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Interior ministry mourns 2 slain policemen
Date: 2015-05-28 11:21:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2682793
The Interior Ministry mourned on Thursday the death of two policemen, who breathed their last while on duty in North Sinai and Cairo. On Wednesday, a well-placed security officer was killed when an explosive device hit an armored vehicle in Arish ....
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Defense minister meets former US defense official
Date: 2015-05-28 11:02:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2682573
Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi met on Thursday with former US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is currently on a visit to Egypt. Talks tackled the latest regional and international developments. The US official lauded the Armed Forces' ....
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Health minister meets father of martyred Military Academy student
Date: 2015-05-28 10:59:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2682545
Health Minister Adel Adawy met on Thursday the father of martyr Mohamed Eid Abdel Nabi, the Military Academy student who was killed in the Kafr el Sheikh stadium blast. The minister told the father, who is suffering from hepatitis C virus, that ....
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Makeshift bomb defused in Giza -- security official
Date: 2015-05-28 10:56:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2682517
A makeshift bomb was defused on Thursday at Badrashin railway station in Giza. Assistant interior minister for the transportation department Sayed Gad el Haq said the police received a tip off about a suspicious object, which turned out to be a ....
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FM flies to Nigeria to take part in presidential inauguration
Date: 2015-05-28 10:54:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2682481
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left for Nigeria on Thursday to take part in the inauguration ceremony of newly-elected president Muhammadu Buhari, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said. The participation reflects the big interest ....
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PM: No official can comment on court rulings concerning MB leaders
Date: 2015-05-28 10:02:29 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2681961
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted that no Egyptian official can comment on court rulings concerning Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders. This came during his meeting with a huge number of Egyptian expatriates in Jordan on Thursday. Mahlab was ....
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Ex-German official: Sisi visit to Berlin to discuss political ties
Date: 2015-05-28 09:13:55 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2681489
Former German Ambassador in Cairo Bernd Erbel said on Thursday that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's s planned visit to Berlin will discuss boosting political ties and share visions on regional issues with German Chancellor Angela ....
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Irrigation min. heads for Congo for bilateral cooperation
Date: 2015-05-28 09:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2681461
Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi will head on Friday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo to attend the sixth meeting of the joint consultative technical committee that aims to boost cooperation in water resources and ....
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Mehleb assures Egyptians in Jordan on political, economic, security conditions
Date: 2015-05-28 08:48:29 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2681193
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb assured the Egyptian community in Jordan that political, economic and security conditions in Egypt are improving despite challenges. Mehleb made the remarks during a meeting Thursday with members of the Egyptian ....
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Saudi ambassador hails Egyptian-Saudi ties
Date: 2015-05-28 08:29:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2681061
Ties between Egypt and Saudi Arabia stand as an ideal model for relations among countries, Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan said on Thursday. During a lecture at Nasser Military Academy, Qattan said the Saudi-Egyptian ties are ....