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  • Shoukry to embark on European trip Sunday

    Shoukry to embark on European trip Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-12 08:09:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2361525

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will embark Sunday on a European trip. He will visit Brussels to attend a meeting between the EU and the Mediterranean countries. He will then visit countries in eastern Europe including Czech republic, Poland ....

  • US Capitol on precautionary lockdown after suspected suicide

    US Capitol on precautionary lockdown after suspected suicide

    Date: 2015-04-12 08:00:27 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2361461

    US police say the US Capitol is on lockdown as a precaution after shots were fired in what appears to be an attempted suicide, ABC News reported. Capitol Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider says the suspected shooter was "neutralized" after a ....

  • Pope Tawadros II leads Easter Mass

    Pope Tawadros II leads Easter Mass

    Date: 2015-04-12 07:45:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2361357

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese led the Easter Mass in the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's Abbassiya district Saturday evening. The Mass is attended by a representative of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and a number ....

  • Fatah lashes out at 'Hamas talks with Israel'

    Fatah lashes out at 'Hamas talks with Israel'

    Date: 2015-04-11 16:20:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2359209

    Alleged talks between Hamas and Israel have been attacked by Fatah which sees them "a conspiracy to ruin the Palestinian cause." The claimed negotiations are meant to establish "an entity or an emirate" for the Islamic group in the Gaza Strip to ....

  • Egypt is keen on enhancing relations with all African countries - FM

    Egypt is keen on enhancing relations with all African countries - FM

    Date: 2015-04-11 16:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2359181

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry underlined that Egypt is keen on promoting relations and cooperation with all African countries including Sierra Leone where the two countries collaborated in combating the Ebola disease. Shoukry told MENA ....

  • Egypt backs Africa's issues at international arena: FM

    Egypt backs Africa's issues at international arena: FM

    Date: 2015-04-11 16:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2359153

    Egypt fully backs all African issues at the international arena, especially those related to development and combating poverty, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry assured his Sierra Leonean counterpart Samura Kamara on Saturday. During a meeting in ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives Easter greetings Sunday

    Pope Tawadros receives Easter greetings Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-11 16:06:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2359117

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese will be receiving well-wishers Sunday, including ministers and dignitaries, on the occasion of Coptic Easter. The Pope will then head to Wadi el Natrun Monastery to spend the ....

  • Egypt’s security pivoted on strong army – defense min.

    Egypt’s security pivoted on strong army – defense min.

    Date: 2015-04-11 13:48:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2358353

    Egypt’s security and stability is dependent on a strong army capable of carrying out all ground, sea and air tasks to preserve the national Egyptian and Arab security, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Defense Minister General Sedqi Sobhi ....

  • 35 Daesh members killed in Salah Eldin province

    35 Daesh members killed in Salah Eldin province

    Date: 2015-04-11 12:29:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2357653

    Thirty-five persons belonging to Daesh terrorist group were killed on Saturday during a shelling carried out by the jets of the international coalition near Baiji oil refinery in Salaheddin province, northern Iraq. The Iraqi forces counteracted ....

  • Oil minister: Iran, China to broaden energy cooperation

    Oil minister: Iran, China to broaden energy cooperation

    Date: 2015-04-11 12:25:03 GMT - Iran - Economy - SN:17 - ID:2357621

    Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced on Saturday that Tehran and Beijing are set to increase their cooperation in the energy sector after the western sanctions imposed against Iran are removed. "Iran and China will increase their ....

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