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Turkey celebrates 562nd anniversary of Istanbul's conquest
Date: 2015-05-31 10:56:51 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:25 - ID:2699841
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey “will not excuse those who said ‘despotism started in 1453’ and [claimed that there was an] ‘Armenian genocide’ and a ‘Pontic genocide’”, Anadolu Agency reported on Sunday. Delivering a speech ....
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100 staffers of Cairo City Hall visit new Suez Canal
Date: 2015-05-31 10:52:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2699765
Around 100 employees of Cairo City Hall visited on Sunday the new Suez Canal site where 41,000 workers are operating. They expressed thanks for the role played by the Armed Forces to oversee the implementation of the project and secure the two ....
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John Kerry: US secretary of state in Swiss hospital with likely leg injury after bicycle crash
Date: 2015-05-31 10:50:00 GMT - France - International - SN:22 - ID:2699749
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has been taken to hospital in Switzerland after a biking accident in the nearby French Alps. Kerry, 71, is in a stable condition and is likely to have suffered a leg injury, the BBC quoted a spokesman as ....
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Assiut governor makes surprise inspection of industrial zone
Date: 2015-05-31 10:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2699725
Assiut Governor Yasser el Dessouki made a surprise inspection of several factories in the industrial zone of Al Safa in the governorate. Dessouki toured furniture manufacturing and plastic factories in the area to get acquainted with their needs ....
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FM Yun: More hurdles lie ahead in S. Korea-Japan ties
Date: 2015-05-31 10:19:09 GMT - south korea - International - SN:20 - ID:2699441
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se has pledged his government will strive to improve ties with Japan, but added that Japan's failure to apologize for its wartime sex slavery and some other history disputes should be cleared first, Yonhap ....
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Shoukry opens UN training course on peacekeeping missions leaders
Date: 2015-05-31 10:17:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2698781
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday opened a UN training course on peacekeeping mission leaders which is held for the first time in North Africa in the presence of UN regional representative for UN secretary-general. Egypt is the first ....
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1,707 megawatts to be added to national power grid - minister
Date: 2015-05-31 10:15:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2699417
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said 1,707 megawatts will be added on Sunday to the national power grid as part of the ministry's plan to face summer loads. The minister's remarks came in a ministry's statement on the occasion of opening the ....
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Visit of Saudi FM reflects strong relations between Egypt, Arabia
Date: 2015-05-31 10:13:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2699393
Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Aatti asserted the importance of the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir to Egypt. Jubeir is to meet with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi later on Sunday, Abdel Aati said. The visit ....
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4 killed, 6 injured in car blast in Libya; Daesh claims attack
Date: 2015-05-31 09:30:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2699021
Four people were killed, while six others were injured on Sunday when a booby-trapped car exploded at Dafniya Gate near Misrata city, member of Misrata city council Ahmed Gekhia told MENA. Meanwhile, Twitter accounts affiliated to Daesh said a ....
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Guatemalan protesters demand president quit over corruption
Date: 2015-05-31 09:28:16 GMT - Guatemala - International - SN:15 - ID:2699013
Guatemalans angry over corruption scandals protested on the capital's main square Saturday, pressing their demands that President Otto Perez Molina resign, Miami Herald reported. People from all sectors of society in the Central American nation ....
