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  • New sabotage act against electricity tower

    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 ....

  • Egypt FM heads for Algeria

    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 ....

  • Sisi to meet envoy of Yemeni president Saturday

    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. ....

  • Obama signs Congress review of Iran nuclear deal bill into law

    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 ....

  • Shotgun found in abandoned car in Matrouh

    Shotgun found in abandoned car in Matrouh

    Date: 2015-05-23 07:28:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2645593

    Security forces found a shotgun in an abandoned plateless car on the main road in Ras El Hekma town of Matrouh. The weapon and car's engine number were sent to the criminal lab to determine whether they have been reported stolen. ....

  • Train movement on Upper Egypt line back to normal after technical issue

    Train movement on Upper Egypt line back to normal after technical issue

    Date: 2015-05-23 07:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2645589

    The train movement on the Upper Egypt route was back to normal after a train broke down in a village in Sohag. The train was hit by a technical glitch on Friday night in Sohag on the Cairo-Aswan rail line while driving through a level ....

  • US defends strategy against Daesh

    US defends strategy against Daesh

    Date: 2015-05-23 07:26:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2645585

    The US State Department defended its strategy in fighting Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria despite the fall of Iraq's Ramadi city into the control of the terrorist group. In a press briefing, State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf ....

  • 2 bombs explode in Behaira

    2 bombs explode in Behaira

    Date: 2015-05-23 07:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2645573

    A bomb went off near el Delengat Court in the Delta city of Behaira early Saturday. Another explosive charge was also detonated near the city's post office. Civil defense forces and sappers rushed to the two blast scenes, which were cordoned ....

  • Sisi meets WEF chairman, says presidential spokesman

    Sisi meets WEF chairman, says presidential spokesman

    Date: 2015-05-22 18:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2644373

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Friday with Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab. The get-together was held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in the ....

  • OIC condemns terrorist attack at Saudi mosque

    OIC condemns terrorist attack at Saudi mosque

    Date: 2015-05-22 18:54:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2644269

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani has strongly condemned a terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Saudi Qatif during Friday prayers. Madani said that those who carried out the attack planned ....

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