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  • Extensive program to promote population characteristics in governorates - min.

    Extensive program to promote population characteristics in governorates - min.

    Date: 2015-04-28 17:42:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2477861

    Minister for Population Hala Yousef on Tuesday said that an extensive program was developed to promote population characteristics and increase awareness in the governorates. During a meeting with Representatives from the World Bank and the United ....

  • UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Aden

    UNICEF delivers lifesaving supplies to Aden

    Date: 2015-04-28 17:39:47 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2477845

    A shipment of urgent medical supplies reached Yemen on Tuesday to benefit more than 500,000 people, mostly women and children, for the next three months, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported. "The supplies which arrived by boat in ....

  • 40 MB members trial suspended pending court ruling about 2 articles of criminal law

    40 MB members trial suspended pending court ruling about 2 articles of criminal law

    Date: 2015-04-28 17:10:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:2477741

    Qena Criminal Court has suspended a trial of 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members, including four of the group's leaders, until a court ruling about challenges to two articles of the criminal law. The court Tuesday ordered that the defendants be ....

  • Establishing unified Arab bank requires strenuous efforts, says UAB head

    Establishing unified Arab bank requires strenuous efforts, says UAB head

    Date: 2015-04-28 17:08:41 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:57 - ID:2477713

    Establishing a unified Arab bank requires exerting strenuous efforts, Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) Mohamed Barakat said on Tuesday. In statements to MENA, Barakat noted that there are plans to establish an Arab trade zone, citing ....

  • Ambassador: British investors impressed by success of Sharm economic conference

    Ambassador: British investors impressed by success of Sharm economic conference

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:41:02 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:35 - ID:2475905

    Egyptian Ambassador here Nasser Kamel on Tuesday said that British investors who took part in last month's economic conference in Sharm el Sheikh were impressed by the success of the event. In statements to MENA, he added that the conference has ....

  • Arab coalition jets strike military base, Sanaa airport

    Arab coalition jets strike military base, Sanaa airport

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:33:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:2477477

    Arab coalition jets raided the Delaimi military base and Sanaa airport Tuesday. An Al Saeeda airline plane, which was parked at the airport, was destroyed in the strike, sources at the airport said. Two cargo jets of the Yemeni air force were ....

  • Unverified e-media threatens national security -- official

    Unverified e-media threatens national security -- official

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:31:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2477457

    A senior Interior Ministry official has warned of grave threats posed by the electronic media to society and national security. In the absence of a mechanism to verify news posted on websites, the electronic media will continue to be a threat, ....

  • US ship seized by Iranian warships

    US ship seized by Iranian warships

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:29:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:54 - ID:2477445

    The Iranian Navy has confiscated an American cargo vessel with all its 34 crew, reports said, according to FARS News Agency. Other reports said the vessel has been seized for trespassing Iran's territorial waters. Al-Arabia said an Iranian ....

  • Cell members behind mufti's villa blast remanded for 15 days

    Cell members behind mufti's villa blast remanded for 15 days

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:26:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2477425

    The prosecution office in Fayyoum has remanded in custody for 15 days members of a terrorist cell accused of blowing up the villa of former mufti Dr Ali Gomaa pending a probe. The cell also faces charges of burning a number of electrical ....

  • Tourism minister denies ministry officials failed English exam

    Tourism minister denies ministry officials failed English exam

    Date: 2015-04-28 16:23:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2477381

    Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy on Tuesday denied reports claiming that head of foreign offices and officials of the ministry and the Tourism Promotion Authority failed an English Exam. The minister told MENA that these officials passed the exam, ....

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