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  • 2 killed, 12 injured in train derailment in Australia

    2 killed, 12 injured in train derailment in Australia

    Date: 2020-02-22 00:36:56 GMT - Australia - International - SN:4 - ID:8322157

    Two people have been killed and several others injured after a train derailed near Melbourne, Australia, Sky News reported. Images from the scene showed the carriages had come completely off the tracks - one on its side and others at an angle - ....

  • Ethiopia's development aspirations should not be realized at expense of Egypt - diplomat

    Ethiopia's development aspirations should not be realized at expense of Egypt - diplomat

    Date: 2020-02-22 00:35:08 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8322156

    Egyptian ambassador in Paris Ehab Badawy said that Ethiopia's aspirations for development should not be achieved at the expense of Egypt's right to life. Speaking at a symposium on Friday at the University of Paris on the water issue in the Nile ....

  • UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria fighting

    UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria fighting

    Date: 2020-02-22 00:34:33 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8322155

    The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath, Sky news reported. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva said "We call for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further suffering ....

  • Egyptian medical convoy visits South Sudan

    Egyptian medical convoy visits South Sudan

    Date: 2020-02-22 00:32:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8322154

    An Egyptian medical convoy, specialized in optics, visited the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to conduct medical surveys on students and offer 2,000 eyeglasses to them. In a statement Friday, Egyptian Ambassador to South Sudan Mohamed Qadah said ....

  • Saudi FM: Pressure on Iran should continue

    Saudi FM: Pressure on Iran should continue

    Date: 2020-02-21 16:09:18 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8321899

    Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan called for continuing pressure on Iran to stop its interference in the affairs of the region's countries. In a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas, the Saudi minister said that ....

  • EgyptAir receives 9th Airbus aircraft A220-300, 3rd A320neo family aircraft

    EgyptAir receives 9th Airbus aircraft A220-300, 3rd A320neo family aircraft

    Date: 2020-02-21 15:17:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8321842

    EgyptAir received on Friday the ninth Airbus A220-300 and the third A320neo family aircraft, coming from Su-GFF factory in Canada's Quebec City and Su-GFL factory in Toulouse city respectively. The two new aircraft will join the national ....

  • Chief of staff attends main phase of military drill 'Bashir-21'

    Chief of staff attends main phase of military drill 'Bashir-21'

    Date: 2020-02-21 14:23:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8321761

    Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. General Mohamed Farid attended the main phase of the military drill code-named "Bashir-21." The drill, which will run for a several days, is being conducted by units of the Second Field Army within the ....

  • Egypt, France conduct naval drill in Red Sea

    Egypt, France conduct naval drill in Red Sea

    Date: 2020-02-20 00:40:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8319564

    Egyptian navy units from Bernice military base and French naval forces carried out on Wednesday a maritime exercise within the scope of Egypt's southern naval fleet command in the southern Red Sea coastline. Horizon class anti-air French frigate ....

  • Belarus president asserts keenness to foster economic cooperation with Egypt

    Belarus president asserts keenness to foster economic cooperation with Egypt

    Date: 2020-02-20 00:36:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8319563

    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday that his country is looking forward to fostering economic and trade cooperation with Egypt and implementing joint agreements between the two sides. He made the remarks during a joint ....

  • Yemeni defense minister survives assassination attempt

    Yemeni defense minister survives assassination attempt

    Date: 2020-02-20 00:34:05 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8319562

    Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed al-Maqdishi survived an assassination attempt after the explosion of a landmine in Sarwah front in Marib Governorate in eastern Yemen, Al Arabia Al Hadath channel reported. The channel added on Wednesday that four ....

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