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Tourism min. follows up Giza hotel attack
Date: 2016-01-07 16:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4070665
Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou has been following up closely the developments of an attack at a hotel in Giza's Haram district. The ministry's operations room convened immediately after the incident, which left no tourists or hotel guests ....
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Man shot by police in Paris was wearing a fake explosive belt
Date: 2016-01-07 14:15:54 GMT - France - International - SN:6 - ID:4069921
A knife-wielding man who was shot dead trying to enter a northern Paris police station on Thursday was wearing a fake explosive belt, a police union source said, according to Sputnik News Agency. The shooting took place a day after the first ....
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Foreign Ministry brings Egyptian family stranded in Yemen back home
Date: 2016-01-07 14:07:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4069877
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry helped an Egyptian family stranded in war-torn Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, return home safely. The man, identified as Nady Gerges, was brought home along his wife and son on Wednesday night. Foreign Minister ....
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Environment protection fund to be activated in upcoming period - minister
Date: 2016-01-07 13:26:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4069585
The Environment Ministry will work on activating and supporting the environment protection fund in the upcoming period, announced Minister Khaled Fahmy. In statements to MENA Thursday, Fahmy said that the fund aims to finance environmental ....
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Pope Tawadros: Sisi honest, serious person
Date: 2016-01-07 12:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4069269
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said he admires the seriousness, honesty and dedication of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church told "Al Ahram" daily he looks at the president ....
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Man with knife shot dead at French police station
Date: 2016-01-07 12:40:11 GMT - France - International - SN:2 - ID:4069129
A man has been shot dead by officers outside a police station in Barbes, northern Paris on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, according to the BBC. The man was seen running towards the police station shouting 'Allahu Akbar', before ....
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Tourist bus attacked in Giza
Date: 2016-01-07 11:03:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4068277
Security forces are hunting down unidentified gunmen who attacked a tourist bus in Haram, Giza, on Thursday, a Giza Security Directorate source said. No casualties were reported. The gunmen opened fire at the bus carrying 40 tourists while ....
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Pope Tawadros receives judicial delegation to offer greetings on Christmas
Date: 2016-01-06 11:03:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4061541
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese received Wednesday a judicial delegation to offer greetings on the Christmas. The delegation grouped Head of the Supreme Judicial Council Ahmed Gamal Eldin Abdel Latif and the ....
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Sisi wishes Christians merry Christmas
Date: 2016-01-06 11:02:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:4061533
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi wished Egyptian Christians a merry Christmas. Egypt was honored to have the Holy Family on its soil, Sisi said. The president hoped for prosperity and progress of all Egyptians, Muslims and Christians, a ....
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Defense minister wishes pope merry Christmas
Date: 2016-01-06 10:54:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4061449
Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on the occasion of Christmas. In his cable, Sobhi greatly appreciated the pope's nationalist stances that reflect the ....
