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  • S. Korea, U.S. to put more pressure on N. Korea

    S. Korea, U.S. to put more pressure on N. Korea

    Date: 2015-06-16 12:01:32 GMT - south korea - International - SN:18 - ID:2808401

    South Korea and the United States have reaffirmed their resolve to ratchet up pressure on North Korea in their high-level talks, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, according to Yonhap News Agency. On his trip to Washington, Foreign Minister Yun ....

  • Italy threatens to give Schengen visas to migrants as EU ministers meet

    Italy threatens to give Schengen visas to migrants as EU ministers meet

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:40:27 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:11 - ID:2807609

    EU interior ministers are due to meet in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss how to cope with mass migration across the Mediterranean from Libya, the Guardian reported. Europe has become embroiled in a worsening feud over the issue, with Italy ....

  • Cultural project to be implemented on land of disbanded NDP

    Cultural project to be implemented on land of disbanded NDP

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:38:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2808201

    Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh el Damati said Tuesday a project is being outlined to re-use the land on which the disbanded National Democratic Party now stands, stressing that it is owned by the Egyptian Museum. Speaking in a press conference ....

  • CAPMAS: Rise in trade balance deficit in March

    CAPMAS: Rise in trade balance deficit in March

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:35:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:16 - ID:2808157

    A survey issued by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Tuesday showed a 10.9 percent rise in the trade balance deficit last March reaching 26.7 billion pounds against 24 billion in the same month last year. The ....

  • Iraq seeks to cement ties with Egypt - FM

    Iraq seeks to cement ties with Egypt - FM

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:34:23 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2807589

    Iraq works hard to foster relations with Egypt which has a unique position in the world, the Iraqi foreign minister said Tuesday. In an interview with MENA correspondent in Beijing, Ibrahim Jaafari - whose visit to China will end Wednesday - said ....

  • Cairo Criminal Court: MB since its establishment mixing religion with politics

    Cairo Criminal Court: MB since its establishment mixing religion with politics

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:20:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2807969

    President of the Cairo criminal court Shaaban al Shami said the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, since its establishment in 1928 at the hands of Hassan al Banna, has been mixing religion with politics to rule the country. During a court session to ....

  • Manpower minister: 280,000 Egyptians returned from Libya, Yemen over ongoing violence

    Manpower minister: 280,000 Egyptians returned from Libya, Yemen over ongoing violence

    Date: 2015-06-16 11:04:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2807869

    Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed Ashri highlighted the importance of a proposal to establish an aid fund from Egyptians who were forced to return home over unrest in Libya and Yemen to offer urgent services to them and their families ....

  • Belarus backs Egypt in its bid for non-permanent UN seat

    Belarus backs Egypt in its bid for non-permanent UN seat

    Date: 2015-06-16 10:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2807617

    Belarusian Ambassador to Egypt Sergey Rashnikov said Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valentin Rybakov asserted to Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ambassador Hatem Seif al Nasr that his country is backing Egypt's bid for a ....

  • 565 Egyptians return home from Libya via Salloum crossing

    565 Egyptians return home from Libya via Salloum crossing

    Date: 2015-06-16 10:22:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2807297

    Assistant Interior Minister and Matrouh Security Chief General Anani Hamouda said as many as 565 Egyptians returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing over the past 24 hours. In statements on Tuesday, Hamouda said as many as 132 Egyptians have ....

  • Criminal Court sentences ex-president Morsi to life in jail over spying charges

    Criminal Court sentences ex-president Morsi to life in jail over spying charges

    Date: 2015-06-16 10:18:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2807133

    Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Mohammad Morsi to life in jail over charges of spying with foreign organizations, unveiling classified information about the state's national security and coordinating with Jihadists inside ....

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