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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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. ....