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  • Marg to be linked with Downtown Cairo by 2 bus routes -- governor

    Marg to be linked with Downtown Cairo by 2 bus routes -- governor

    Date: 2015-04-11 08:26:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2355477

    A Moasaset el Zakah Corridor in Marg has been finalized, said Cairo Governor Mostafa Saeed. He further said that a bus route will be running from Moasaset el Zakah to Attaba Square and then to Abbasiya Square. Also, another bus route will be ....

  • Legitimate Libyan govt to abide by political solution to crisis - FM

    Legitimate Libyan govt to abide by political solution to crisis - FM

    Date: 2015-04-11 08:22:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2355437

    The legitimate Libyan government is committed to a political solution to the violence plaguing the country, affirmed Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed al Dairi. In exclusive statements to al Arabiya al Hadath, a pan-Arab television channel, Dairi ....

  • Polish envoy stresses importance of Shoukry’s Warsaw visit

    Polish envoy stresses importance of Shoukry’s Warsaw visit

    Date: 2015-04-11 07:59:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2355289

    Polish Ambassador to Egypt Michal Murkociński underlined the importance of a planned visit by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Warsaw on Wednesday. Shoukry will be meeting his Polish counterpart Grzegorz Schetyna for talks on means of promoting ....

  • US approves sale of missiles to Egypt

    US approves sale of missiles to Egypt

    Date: 2015-04-11 07:24:28 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2355033

    The US State Department has approved the sale of 356 AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II Missiles to Egypt, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency announced. The sale of the missiles, which were requested by Egypt, is estimated to cost 57 million dollars, ....

  • Bomb defused near police station in Behaira

    Bomb defused near police station in Behaira

    Date: 2015-04-11 06:36:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2354781

    Bomb disposal experts were able to defuse a highly explosive charge that was planted in the vicinity of Etay el Baroud Police Station Saturday. A bomb had earlier exploded near the same police station, destroying three cars, but no casualties ....

  • Tunisian president receives UN special representative for Mali

    Tunisian president receives UN special representative for Mali

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:50:35 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2354041

    Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi met, Friday in Carthage, with Mongi Hamdi, Special Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General for Mali, TAP news agency reported. The UN official submitted a request to Tunis for the ....

  • Shoukry meets Sierra Leone FM Saturday

    Shoukry meets Sierra Leone FM Saturday

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:45:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2354005

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold a meeting on Saturday with Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone Samura Kamara. The two ministers are expected to discuss relations and means to boost cooperation. Also, they will discuss ....

  • Sisi sends delegate for condolence

    Sisi sends delegate for condolence

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:44:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2353997

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated on Friday Brigadier General Gamal Mahmoud Soilam to offer condolences over the death of Ihab Raafat Badr. The delegate conveyed the president's condolences to the family of the late figure. ....

  • Security beefed up around churches in Qalubiya ahead of Easter

    Security beefed up around churches in Qalubiya ahead of Easter

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:42:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2353989

    Security forces beefed up measures around churches in Qalubiya governorate to secure Copts' celebrations of the Easter, a security source at Qalubiya security directorate said on Friday. Security forces also closed streets leading with the ....

  • Arish security forces on high alert for 2nd day

    Arish security forces on high alert for 2nd day

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:39:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:2353969

    Security forces in Arish, North Sinai, have been put on high alert for the second day in a row after an armoured vehicle was targeted on Thursday killing two officers and injuring three others. Aircraft conducted reconnaissance over the city and ....

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