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Min.: 88 tons of spoiled food seized this month
Date: 2015-05-23 08:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:2646317
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy said supply inspectors had seized 88 tons of spoiled food products and 200,000 bottles of expired juice during campaigns across the nation this month. The campaigns also seized 50 tons and 343,000 items unfit for ....
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Berri on electing president: 'I see no light on horizon'
Date: 2015-05-23 08:56:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2646297
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the lawmakers' failure to fill the vacuum at the top state post in the country saying that he “still does not see light on the horizon.” “Leaving the democratic game is what brought us to this end. ....
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Sisi to sign important agreements during Berlin visit
Date: 2015-05-23 08:53:58 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2646277
Egypt's minister plenipotentiary in Germany Mohamed Khalaf has said that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will sign a number of important agreements in the fields of energy on the first day of his anticipated visit to Berlin next ....
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Release of Nusra-taken captives reaches crucial moment
Date: 2015-05-23 08:37:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2646169
The release of captives taken hostage by al Nusra Front reached zero hour as the Lebanese state is carrying out the necessary measures to conduct a prisoner swap deal with the group. Judicial sources told al Mustaqbal newspaper published Saturday ....
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Egypt's exports to UK hit £199m in 2015 Q1
Date: 2015-05-23 08:17:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:10 - ID:2646013
Egypt's exports to the UK hit £199 million in the first quarter of 2015, the same figure of the same period last year. Egypt's imports, meanwhile, from the UK were down by 7.5% recording £223 million in the described period against £241 million ....
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Roadside bomb kills 2, including Afghan district chief
Date: 2015-05-23 07:53:38 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2645793
An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed two people, including a district administrative chief, in the country's south, according to ABC News. Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the provincial governor of Uruzgan province, said Saturday ....
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New sabotage act against electricity tower
Date: 2015-05-23 07:51:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2645789
A high-voltage electricity tower in East-Saqr Quraish line came under an act of sabotage on Saturday, said head of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company Ahmed Hanafy. Four bombs were found around the electricity tower, he said, adding ....
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Egypt FM heads for Algeria
Date: 2015-05-23 07:50:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2645765
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Saturday for Algeria on a two-day visit. During the visit, Shoukry will hold talks with his Algerian counterpart Ramadan Lamamra on was of boosting bilateral ties in the various economic and political ....
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Sisi to meet envoy of Yemeni president Saturday
Date: 2015-05-23 07:30:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2645621
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet Saturday Abdullah Mohmed al Sayyidi, the envoy of Yemeni president, at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. The remark was made by Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. ....
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Obama signs Congress review of Iran nuclear deal bill into law
Date: 2015-05-23 07:29:23 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2645601
US President Barack Obama has signed into law legislation giving lawmakers a chance to review any nuclear deal the White House seeks to hammer out with Iran, CNBC reported. The US and five other world powers have crafted a delicate framework with ....