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  • Defense min. attends training of Special Forces

    Defense min. attends training of Special Forces

    Date: 2015-05-04 12:13:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2514785

    Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi attended a practical training of the Special Forces and reconnaissance units codenamed “Taba 2015” on Monday. Nothing will deter the Armed Forces from performing their ....

  • Saudi king meets GCC chief

    Saudi king meets GCC chief

    Date: 2015-05-04 11:10:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2514053

    Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace here Monday the Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, the Saudi Press Agency said. At the outset of the ....

  • 40 vessels transit Suez Canal

    40 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-05-04 11:07:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:2514013

    Forty ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 2.846 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 30 vessels carrying 2.279 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included five ships carrying 148,000 ....

  • PM inaugurates projects in Damietta

    PM inaugurates projects in Damietta

    Date: 2015-05-04 10:45:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2513781

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab inaugurated a number of projects during his tour in Damietta. Mahlab was accompanied by Minister of Local Development Adel Labib, Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli, Minister of Youth and Sport Khaled Abdel Aziz ....

  • 12 takfiris killed, 14 suspects arrested in N.Sinai

    12 takfiris killed, 14 suspects arrested in N.Sinai

    Date: 2015-05-04 10:40:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2513729

    North Sinai security forces have carried out wide-scale security campaigns in a number of cities to arrest outlaws, suspects and destroy terror hotbeds. Security sources said the campaigns targeted South Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, where ....

  • Shoukry, German FM confer on bilateral ties, regional issues, terror

    Shoukry, German FM confer on bilateral ties, regional issues, terror

    Date: 2015-05-04 10:34:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2513641

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry conferred Monday with his German opposite number German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on means to boost bilateral ties and a number of regional and international issues along with combating terror. Both ....

  • Court upholds death sentences over Kerdasa massacre

    Court upholds death sentences over Kerdasa massacre

    Date: 2015-05-04 10:33:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2513661

    The Giza Criminal Court upheld the death penalty in the trial of five defendants over killing police officers after storming Kerdasa police station in Giza in 2013 during unrest that followed the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi. The court had ....

  • Foreign Ministry issues 2,659 automated passports for Egyptian expats

    Foreign Ministry issues 2,659 automated passports for Egyptian expats

    Date: 2015-05-04 10:27:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2513605

    The passport center of the Foreign Ministry has issued 2,659 automated passports for Egyptian expats. The new passports have already been sent to Egyptian embassies and consulates abroad, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati on Monday. ....

  • Supply min. to give speech at Beirut economic forum

    Supply min. to give speech at Beirut economic forum

    Date: 2015-05-04 09:32:32 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:2513109

    Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy will deliver a speech at the 23rd Arab Economic Forum, which kicks off Tuesday in Beirut. Hanafy will attend the event on behalf of Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and his delegation will include President of the ....

  • Kerry 'guarantees' Israelis that US can prevent an Iranian bomb

    Kerry 'guarantees' Israelis that US can prevent an Iranian bomb

    Date: 2015-05-04 09:30:49 GMT - Israel - International - SN:21 - ID:2513097

    US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to pacify Israeli worries over an emerging nuclear deal with Iran in an interview aired Sunday, dismissing some concerns as brought on by “hysteria” over the possible agreement, The Guardian ....

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