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Sisi to meet Sharjah ruler Monday
Date: 2015-05-11 08:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2561157
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet with Sharjah ruler Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed al Qassemi later Monday, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said. ....
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White House says Saudi king decision to skip summit not sign of disagreement
Date: 2015-05-11 07:55:11 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2561117
Saudi Arabia's King Salman will not attend a Camp David summit of US and allied Arab leaders, his foreign minister, Adel al Jubeir, said Sunday. US President Barack Obama had planned to meet Salman one-on-one a day before the gathering of leaders ....
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Police arrest worker before setting ablaze train in Ramsis station
Date: 2015-05-11 07:50:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2561077
Cairo transportation police arrested a worker with a gasoline jerry can before setting ablaze a train in Ramsis railway station. In statements to MENA on Monday, Assistant Interior Minister Sayyed Gad Alhaq said the worker, 45, was arrested at ....
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2 sound bombs go off near police station in Aswan
Date: 2015-05-11 07:47:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2561069
Two sound bombs blew up here Sunday night near a police station. No human injuries or damage were reported. Aswan Governor Mostafa Yousri, security leaders and civil protection experts rushed to the scene and sealed it off. ....
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Egypt restores vital role at regional, int'l level: Shoukry
Date: 2015-05-10 17:35:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2558977
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt has resumed her vital regional and international role since the election of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Addressing an economic conference at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo ....
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Saudi king meets Niger president
Date: 2015-05-10 17:31:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:2558953
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud held at his palace here a session of official talks with Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou. At the outset of the session, the Nigerien President decorated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques with the ....
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Palestine's PM, UN envoy discuss recent developments
Date: 2015-05-10 17:30:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2558941
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah discussed on Sunday with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov the latest political and economic developments and the issue of the Gaza Strip's ....
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Pope Tawadros receives remains of 2 saints from Milan cardinal
Date: 2015-05-10 17:26:05 GMT - Italy - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2558905
Archbishop of Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola handed over the remains of two Milan bishops to visiting Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese. The remains belong to Dionysius, the bishop of Milan from 351 to 360. He is ....
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Brazilian seized at Cairo airport with 3.6 KGs of cocaine
Date: 2015-05-10 17:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2558897
A Brazilian passenger was seized at Cairo International Airport with 3.6 KGs of cocaine in his possession. The passenger arrived on a Qatari flight from Doha. The crude drug shipment was found in traveling bag as the passenger looked ....
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Sharjah ruler praises al Azhar
Date: 2015-05-10 17:23:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:2558885
Sharjah ruler Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi has praised the role played by al Azhar in correcting the image of Islam, standing against destructive concepts and extremist trends. Al-Qasimi visited the most prestigious Sunni Muslim establishment ....