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  • Palestine's PM briefs Egypt's amb. on latest developments

    Palestine's PM briefs Egypt's amb. on latest developments

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:19:41 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2654821

    Palestinian Prime Minister Ramy al Hamdallah briefed Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine Wael Nasr Eldin on recent political and economic developments here. This came during a meeting held between the two officials in Ramallah city. During the ....

  • 6 Takfirists killed in N. Sinai

    6 Takfirists killed in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:18:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2654797

    Six Takfirists were killed and five suspects were arrested for criminal background checkup in North Sinai during a security clampdown. The campaign targeted several terror hideouts in south Al Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities, security ....

  • Awqaf min. to open Monday conf. of renewing religious discourse

    Awqaf min. to open Monday conf. of renewing religious discourse

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:16:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2654785

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa will open Monday a conference on renewing religious discourse. The conference, to be attended by Higher Education MInister El Sayed Abdel Khaleq, Youth Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz, Culture Minister Abdel Wahed ....

  • Kotb: Egypt under growing pressures ahead of opening New Suez Canal

    Kotb: Egypt under growing pressures ahead of opening New Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:14:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2654761

    Former Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Mokhles Qotb asserted the importance of implementing the roadmap plan in parallel with the achievement of sustainable development plans and combating terrorism. In statements on Sunday, Kotb said Egypt ....

  • Sisi greets Eritrea on independence day

    Sisi greets Eritrea on independence day

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:12:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2654741

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Sunday Presidential Secretary Ahmed el Ansary to the Embassy of Eritrea in Cairo to offer greetings on the country's Independence Day. Eritrea’s Independence Day falls on May 24. On this day in 1991, ....

  • Kuwaiti min. sheds light on FANA role in serving region' interests

    Kuwaiti min. sheds light on FANA role in serving region' interests

    Date: 2015-05-24 13:11:57 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2654725

    Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al Humoud Al Sabah on Sunday underlined the important role of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) amid the current circumstances the Arab world ....

  • Iraqi forces confront Daesh suicide attack in Ramadi

    Iraqi forces confront Daesh suicide attack in Ramadi

    Date: 2015-05-24 12:01:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2653229

    Iraqi security forces confronted on Sunday a Daesh suicide attack on a residential complex in Baghdadi of Ramadi city in Anbar governorate, security and local sources said. Meanwhile, the forces killed 20 Daesh militants in eastern Ramadi city ....

  • 149 Egyptians return home from Libya via Salloum over past 24 hours

    149 Egyptians return home from Libya via Salloum over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-05-24 11:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2653997

    As many as 149 Egyptians returned from Libya via Salloum crossing over the past 24 hours, said Marsa Matrouh Security Director General Anani Hamouda. In statements on Sunday, said as many as 43 of the returnees had traveled illegally to ....

  • 33 MB members arrested in Alexandria

    33 MB members arrested in Alexandria

    Date: 2015-05-24 11:34:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2653749

    Security forces arrested three persons affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in Alexandria over protesting without permission and inciting violence charges. The forces arrested a department director of a petrochemical company, 50, an ....

  • Egypt opens Rafah terminal Tue., Wed.

    Egypt opens Rafah terminal Tue., Wed.

    Date: 2015-05-24 11:32:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2653701

    The Egyptian authorities will open the Egypt-Gaza border terminal of Rafah on Tuesday and Wednesday, MENA has learned. The land terminal will be opened in one direction only, from Egypt to Gaza, to allow stranded persons to return home. ....

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