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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Shoukry meets Sierra Leone FM
Date: 2015-04-11 11:22:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2357101
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his visiting Sierra Leonean counterpart Samura Kamara Saturday. The meeting took up means of promoting bilateral relations in the various spheres. They also probing regional and international issues of ....
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Court steps down in retrial of former information min. over graft charges
Date: 2015-04-11 10:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2356861
Cairo Criminal Court decided Saturday to step down in the retrial of former information minister Anas el Fiqi over charges of illegal profiteering. The court also decided to refer the case to Cairo Appeals Court to determine another judicial ....
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PM, Cairo governor open Moasaset el Zakah Corridor
Date: 2015-04-11 10:23:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2356537
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab opened Saturday Moasaset el Zakah Corridor in the presence of Cairo Governor Mostafa Saeed and Local Development Minister Adel Labib. The newly-opened Corridor cost more than 150 million pounds. Mahlab also ....
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Sisi greets pope on Easter
Date: 2015-04-11 10:03:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2356289
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese over Eastern Christian Easter. The president also greeted Egyptian Copts living abroad on the occasion. He dispatched ....
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Zend re-runs for Judges’ Club chairmanship
Date: 2015-04-11 10:00:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2356273
Chairman of the Judges’ Club Ahmed el Zend filed his nomination papers to run for the club’s board chairmanship for the third time in a row. Candidacy for the election of a new chairman and 16 board members of the Judges' Club opened Saturday and ....