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  • Sisi phones Hollande over terror attack

    Sisi phones Hollande over terror attack

    Date: 2015-06-27 15:02:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2875449

    President Abel Fattah El Sisi phoned on Saturday his French counterpart Francios Hollande to condole with him over the victims of a terrorist attack that targeted a factory in southern France on Friday. Sisi condemned the attack and voiced ....

  • Sisi endorses 10 pct raise to pensions- minister

    Sisi endorses 10 pct raise to pensions- minister

    Date: 2015-06-27 14:56:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2875385

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi endorsed Saturday 10 percent raise to pensions, which would be come into effect as of July, Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said. In exclusive remarks to MENA, Wali said the increase was the maximum that ....

  • Supreme Council of Sufi Orders head warns against sectarian sedition

    Supreme Council of Sufi Orders head warns against sectarian sedition

    Date: 2015-06-27 14:36:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2875221

    The Head of the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders Abdel Hady el Qasaby warned Saturday against the spread of sectarian sedition that aims at weakening the Arab countries. In a statement, el Qasaby condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a ....

  • 15 'Revolutionary Punitive' cell fighters arrested: source

    15 'Revolutionary Punitive' cell fighters arrested: source

    Date: 2015-06-27 14:23:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2875121

    Fifteen fighters of so-called "revolutionary punitive" cell were arrested over their involvement in killing a youth in May 15 City, high-level security sources told MENA. In statements on Saturday, the security source said the convicts admitted ....

  • Terror threatens int'l community; efforts underway to uproot it - minister

    Terror threatens int'l community; efforts underway to uproot it - minister

    Date: 2015-06-27 14:13:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2874997

    The international community is vulnerable to the threat of terror, a major one to security and stability of the peoples of the world, the interior minister said Saturday. Magdi Abdel Ghaffar stressed the efforts of his ministry to uproot ....

  • Britain must prepare for high death toll, PM warns

    Britain must prepare for high death toll, PM warns

    Date: 2015-06-27 13:59:37 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:30 - ID:2874881

    The public must be prepared for a high British death toll following the attack on a Tunisian beach resort, the BBC News cited UK Prime Minister David Cameron as saying Saturday. Eight Britons have been confirmed dead by the Foreign Office. ....

  • Interior ministry, Azhar coordinate in organizing religious forums

    Interior ministry, Azhar coordinate in organizing religious forums

    Date: 2015-06-27 13:50:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2874829

    Interior Ministry will coordinate with Azhar and Awqaf directorates to hold symposiums in police premises about the correct understandings of Islam upon directives from Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar. The minister has ordered the security ....

  • Former judge: Foreigners departure in funding case complies with constitution

    Former judge: Foreigners departure in funding case complies with constitution

    Date: 2015-06-27 13:45:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2874797

    Former Head of Cairo Court of Appeal Counselor Abdel Moez Ibrahim asserted Saturday that departure of foreign convicts in the case of foreign funding of the civil society organizations complied with the constitution. The decision comes in ....

  • Mahlab increase NHI budget

    Mahlab increase NHI budget

    Date: 2015-06-27 13:20:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2874577

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has increased the free-treatment budget allocated for the National Heart Institute (NHI). Mahlab, who visited the NHI earlier Saturday, called for securing new lands to establish a big branch of the institute to cope ....

  • 415 Egyptians return home from Libya

    415 Egyptians return home from Libya

    Date: 2015-06-27 13:19:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2874565

    Matrouh Security Chief el Anany Hamouda said Saturday that 415 Egyptians came back from Libya via Salloum border crossing. He added that they returned over the past 24 hours. ....

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