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  • PM attends opening of Quran contest

    PM attends opening of Quran contest

    Date: 2015-04-18 10:20:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2402953

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa attended the opening of the 22nd International Quran Recitation Competition, organized by the Awqaf Ministry, Saturday. About 100 contestants from 60 states will participate ....

  • Sisi enlightened leader, exerts efforts to protect Egypt - Greek Orthodox Patriarch

    Sisi enlightened leader, exerts efforts to protect Egypt - Greek Orthodox Patriarch

    Date: 2015-04-18 09:21:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2402593

    Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is a fair and enlightened leader, said Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II Saturday. He, meanwhile, praised efforts exerted by Sisi to attain constitutional and political ....

  • FM meets Czech PM

    FM meets Czech PM

    Date: 2015-04-18 08:23:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2402213

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who is currently visiting Prague, met with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to review Egypt’s latest political and economic accomplishments. Shoukry shed light on the outcome of the Egypt Economic Development ....

  • Sisi to meet BA board of trustees Saturday

    Sisi to meet BA board of trustees Saturday

    Date: 2015-04-18 08:03:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2402089

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet with the board of trustees of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) later Saturday, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said. ....

  • Obama 'surprised' Russian missile ban to Iran held so long

    Obama 'surprised' Russian missile ban to Iran held so long

    Date: 2015-04-18 07:51:22 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:2402053

    US President Barack Obama said he is surprised that Russia's suspension of missile sales to Iran "held this long," according to Tass News Agency. Obama said the sale was initially set to occur in 2009, but Russia put it on hold at the United ....

  • Shoukry gives interview to Czech Television Network

    Shoukry gives interview to Czech Television Network

    Date: 2015-04-18 07:49:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2402049

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry gave an interview to Czech Television Network during his current visit to Prague. During the interview, Shoukry tackled a host of issues related to the latest economic, political and social developments in ....

  • At least 22 killed, 50 injured in Afghanistan blasts

    At least 22 killed, 50 injured in Afghanistan blasts

    Date: 2015-04-18 06:24:23 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:1 - ID:2401677

    At least 22 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a series of explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, the BBC reported Saturday, quoting police and local media. A blast took place outside a local bank, police chief Fazel ....

  • Tunisian foreign ministry denies execution of 4 nationals in Libya

    Tunisian foreign ministry denies execution of 4 nationals in Libya

    Date: 2015-04-17 15:46:20 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2399885

    The Tunisian Foreign Ministry denied on Friday news fanned by the media about the execution of four Tunisian citizens in Libya's city of Misrata, stressing it is baseless. In a statement, the ministry said, after investigations by the Tunisian ....

  • FM meets with Czech trade minister

    FM meets with Czech trade minister

    Date: 2015-04-17 15:41:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2399861

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday met with Czech's Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mládek, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati. The meeting took up means to enhance trade and economic relations between Cairo and ....

  • Terrorist cell nabbed for responsibility of Baghdad bombings  - spokesman

    Terrorist cell nabbed for responsibility of Baghdad bombings - spokesman

    Date: 2015-04-17 15:39:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2399853

    A terrorist cell, held responsible for the bombings that hit Baghdad over the past few days, was arrested, spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry Saad Maan said Friday. In press statements, Maan said that the intelligence department at the ....

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