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India's FM visit to Egypt to boost bilateral cooperation: Egyptian envoy
Date: 2015-08-22 18:57:50 GMT - India - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3205317
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Egypt would boost cooperation and coordination between Cairo and New Delhi, said Egypt's Ambassador to India Hatim Tajuddin. Swaraj will start a three day visit to Egypt on Sunday upon an ....
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Environment minister to open water station in Kafr el Sheikh Sunday
Date: 2015-08-22 18:54:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3205305
Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy, accompanied by Kafr el Sheikh Governor Ossama Abdel Wahid, will open on Sunday a drinking water station in Hamoul Township. During his visit, the minister will inspect "Kitshner drainage project," for which 6.6 ....
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Shake-up of police staff in Minya, Suez approved
Date: 2015-08-22 18:52:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:3205297
Head of Minya security directorate Hassan Seif and his Suez counterpart Gamal Abdel Bari approved on Saturday a major shake-up of police staff in the two governorates. The changes include police top brass in police stations, investigations, drugs ....
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No casualties reported in Amsterdam-Paris train attack: UK gov't
Date: 2015-08-22 14:26:48 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:11 - ID:3203873
The UK Foreign Office said on Saturday no injuries were reported in an attack launched by a gunman armed with a Kalashnikov on a train between Amsterdam and Paris. Speaking to MENA, a spokesman for the foreign office said no casualties were ....
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8 killed, 15 suspects arrested in security campaign in North Sinai
Date: 2015-08-22 12:21:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3202885
Eight people were killed and 15 suspects arrested in a campaign launched by security bodies in el Arish, south of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah in North Sinai. The campaign managed to burn and destroy a number of terrorist hotbeds, which are used by ....
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MB guide gets life sentence in "Arab police station" case
Date: 2015-08-22 12:20:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3202861
Port Said Criminal Court has sentenced Muslim Brotherhood Guide Mohamed Badie and others to life in prison on charges of inciting and committing acts of violence and murder in the Canal city. The incidents took place in August 2013 and the case ....
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Medvedev trip to disputed island criticized by Tokyo
Date: 2015-08-22 10:51:01 GMT - Japan - International - SN:8 - ID:3202281
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited one of the Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido on Saturday in a trip that has drawn fire from Tokyo, The Japan Times reported. Hajime Hayashi, the head of the Foreign Ministry’s European division, ....
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Scientific research minister to visit Germany
Date: 2015-08-22 10:48:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3202261
Scientific Research Minister Sherif Hammad will head for Germany later in the day on a five-day visit to discuss ways of boosting scientific research between the two countries. The minister, who will be accompanied by a host of officials from ....
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Lagre number of weapons on borders with Mali seized
Date: 2015-08-22 08:06:53 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:3201205
The national people's army forces stationed on the Algerian border managed to seize large number of weapons on the borders with Mali, according to Algeria's El Khabar Newspaper. The terrorist group which was arrested during the operation ....
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Tens of thousands displaced by Boko Haram in Chad
Date: 2015-08-22 08:05:33 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:3201193
Around 40,000 people have fled their homes in Chad in the past two weeks following attacks by militant group Boko Haram, according to an aid agency, as the insurgency stokes an escalating humanitarian crisis in the region around Lake Chad, Voice of ....