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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Borie among Egyptian delegation to ALO conference
Date: 2015-04-08 10:10:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2336737
Former Egyptian Solidarity and Manpower Minister Ahmed Borie will be among the Egyptian delegation to the 42nd conference of the Arab Labor Organization, to take place on April 18. The Egyptian delegation includes representatives from the ....
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US remains committed to Gulf allies, amb. in Kuwait says
Date: 2015-04-08 10:09:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2336725
US Ambassador in Kuwait Douglas A. Silliman has assured Kuwait that the nuclear deal sealed recently with Tehran would guarantee it does not obtain nuclear weapons. The agreement will also help restore stability to the region, Silliman said in ....
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Bourse loses 4.5 billion pounds in early trading
Date: 2015-04-08 10:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:2336705
The Egyptian bourse lost EGP 4.5 billion to hit 498 billion pounds at the first hours of Wednesday session prompted by the release of the executive statutes of the tax law. The EGX 30 benchmark index dropped by 1.8 percent to 8,555 points in the ....
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Future Movement leader: Operation Decisive Storm aims at banning repetition of Hezbollah in Yemen
Date: 2015-04-08 10:05:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2336681
Lebanese Future Movement leader Saad Hariri voiced belief that Iran is seeking to repeat the experiment of Hezbollah in Yemen through the armed organization of Houthis. In a press statement distributed by his media office on Wednesday, Hariri ....
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Turkey arrests dozens trying to cross ‘international’ border with Syria
Date: 2015-04-08 10:02:40 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:2336637
As Turkey increased its efforts to prevent foreign fighters from joining Daesh in Syria and maintain its domestic security, both the number and the variety of people illegally trying to cross the border has increased, Daily Sabah said. Turkish ....
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Supply Minister, Afreximbank official confer on funding ITDA projects
Date: 2015-04-08 09:53:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:2336537
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy met with Afreximbank Executive Vice President Dr Benedict Oramah Wednesday to discuss funding projects implemented by the Internal Trade Development Authority (ITDA). Hanafy and Oramah also talked about supporting ....
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Sturgeon won't rule out another Scottish Independence referendum next year
Date: 2015-04-08 09:12:06 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:2336089
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon refused to rule out a second Scottish Independence referendum as soon as next year, Sky news reported. The SNP leader was booed and jeered at by the audience at the Scottish TV leaders debates when she ....