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  • Egypt strongly condemns Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village

    Egypt strongly condemns Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village

    Date: 2016-02-01 10:00:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4226997

    Egypt strongly condemned on Monday the terrorist attack by Boko Haram militant group against Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees in northeastern Nigeria that left 86 persons dead and 62 others wounded. Foreign Ministry ....

  • Sudan renews rejection of normalization with Israel

    Sudan renews rejection of normalization with Israel

    Date: 2016-02-01 07:26:38 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4225869

    Sudan rejects normalizing of ties with Israel, Sudanese Vice President Hassabu Abdalrahman said. Speaking at a societal dialogue meeting, the Sudanese official reiterated the presidency’s commitment to the outcome of the societal and political ....

  • Prosecution awaits investigations over presence of cartoonist at place exercising unlicensed online activities

    Prosecution awaits investigations over presence of cartoonist at place exercising unlicensed online activities

    Date: 2016-02-01 07:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4225785

    Cartoonist Islam Gawish will remain in custody until security investigations on why he was present at a place, where pirated and unlicensed devices and programs are used, reach the prosecution, head of Nasr City prosecution Mohamed Hetta ....

  • Terrorists could enter UK among refugees - former defence secretary

    Terrorists could enter UK among refugees - former defence secretary

    Date: 2016-02-01 06:53:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:4225749

    UK former defense secretary Liam Fox said Sunday the "threat from the migration crisis could be much worse than the sex attacks in Cologne". In an interview with the Telegraph, he warned that "terrorists could enter Britain posing as ....

  • Interior Ministry: Reports on explosion near security checkpoint in Sadat City untrue

    Interior Ministry: Reports on explosion near security checkpoint in Sadat City untrue

    Date: 2016-01-30 12:29:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4215929

    An official at the Interior Ministry security media center denied reports circulated on news websites that an explosion of a stunt bomb took place near a security checkpoint in Sadat City in Menufiya. The official asserted that such reports are ....

  • Sisi meets Kenyan, Somali counterparts, VP of Burundi

    Sisi meets Kenyan, Somali counterparts, VP of Burundi

    Date: 2016-01-30 12:19:56 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4215861

    Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Saturday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the vice president of Burundi. The meetings were held prior to the closed-door session of the African Summit. ....

  • US condemns Saudi mosque attack

    US condemns Saudi mosque attack

    Date: 2016-01-30 08:36:09 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4214101

    US vehemently condemned Saudi mosque attack that left two dead and several others wounded in the eastern Saudi region of al Ahsa. Expressing condolences, US Secretary of State John Kerry reaffirmed in a statement that his country supports ....

  • Biden, Netanyahu discuss efforts to improve Israel-Turkey ties

    Biden, Netanyahu discuss efforts to improve Israel-Turkey ties

    Date: 2016-01-30 08:17:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:4213965

    US Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed over the phone today ways to improve ties between Israel and Turkey, the White House announced in a statement. "Following up on their recent discussion in Davos, ....

  • Obama discusses Zika concerns with Brazilian president

    Obama discusses Zika concerns with Brazilian president

    Date: 2016-01-30 07:45:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:4213817

    The US and Brazil have agreed to work together to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus which is spreading rapidly across the Americas, according to Sky News. During a phone call on Friday evening, US President Barack Obama and his Brazilian ....

  • Sisi attends leaders closed-door session to discuss AU summit agenda

    Sisi attends leaders closed-door session to discuss AU summit agenda

    Date: 2016-01-30 07:00:36 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4213613

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi participated in the closed-door session of African leaders to discuss the agenda of the African Summit that will kick off here later in the day. The session is taking up two main topics; the first one ....

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