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  • Transport minister urges finalizing national project swiftly

    Transport minister urges finalizing national project swiftly

    Date: 2015-09-23 11:26:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:3404913

    Transport Minister Saad el Geyoushi urged doubling working hours to accomplish the national road project. Geyoushi had talks Wednesday with Adel Torok, the head of the General Authority For Roads, Bridges and Land Transport, and a number of key ....

  • Egypt, Eritrea discuss terror-combat efforts

    Egypt, Eritrea discuss terror-combat efforts

    Date: 2015-09-23 07:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:3403517

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed with his Eritrean counterpart Othman Saleh Tuesday efforts to fight terrorism and instability factors in the region. The discussion came on the sidelines of the 70th session UN General Assembly session in ....

  • Army: Main stage of Martyr's Right operation in Sinai ends; second phase to begin

    Army: Main stage of Martyr's Right operation in Sinai ends; second phase to begin

    Date: 2015-09-23 07:50:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3403509

    Egypt's Army has announced that the first and major phase of the military operation launched in North Sinai was ended Tuesday. During the 16-day stage, joint army and police forces managed to destroy the main hideouts and gathering points used ....

  • Egypt's lottery pilgrims ascend to Arafat Mount - official

    Egypt's lottery pilgrims ascend to Arafat Mount - official

    Date: 2015-09-23 07:48:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3403501

    Egypt's Assistant Interior Minister for Administrative Affairs and executive chairman of official hajj mission Sayed Maher stressed on Wednesday that all Egyptian lottery pilgrims successfully ascended to Arafat Mount where Prophet Mohammed ....

  • PM urges plan to secure, develop ERTU building

    PM urges plan to secure, develop ERTU building

    Date: 2015-09-22 18:27:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:3402201

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met on Tuesday with Chairman of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) Essam el Amir. During the meeting, Ismail urged developing an urgent plan to upgrade and secure the ERTU headquarters and ordered ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Date: 2015-09-22 17:35:16 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:15 - ID:3402017

    The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) traded on London Stock Exchange (LSE) showed mixed performance at the close of Tuesday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom rose by 5 percent to 0.63 dollars. The GDRs of Edita Food Industries ....

  • Turkish security detains person for insulting Erdoğan

    Turkish security detains person for insulting Erdoğan

    Date: 2015-09-22 16:32:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:14 - ID:3401661

    Turkish forces arrested a citizen from Samsun city in the black sea area for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The 37-year-old person dismissed the charges directed to him, adding that he insulted terror only. ....

  • Essebsi meets top European official

    Essebsi meets top European official

    Date: 2015-09-22 15:28:04 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:3401217

    Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi met Tuesday with Igor Crnadak, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. A statement by the Tunisia Presidency said that Essebsi stressed the pressing need to unify international ....

  • Syrian regime raids kill 38 Daesh militants in Homs countryside - SOHR

    Syrian regime raids kill 38 Daesh militants in Homs countryside - SOHR

    Date: 2015-09-22 14:30:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:3400897

    At least 38 Daesh militants were killed when Syrian regime jets raided three cities controlled by the terror group in Homs province, chief of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Ramy Abdul Rahamn said Tuesday The air ....

  • Abbas warns of new intifada in case of continuation of Israeli aggression

    Abbas warns of new intifada in case of continuation of Israeli aggression

    Date: 2015-09-22 14:29:15 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:3400885

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday of the risk of an uprising (intifada) if Israeli violations against al-Aqsa Mosque compound continue. “What is happening is very dangerous,” the Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted Abbas as ....

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