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Qatari emir meets French president
Date: 2015-05-04 13:42:54 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2515893
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani discussed with visiting French President Francois Hollande regional and international developments. The two leaders had attended earlier the signing of a military deal, under which Doha will purchase 24 ....
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Culture minister, CIFF president discuss preparations for 37th session
Date: 2015-05-04 13:37:07 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:43 - ID:2515813
Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawi on Monday met with President of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) to discuss preparations for the 37th session. The minister said that the CIFF is one of Egypt's most important soft powers that ....
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Nepal quake death toll rises to more than 7,000
Date: 2015-05-04 13:35:49 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:11 - ID:2512449
A police team from Nepal has pulled out the bodies of about 50 people, including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, officials say, as the death toll from last month's devastating earthquake climbed to more than 7,000, ABC news ....
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Saudi CP meets US lawmaker
Date: 2015-05-04 13:33:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:2515757
Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz met with US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz on Monday. The meeting took up the latest developments in the ....
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Telecom Egypt continues installing fiber optics cables
Date: 2015-05-04 13:30:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2515693
Telecom Egypt, the country's main telephone company, announced the areas targeted this month for replacing the current network of copper cables with the new fiber optic cables to provide excellent quality of communication services. In a ....
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Population minister: Birth rate high since Jan, Revolution
Date: 2015-05-04 13:29:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2515657
Minister of Population Hala Youssef said that Egypt has been suffering from population growth since the January 2011 Revolution. Addressing the social responsibility conference on the challenges of population on Monday, she pointed out that the ....
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Interior ministry: No leniency with terrorists
Date: 2015-05-04 13:25:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2515609
Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghafar praised the sacrifices of policemen who fall in defense of the homeland. During a celebration marking the training day of policemen on Monday, he said the ministry will continue its war on terrorism without ....
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Egypt's amb. confers with Tunisian foreign official on Libyan developments
Date: 2015-05-04 13:17:34 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2515517
Egypt’s Ambassador to Tunisia Ayman Mosharafa conferred Monday with Under Secretary of the Tunisian Foreign Ministry al Tohami al Abdouli on horizons of diplomatic cooperation in addition to the latest developments in Libya. In statements to ....
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Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian, arrest citizens in Hebron
Date: 2015-05-04 13:15:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2515497
Israeli forces opened fire Monday on a Palestinian for allegedly stabbing Israelis at a train station in Jerusalem. In a statement, the forces said that the 35-year-old Palestinian was rushed to hospital, adding that the attempted stabbing did ....
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PM holds meeting with anti-corruption officials in Damietta
Date: 2015-05-04 13:01:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2515029
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting with representatives of the anti-corruption executive committee and members of the Administrative Control Authority in Damietta on Monday. Administrative corruption and disrupting the services of ....