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  • Egypt to represent Palestinian cause after becoming UNSC member -- Erekat

    Egypt to represent Palestinian cause after becoming UNSC member -- Erekat

    Date: 2015-12-18 12:39:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3952613

    Assuming its non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council in the beginning of 2016, Egypt will make a point of highlighting calls by the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) to reconsider political, economic and security relations with ....

  • Syrian deputy FM denies coordination between Damascus, Washington

    Syrian deputy FM denies coordination between Damascus, Washington

    Date: 2015-12-18 12:13:25 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3952365

    Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad denied on Friday any coordination between Damascus and Washington. The US continues to interfere in Syria's domestic affairs, Sputnik news agency quoted Mekdad as saying. He stressed that the US-led ....

  • Egypt bourse loses EGP 54m in week

    Egypt bourse loses EGP 54m in week

    Date: 2015-12-18 12:09:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:3952341

    The Egyptian Exchange closed this week with limited losses amounting to EGP 54 million with main indexes going up by the end of the week's tradings. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 went up by 0.48 percent to reach 6,670 ....

  • Sisi: Egypt resolved to overcome bureaucratic obstacles for new investments

    Sisi: Egypt resolved to overcome bureaucratic obstacles for new investments

    Date: 2015-12-17 18:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:3949605

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed that Egypt was more resolved to remove all the bureaucratic obstacles and red tape to ease the launching new investments. Sisi's remarks came during his inauguration of a fertilizer factory in Fayyoum on ....

  • Azhar imam warns of Sunni-Shiite strife

    Azhar imam warns of Sunni-Shiite strife

    Date: 2015-12-17 16:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3949089

    Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb warned of plots aiming to undermine Arab countries by sowing sedition between Muslim Sunnis and Shiites. The plots were seen in some Arab countries, destroying them completely and displacing their people, ....

  • Sisi calls on factories to abide by environment standards

    Sisi calls on factories to abide by environment standards

    Date: 2015-12-17 16:34:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:3949021

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi highlighted the importance of compliance with the requirements of environment while establishing factories. In statements before the inauguration of a fertilizers factory in Fayyoum governorate, Sisi said he was ....

  • US Congressman: Sisi saved Egypt, Mideast from terror

    US Congressman: Sisi saved Egypt, Mideast from terror

    Date: 2015-12-17 09:04:35 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3944461

    US Congress member Dana Rohrabacher said Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has saved not just Egypt, but the entire Middle East region from radical terror. During a hearing session of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa ....

  • Heavy fuel-loaded cargo train derails near Suez

    Heavy fuel-loaded cargo train derails near Suez

    Date: 2015-12-17 08:24:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:3944141

    A cargo train loaded with Mazut and heavy fuel jumped off rail tracks Wednesday evening near Suez, causing the leakage of petroleum materials in the desert area adjacent to the railroad. Four fire engines rushed to the area to spray fire ....

  • Carter stresses US support to Iraq in war against Daesh

    Carter stresses US support to Iraq in war against Daesh

    Date: 2015-12-16 15:15:38 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:12 - ID:3940997

    US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter stressed his country's support for Iraq to preserve its unity and sovereignty. He further congratulated the Iraqi government for its victories achieved against Daesh terrorist group. The remarks were made ....

  • Cabinet discusses new law on media syndicate - PM

    Cabinet discusses new law on media syndicate - PM

    Date: 2015-12-16 14:43:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3940749

    The Cabinet discussed on Wednesday a new law related to the establishment of a syndicate for media persons, said Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. The Cabinet will continue to discuss various laws related to press and media in its upcoming meeting, ....

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