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Carter mourns loss of marines on crashed helicopters
Date: 2016-01-21 08:17:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:4157949
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter extended the government's sympathies Wednesday to the families of the 12 Marines missing since two service helicopters apparently collided last week off Hawaii. "While there is no way to comprehend the grief ....
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Egyptian-Chinese summit starts
Date: 2016-01-21 08:16:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4157941
The summit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping began in Cairo on Thursday. An official reception ceremony was held at the presidential palace to welcome President Xi. Xi arrived in Cairo late ....
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Interior Ministry: 5 policemen killed, three injured in terrorist Arish attack
Date: 2016-01-21 07:01:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4157509
Five policemen were killed and three others injured when unknown armed elements opened fire at a police unit in charge of securing Al Atalawi square in North Sinai city of Arish. According to a statement by the Interior Ministry, three police ....
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Tunisian govt takes immediate measures to contain rising unrest
Date: 2016-01-21 07:00:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4157501
The Tunisian government decided late on Wednesday to take a series of measures to contain unrest that has been running high in Kasserine and other parts of the North African country following the death of a local man whose name was removed from a ....
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Egypt bourse loses EGP 10.9bn, index down by 5.26 %
Date: 2016-01-20 14:02:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:4154233
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices shut on Wednesday's session collectively down amid selling operations by institutions and local and foreign investment funds. The market capital lost about EGP 10.9 billion pounds to reach EGP 381.8 billion, ....
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Arab parliament congratulates Egyptian people on convening of new parliament
Date: 2016-01-20 10:19:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4151577
Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed Jarwan on Tuesday congratulated the Egyptian people on the election of the House of Representatives. In statements to reporters, Jarwan hoped success for the Egyptian parliament, stressing that Egypt plays an ....
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Culture min. presents commemorative gift to his Chinese counterpart
Date: 2016-01-20 09:35:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4151337
Culture Minister Helmy el Namnam presented a commemorative gift to his Chinese counterpart on the occasion of opening the Egyptian-Chinese cultural year. Namnam handed Luo Shugang a copy of a document on Egypt's recognition of the Republic of ....
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Shoukry meets Gabon's health minister
Date: 2016-01-20 09:33:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4151317
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received Tuesday First Deputy Prime Minister of Gabon and Minister of Health Paul Biyoghe Mba. Mba arrived earlier in Cairo at an invitation from Egypt's Minister of Health Ahmed Emad Eldin Rady. The ....
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4G mobile service to be available before end of yaer: minister
Date: 2016-01-20 08:42:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4150865
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser el Qadi said on Tuesday that the mobile fourth-generation (4G) services would be added to the Egyptian market before the end of 2016's fourth quarter. Addressing a conference at the ....
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MENA chairman urges closer ties with Xinhua
Date: 2016-01-19 18:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4148913
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Alaa Haidar on Tuesday said he was looking forward to strengthening cooperation with China's Xinhua News Agency and to start joint ventures. Haidar made the remarks during a visit ....