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  • Decision to ban pilot for life over Mohamed Ramadan video is final, civil aviation authority says

    Decision to ban pilot for life over Mohamed Ramadan video is final, civil aviation authority says

    Date: 2020-02-14 00:04:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8311272

    The decision to ban pilot for life for allowing a celebrity actor into the cockpit during a private flight to Saudi Arabia is final, head of the Civil Aviation Authority Sameh Hefni said on Thursday. Mohamed Ramadan, an actor and singer, posted a ....

  • European Union could consider border closings if coronavirus escalates: Croatian minister

    European Union could consider border closings if coronavirus escalates: Croatian minister

    Date: 2020-02-13 23:58:54 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:9 - ID:8311270

    A Croatian health official said closing borders across the European Union is an option if the coronavirus outbreak escalates — but global officials say that step is not necessary yet, CNN reported Thursday. Vili Beroš, the Croatian Minister of ....

  • Sisi commends Egypt-France relations, cooperation

    Sisi commends Egypt-France relations, cooperation

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:23:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8309777

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi praised on Wednesday fruitful cooperation between Egypt and France at the parliamentary level. Cairo appreciates the efforts exerted by friends at the French National Assembly to push forward bilateral cooperation ....

  • Cairo slams terror attack on Algerian military barrack

    Cairo slams terror attack on Algerian military barrack

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:20:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:8309776

    Egypt condemned Sunday’s attack on an Algerian military barrack near the country’s border with Mali, leaving one soldier dead. In a press release by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, Cairo asserted its solidarity with the Algerian people and ....

  • UNECA holds 3-day workshop on facilitating sustainable development

    UNECA holds 3-day workshop on facilitating sustainable development

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8309775

    The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) started Wednesday a three-day workshop on the integrated assessment and planning (IAP) tool in Cairo. The workshop is being organized in cooperation with the Planning and Economic Development ....

  • Anti-monopoly body probes legality of Telecom Egypt’s bid for acquisition of Vodafone

    Anti-monopoly body probes legality of Telecom Egypt’s bid for acquisition of Vodafone

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:8309774

    The Egyptian Competition Authority said Wednesday it was probing the legality of using of the right of preemption by Telecom Egypt to fully acquire its peer and competitor Vodafone Egypt. The anti-monopoly body said it had received a formal ....

  • UN Security Council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Libya

    UN Security Council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Libya

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:11:34 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8309773

    Members of the UN Security Council have passed and adopted a resolution calling for a “lasting ceasefire” in Libya during a vote on Wednesday. The text, drafted by Britain, was approved by 14 votes out of 15, with Russia abstaining, according to ....

  • Putin, Italian prime minister exchange views on Libya - Kremlin

    Putin, Italian prime minister exchange views on Libya - Kremlin

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:10:02 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8309772

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held a phone conversation to exchange views on the situation in Libya, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "A substantive exchange of views was held on the ....

  • Moscow: 695 Syrian refugees back home over past 24 hours

    Moscow: 695 Syrian refugees back home over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:08:12 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8309771

    Some 695 Syrian refugees have returned back home from neighboring Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Center for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement said in a statement Wednesday. About 307 people left Lebanon for ....

  • 83 tombs excavated in Dakahlia's Kom el-Khaljan area

    83 tombs excavated in Dakahlia's Kom el-Khaljan area

    Date: 2020-02-13 00:06:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8309770

    An Egyptian archaeological mission, affiliated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has unearthed 83 tombs in Kom el-Khaljan area in Dakahlia governorate. In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ....

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