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  • 238 Egyptians back home from Libya over past 24 hours

    238 Egyptians back home from Libya over past 24 hours

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:43:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2337857

    As many as 238 Egyptians have crossed the Salloum border terminal from Libya into Egypt over the past 24 hours. Of those, 113 Egyptians had left the country in a legal way, said deputy director of the Salloum crossing Gamal Shehata on ....

  • Exceptional visits for inmates during Easter

    Exceptional visits for inmates during Easter

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:42:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2337837

    Interior Minister Magdi Abdel Ghaffar approved on Wednesday exceptional visits to inmates in prisons and correction facilities nationwide on the occasion of the Easter The visits will start as of Tuesday to Thursday, the interior ministry said in ....

  • Cabinet discusses set of political, economic, security issues

    Cabinet discusses set of political, economic, security issues

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:40:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2337481

    Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to discuss a set of political, economic and security issues as well as the latest developments on the Arab and regional arenas. The cabinet reviewed a report on the ....

  • Saudi police: Two soldiers killed in shooting in Riyadh

    Saudi police: Two soldiers killed in shooting in Riyadh

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:30:37 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2337717

    Two Saudi soldiers were slain when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a security patrol in northern Riyadh city, the spokesman for Riyadh police area said on Wednesday. The patrol came under fire from an unidentified car while it was carrying out ....

  • Tripartite committee on ERD convenes in Addis Ababa

    Tripartite committee on ERD convenes in Addis Ababa

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:28:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2337517

    The tripartite national committee on Ethiopia Renaissance Dam convened here on Wednesday with the participation of 12 experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia amid upbeat over the success of diplomatic efforts led by the leaders of the three ....

  • 4 people injured in explosion near mall in Indonesia

    4 people injured in explosion near mall in Indonesia

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:19:10 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:20 - ID:2337537

    At least four people were injured in a blast close to a shopping mall in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, police sources said on Wednesday. The sources confirmed that the explosion was caused by a bomb. ....

  • Israel presents unworkable demands on Iran

    Israel presents unworkable demands on Iran

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:12:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:2337453

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has gone into overdrive against a nuclear agreement with Iran, The New York Times newspaper reported. On Monday, his government made new demands that it claimed would ensure a better deal than the ....

  • Shoukry heads for Rome

    Shoukry heads for Rome

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:57:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2336657

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Wednesday for Rome to take part in a tripartite meeting on Libya. Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Algerian Minister for Moroccan and African Affairs Abdel-Qadir Mesahel will take part in ....

  • 379 MB members referred to criminal court on charges of premeditated murder, sabotage

    379 MB members referred to criminal court on charges of premeditated murder, sabotage

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2337157

    Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat Wednesday referred 379 members of the Muslim Brotherhood who had taken part in the Nahda Square sit-in to the criminal court on charges of premeditated murder and sabotage. Barakat also referred to police officers ....

  • 55 ships transit Suez Canal

    55 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:2336753

    Fifty-five vessels crossed the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 2,403 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 29 ships carrying 908,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 vessels carrying 1.495 million tons. ....

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