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Sisi inspects some national projects
Date: 2015-05-15 18:52:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2595509
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Friday inspected a number of development and rehabilitation projects at civilian and military joint-use airports in order to increase the overall capacity of the Egyptian civilian airports. During his inspection ....
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Lebanese PM, German FM probe Syrian refugees' conditions
Date: 2015-05-15 18:43:26 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2595461
Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam met Friday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his accompanying delegation. German Ambassador here Christian Clages attended the meeting. The get-together took up the latest developments ....
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Kuwait emir returns home after visit to US
Date: 2015-05-15 18:19:07 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2595357
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah on Friday returned home after paying an official visit to the United States. During the visit, Sheikh Sabah took part in a meeting between US President Barack Obama and leaders of six Gulf ....
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Egypt restores soft power in region under Sisi: diplomat
Date: 2015-05-15 18:17:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2595349
Egypt has restored its soft power worldwide under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, said Sameh Amr, Egypt's ambassador to UNESCO and head of UNESCO Executive Board. In statements to MENA Friday, Amr said that the International ....
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Iraqi parl't speaker warns of "imminent collapse" in Ramadi
Date: 2015-05-15 18:15:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2595345
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jubouri has warned of an "imminent collapse" in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's largest province of Anbar, following an attack by Daesh on the government complex area. The collapse in Ramadi will have ....
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Foreign ministry delegation participates in consultations on Syria called for by UN envoy
Date: 2015-05-15 18:13:36 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2595325
An official delegation representing the Foreign Ministry has taken part in consultations called for by the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura here. The Egyptian delegation held meetings with representatives of the ....
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IMF delegation in Egypt late May -- Official
Date: 2015-05-15 18:09:38 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:7 - ID:2595301
A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit Egypt late May to get first hand information about the economic landscape in the country, representative of the IMF Arab group Hazem el Beblawy said Friday. Beblawy, a former ....
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Egypt to conclude one billion dollar loan with WB -- minister
Date: 2015-05-15 10:56:55 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:2592701
Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the ministry is in the final stage of official negotiations with the World Bank for a loan worth one billion dollars. The minister said 500 million dollars would be earmarked to a major sewage project for ....
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Obama: US would use military force to defend Gulf allies
Date: 2015-05-15 10:31:56 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2592609
President Barack Obama said that the US would use military force if necessary to defend its Arab allies, CNN reported Friday A joint statement delivered at the end of the Camp David summit with the Gulf nations declared that the US will continue ....
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Dozens of Palestinians leave Gaza for Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2015-05-15 10:30:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2592601
Dozens of Palestinians left the Gaza Strip this morning to occupied East Jerusalem through the Israeli-controlled Erez terminal to perform the Friday prayers at the Aqsa Mosque. Nearly 180 Palestinians crossed the terminal of Beit Hanoun (Erez), ....