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Cassation court upholds court verdict to acquit Garana
Date: 2015-06-11 09:48:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2775221
Court of Cassation issued a final verdict to acquit former Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana over profiteering charges. Earlier, the public prosecution challenged a criminal court's verdict that also acquitted Garana from these charges. Garana ....
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Army reveals 'new security measures' to cut off supplies to Sinai terrorist groups
Date: 2015-06-11 09:47:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2775217
New security measures have been taken to cut off supplies to the terrorist groups in North Sinai, Army Spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Thursday. In a statement, Samir said the Armed Forces set up several checkpoints along the area between Rafah ....
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Presidency denies attack on presidential motorcade car returning from Sharm el Sheikh
Date: 2015-06-11 08:39:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2774561
The Egyptian Presidency denied on Thursday reports about an attack on one of its motorcade cars while returning from Sharm el Sheikh on Wednesday. Such reports are baseless, the presidency said, It further called on media outlets to seek ....
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Army spokesman: 28 tons of drugs, 930 weapons seized in May
Date: 2015-06-11 08:38:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2774553
Egyptian border guards seized 28 tons of different kinds of narcotics, including bango and hashish, and 930 weapons in May, Military Spokesman Mohamed Samir said on Thursday. Also, they foiled illegal immigration and infiltration's attempts by ....
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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia leaders agree on new panel
Date: 2015-06-10 18:21:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2772777
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has agreed with his Sudanese counterpart and the prime minister of Ethiopia to form a higher committee to follow up joint issues. Their summit in Sharm El Sheikh on Wednesday took up the issue of an Ethiopian ....
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Sisi hails police performance in dealing with Karnak attack
Date: 2015-06-10 18:20:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2772769
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday hailed the performance of security forces in dealing with the terrorist attack on the Karnak Temple in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor. Sisi made the remarks at a meeting with Prime Minister Ibrahim ....
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Egyptian-Sudanese-Ethiopian summit to follow up Khartoum declation of principles
Date: 2015-06-10 18:20:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2772765
President Abdel Fattah El Sisis held a three-way summit on Wednesday with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to follow up the implementation of the declaration of principles which was signed in ....
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Australia to invest in Damietta grain logistics center: ambassador
Date: 2015-06-10 18:18:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2772761
Australian Ambassador in Cairo Neil Hawkins on Wednesday expressed his country's desire to invest in the grain logistics center in Damietta. At a meeting with Egyptian Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy, Hawkins said that he will call on Australian ....
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Trial of Morsi in espionage case adjourned to Thursday
Date: 2015-06-10 16:31:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2772117
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Wednesday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 10 other Muslim Brotherhood members to Thursday session. They face charges of espionage, leaking confidential information about Egypt's national ....
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Sisi meets with African leaders on fringe of COMESA-EAC-SADC Summit
Date: 2015-06-10 16:30:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:2772105
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday met with presidents and leaders of countries taking part in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit. According to Egypt's Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef, Sisi met with President of Zimbabwe Robert ....