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  • Egypt ready to organize smooth parliamentary elections: diplomat

    Egypt ready to organize smooth parliamentary elections: diplomat

    Date: 2015-10-14 08:37:52 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3528513

    Egyptian Ambassador to Germany Badr Abdel-Atty said on Wednesday that the Egyptian government has taken necessary measures to hold safe and smooth parliamentary elections. Speaking to MENA, the diplomat said the Egyptian embassy in Berlin ....

  • US to refer Iran missile test to UN over possible violation

    US to refer Iran missile test to UN over possible violation

    Date: 2015-10-14 08:35:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:3528485

    The US State Department has announced that it would refer Iran's firing of a new surface-to-surface ballistic missile to the United Nations Security Council for review to determine whether the test violated a UN resolution, the CNN reported. ....

  • Kerry to head to Middle East amid Israeli-Palestinian violence

    Kerry to head to Middle East amid Israeli-Palestinian violence

    Date: 2015-10-14 08:33:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:3528469

    US Secretary of State John Kerry has announced that he will soon travel to the Middle East to help calm the situation between Israelis and Palestinians, Al Arabiya news channel reported on Wednesday. “I will go there soon, at some point ....

  • 2 bombs go off in Alexandria, 2 people slightly injured -- statement

    2 bombs go off in Alexandria, 2 people slightly injured -- statement

    Date: 2015-10-14 08:32:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3528461

    Two people were slightly injured on Tuesday evening when two primitive explosive devices went off in Alexandria, according to a press release by the Interior Ministry. The official press center of the ministry said that one of the two bombs went ....

  • Awqaf Ministry announces names of Egyptian victims in Mina stampede

    Awqaf Ministry announces names of Egyptian victims in Mina stampede

    Date: 2015-10-13 10:20:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3522129

    The Awqaf Ministry announced the names of dead and missing Egyptian pilgrims during the recent Mina stampede in the Hajj season. The total number of Egyptians killed in the incident has reached 181, the missing 53 and the injured 10, according to ....

  • Prime minister opens investment conf. Monday

    Prime minister opens investment conf. Monday

    Date: 2015-10-12 19:59:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:3519553

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail opens on Monday the third international conference on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) of the Ministry of Finance. The two-day conference will be attended by the ministers of finance, investment, planning, supply, ....

  • Egypt begins stability status after intensive security ops: interior min.

    Egypt begins stability status after intensive security ops: interior min.

    Date: 2015-10-12 19:58:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3519549

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has said Egypt is starting to live in a state of stability, thanks to the excessive security operation targeting terrorists. In press statements on Monday, the minister said the coming period will see more ....

  • Prime minister meets ministers on 1.5 million feddans project

    Prime minister meets ministers on 1.5 million feddans project

    Date: 2015-10-12 19:56:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3519537

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail held a meeting Monday with the ministers of planning, housing, water resources and agriculture to discuss issues related the project of reclaiming 1.5 million feddans. The prime minister stressed the importance of ....

  • Egypt's regional role important to confront terrorism - Lebanese minister

    Egypt's regional role important to confront terrorism - Lebanese minister

    Date: 2015-10-12 19:55:37 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3519533

    Lebanese Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi on Monday said the Egyptian regional role is very important in confronting terrorism, extremism and takfiri ideologies in the Arab world and the Middle East. Azzi, who received Egyptian Ambassador in Beirut ....

  • Sisi highlights importance of protecting pensioners, unorganized labor

    Sisi highlights importance of protecting pensioners, unorganized labor

    Date: 2015-10-12 19:53:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3519517

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi highlighted the importance of protecting low-scale pensioners and issued directives on providing an integral protection system for unorganized labor, especially in the construction sector. According to presidential ....

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