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  • Republican decree amends penal code articles

    Republican decree amends penal code articles

    Date: 2015-04-12 17:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2366209

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has issued a republican decree to amend some penal code articles. Law No. 21/2015 punishes in life imprisonment all those who dig, prepare, equip or use a road or tunnel at the borders in an attempt to contact a ....

  • Trial of 38 MB members in Menya adjourned

    Trial of 38 MB members in Menya adjourned

    Date: 2015-04-12 16:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:2366145

    The trial of 28 defendants of the Muslim Brotherhood was adjourned till June by Menya criminal court on Sunday. They are accused of forming a terrorist cell to oust the regime. They are also charged with inciting violence. ....

  • Brother of former Libyan PM killed in South Korea's Libya embassy attack - security official

    Brother of former Libyan PM killed in South Korea's Libya embassy attack - security official

    Date: 2015-04-12 16:53:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:2366117

    Jamal Jibril, brother of former Libyan prime minister Mahmoud Jibril, was killed in an armed attack by Daesh against guards of South Korean Embassy in Tripoli, said head of diplomatic security in Libya's Tripoli-based Interior Ministry Mabrouk Abu ....

  • Defense minister approves minor reshuffle

    Defense minister approves minor reshuffle

    Date: 2015-04-12 16:49:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2366081

    Defense Minister Sedki Sobhy approved Sunday a minor reshuffle that include two senior army commanders. Major General Osama Mounir was named as the commander of the Naval Forces succeeding General Oama Al-Gendy. Major General Nasser Al-Asy was ....

  • Egypt following up condition of nabbed fishermen in Sudan

    Egypt following up condition of nabbed fishermen in Sudan

    Date: 2015-04-12 16:42:02 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2366029

    The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum is following up the conditions of Egyptian fishermen, who were caught in Sudan earlier for violating the territorial waters. Egypt's Ambassador in Sudan Osama Shaltout said contacts are underway with the Sudanese ....

  • German FM to visit Egypt soon - Egypt amb.

    German FM to visit Egypt soon - Egypt amb.

    Date: 2015-04-12 16:38:05 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2365993

    German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay a visit to Egypt within the upcoming period as part of coordination and preparation for a visit which will be paid by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Berlin upon an invitation of ....

  • 5 policemen killed in car explosion near Arish police station - security source

    5 policemen killed in car explosion near Arish police station - security source

    Date: 2015-04-12 15:42:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:2365577

    Five policemen were killed Sunday when a booby-trapped car exploded near an Arish Police Station, a security source at Interior Ministry said. Efforts are underway to count the number of the injured in the explosion, the source told MENA on ....

  • Democratic generation party condemns North Sinai terrorist act

    Democratic generation party condemns North Sinai terrorist act

    Date: 2015-04-12 15:27:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:2365461

    The Democratic Generation Party has strongly condemned the terrorist attack which targeted a military armored vehicle in Sheikh Zuweid. The attack left six army personnel dead and three others injured. In a statement, the party's chief Nagy ....

  • PM hails role of anti-graft agencies

    PM hails role of anti-graft agencies

    Date: 2015-04-12 14:47:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:2365189

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted on Sunday the importance of boosting the role of anti-graft authorities. He was speaking during a meeting with the head of the administrative control authority. The premier said these agencies have ....

  • Official hails decisions against int'l, private schools

    Official hails decisions against int'l, private schools

    Date: 2015-04-12 14:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2365161

    A well-placed official at the Education Ministry praised on Sunday decisions taken by Education Minister Moheb el Rafei against a number of private and international schools. "Such decisions are like a revolt against a file, which was ignored for ....

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