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  • Sinai development law amendments necessary for investments - cabinet

    Sinai development law amendments necessary for investments - cabinet

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:43:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2814393

    Cabinet spokesman Hossam Qawish said approved amendments to Sinai development law are meant to avoid any legal problems between investors and different State bodies. The Cabinet approved on Tuesday amendments to some provisions of the decree law ....

  • Lebanese party welcomes rulings against Morsi

    Lebanese party welcomes rulings against Morsi

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:41:01 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2814361

    The Arab Unification Party in Lebanon has welcomed court rulings against ousted president Mohamed Morsi. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group deserve those sentences because they attempted to destroy Egypt, the party said in a statement ....

  • Egypt at Our Heart initiative to be effective till September

    Egypt at Our Heart initiative to be effective till September

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:39:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2814353

    Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy decided on Wednesday to extend Egypt at Our Heart Initiative till the end of September. The extension comes upon the directives of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to boost internal tourism in Luxor and Aswan. The ....

  • British PM deliveres message to Muslims on Ramadan

    British PM deliveres message to Muslims on Ramadan

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:38:44 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:20 - ID:2814341

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has offered his "very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan" in the UK and around the globe. “I’d like to send my very best wishes to everyone observing the holy month of Ramadan,” ....

  • Japan criticizes China's land-building in S. China Sea

    Japan criticizes China's land-building in S. China Sea

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:37:26 GMT - Japan - International - SN:19 - ID:2814325

    Japan on Wednesday criticized China's extensive land reclamation in the South China Sea, calling for an end to "unilateral action" apparently aimed at buttressing its claims in disputed waters, Kyodo reported. "We are gravely concerned about ....

  • Spread of MERS in South Korea is not global emergency - WHO

    Spread of MERS in South Korea is not global emergency - WHO

    Date: 2015-06-17 10:02:36 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:18 - ID:2813993

    The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a "wake-up call" but does not constitute a global emergency, as the country reported eight new cases, according to Yonhap News ....

  • N. Korea sends 2 S. Koreans back home

    N. Korea sends 2 S. Koreans back home

    Date: 2015-06-17 09:53:00 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:17 - ID:2813929

    North Korea said Wednesday it repatriated two South Koreans who allegedly sneaked into the communist nation last month during their trip to China, citing humanitarian grounds. The Korean Central News Agency said that it sent a 59-year-old man, ....

  • Passengers increasingly boarding Sadat metro train

    Passengers increasingly boarding Sadat metro train

    Date: 2015-06-17 09:51:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2813921

    Passengers have been increasingly using Sadat Metro train after it was re-opened early Wednesday for the first time since August 2013. The Sadat station is one of two connections between Metro lines 1 and 2. It is one of the most overcrowded ....

  • General union of Egyptians abroad greets Sisi on Ramadan

    General union of Egyptians abroad greets Sisi on Ramadan

    Date: 2015-06-17 09:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2813801

    The General Union of Egyptians Abroad extended greetings to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In statements to MENA, the union's spokesman Salah Youssef said that the union also also extends ....

  • Iraq kills 42 Daesh militants killed in Anbar

    Iraq kills 42 Daesh militants killed in Anbar

    Date: 2015-06-17 09:39:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2813057

    Iraqi forces killed 42 Daesh militants in Al Anbar governorate in western Iraq on Tuesday, according to a statement by the Iraqi Defense Ministry. On the ground, Iraqi army, police and clans killed 12 terrorists and destroyed 15 headquarters of ....

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