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  • Stun bomb goes off near police station in Behaira

    Stun bomb goes off near police station in Behaira

    Date: 2015-05-16 07:27:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2596689

    A stun bomb went off near el Delengat Police Station in Behaira earlier Saturday. No word of casualties was reported. The sound of the blast horrified residents of the Delta city. Sappers rushed to the scene and police cordoned off the ....

  • Home-made bomb goes off in Cairo, no causalities

    Home-made bomb goes off in Cairo, no causalities

    Date: 2015-05-15 18:53:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2595517

    A home-made bomb went off Friday in a Cairo road intersection, a security source said. Speaking to MENA, the source said that the explosion occurred in the intersection between Gesr El Suez and El Qubba roads. No causalities were reported in ....

  • Sisi inspects some national projects

    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 ....

  • Lebanese PM, German FM probe Syrian refugees' conditions

    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 ....

  • Kuwait emir returns home after visit to US

    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 ....

  • Egypt restores soft power in region under Sisi: diplomat

    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 ....

  • Iraqi parl't speaker warns of

    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 ....

  • Foreign ministry delegation participates in consultations on Syria called for by UN envoy

    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 ....

  • IMF delegation in Egypt late May -- Official

    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 ....

  • Egypt to conclude one billion dollar loan with WB -- minister

    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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