields of transportation, including ....
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5 terrorists killed in Tunisia's Ben Guerdane
Date: 2016-03-09 08:27:14 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4473353
Security forces have killed five terrorists in Muamarat area in the city of Ben Guerdane during a military operation, Radio Mosaique FM reported Tuesday. Clashes renewed between Tunisian forces and militants in Ben Guerdane on the border with ....
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Pentagon: US airstrike on Syria targeted Daesh leader of Chechen origin
Date: 2016-03-09 08:25:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4473341
A U.S. airstrike on March 4, near al Shaddadi city in Syria, targeted senior Daesh leader Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani, and "Omar the Chechen.", Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement released ....
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Egypt on right path to development - EU
Date: 2016-03-09 08:23:12 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:1 - ID:4473325
M Egypt is on the right path to development as the government is adopting several encouraging and successful policies, especially in the energy sector, head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt James Moran said. Speaking before the ....
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36 terrorists killed in Ben Guerdane confrontations
Date: 2016-03-08 07:41:02 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4465413
Thirty six terrorists have been killed in an ongoing operation in the border city of Ben Guerdane, said a joint statement published by the Ministries of National Defense and the Interior. Seven terrorists were arrested in the raids, added the ....
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Egypt officially nominates ex-FM for AL chief's post - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-03-08 07:27:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4465349
Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that the country submitted an official note to the Arab League (AL) nominating former foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit for the post of the General Secretariat of the 22-member body. Spokesman for the ....
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Sisi renews support for Tunisia following terrorist attack
Date: 2016-03-08 07:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4465253
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi phoned his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi to offer condolences over the casualties of a terrorist attack on military and security facilities in Ben Guerdane city. Sisi asserted Egypt's condemnation of the ....
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Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for NW Pakistan suicide attack
Date: 2016-03-07 11:39:29 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:10 - ID:4459993
A splinter group of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed eight people and injured 14 others in the country's northwest Charsadda district on Monday morning, Shanghai Daily reported. "We have carried ....