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Fifa officials arrested in Zurich on corruption charges
Date: 2015-05-27 11:38:32 GMT - Switzerland - Sport - SN:4 - ID:2673749
Swiss authorities arrested several top FIFA officials and plan to extradite them to the United States, where they will face federal corruption charges, Sky news reported. More than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived ....
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Planning minister denies Egyptians need 30 years to reap fruits of development
Date: 2015-05-27 11:33:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2675765
Minister of Planning Ashraf el Arabi denied statements purported by some media that he said Egyptians need 30 years to feel the development realized. The statements are bare of truth, the Ministry of Planning said in a statement Wednesday. The ....
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Minister: Egypt will not negotiate with IMF at time being
Date: 2015-05-27 11:13:37 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2675513
Minister of International Cooperation Naglaa Al Ahwani asserted that Egypt do not think in resuming negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, noting that reforms needed by the fund do not comply with the social conditions in the country at ....
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Deputy ruler of Dubai meets Matrouh governor
Date: 2015-05-27 11:09:06 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2675473
Deputy ruler of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed al Maktoum met Wednesday with Matrouh governor Alaa Fat'hi Abu Zaid, currently visiting here. Abu Zaid posted Sheikh Hamdan on investment potentials in the Egyptian Mediterranean city. He ....
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Sisi to meet host of German intellectuals, media persons during Germany visit
Date: 2015-05-27 10:51:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2675277
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet a host of German intellectuals and media persons during his projected visit to Germany early next month. The German intellectuals and thinkers, who will meet with Sisi, work in one of the biggest ....
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New GOCP leaderships
Date: 2015-05-27 10:35:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2675101
Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawy declared changes in leaderships of the General Organization for Cultural Palaces (GOCP). Nabawy named Mahmoud Hamed as the head of Greater Cairo and North Upper Egypt region. Hassan Khallaf was appointed ....
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Arab Water Council meeting kicks off
Date: 2015-05-27 10:29:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2675053
The Arab Water Council meeting kicked off here Wednesday under Bahraini Energy Minister Abd al Husayn Mirza. The talks address water challenges in the region and means of realizing sustainable development. Egyptian Water Resources and ....
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FM: Egypt rebuffs attempts to usurp legitimacy in Yemen
Date: 2015-05-27 10:27:29 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2675033
Egypt rejects attempts to usurp legitimacy in Yemen, the country's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said, stressing that Gulf security is an integrated part of the Egyptian national security. Acting from this perspective, Egypt strongly and clearly ....
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Rafah crossing exceptionally opened
Date: 2015-05-27 10:26:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2675009
Rafah crossing was exceptionally opened for the second straight day on Wednesday to allow the stranded, humanitarian cases and aid supplies into Gaza, an official source said. The crossing is opened upon a decision of the Egyptian authorities to ....
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Coalition jets target HQ of special forces in Sanaa, maritime base in Hadida
Date: 2015-05-27 10:23:21 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:2674985
Coalition jets targeted an HQ of the special forces in Sanaa and a maritime base in al Hadida that was controlled by Houthi militias. Al Arabiya Al Hadath channel carried the news Wednesday, adding that the popular resistance was able to control ....