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Mahlab presides over societal dialogue session on elections
Date: 2015-04-07 13:49:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2331021
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab presided over a session of societal dialogue at the House of Representatives headquarters in Cairo on Tuesday. The session, which was attended by 15 representatives of political parties, aimed at listening to the ....
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Saudi amb. denies conflict between US, Saudi Arabia on Iran's support for Houthis
Date: 2015-04-07 13:47:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2331357
Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel bin Ahmed al Jubeir denied on Tuesday any conflict between the US and Saudi Arabia over Iran's support for Houthis in Yemen. During a meeting with American and Saudi media personnel, Jubeir stressed that Iran ....
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Palestinian govt rejects partial transfer of tax revenues
Date: 2015-04-07 13:25:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2331133
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al Hamdallah Tuesday reiterated rejection of Israel's partial transfer of tax revenues. Israel had released frozen tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority after deducting 1.50 billion shekels to cover debts to ....
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Police seize 90 firearms, remove 4,113 encroachments nationwide
Date: 2015-04-07 13:22:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2331109
In a wide-scale campaign over the past 24 hours, security forces seized 90 firearms and a huge amount of ammunition. As many as 233 drug cases, 325 supply cases were registered, according to security sources. Also, 4,113 encroachments were ....
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FM takes part in Egyptian-Algerian-Italian meeting on Libya in Rome
Date: 2015-04-07 13:18:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:2331089
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will take part in a three-way meeting with his Algerian and Italian counterparts in the Italian capital Rome on Wednesday. The meeting is part of consultations between the parties concerned with the Libyan crisis ....
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780 Egyptians evacuated from Yemen so far: Foreign Ministry
Date: 2015-04-07 13:14:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2330289
As many as 780 Egyptians were evacuated from Yemen so far, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aatti on Tuesday. He added that 585 Egyptians arrived in Saudi Arabia via border crossings, while 90 others arrived in Djibouti on board cargo ....
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Israeli forces arrest, beat up Palestinians in WB
Date: 2015-04-07 13:06:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2330965
Israeli forces Tuesday detained eight Palestinians and physically assaulted another in West Bank districts, WAFA news agency quoted security sources as saying. Israeli police detained five Palestinian minors from the Old City of Jerusalem ....
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ICRC aid plane to land at Sanaa airport Wednesday, says spokeswoman
Date: 2015-04-07 13:04:22 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2330949
An aid flight with medical supplies for Yemen will land at Sanaa airport Wednesday morning, says a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross. A plane carrying 16 tons of medical supplies has been held back because of logistical ....
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Electricity grids in Baer Abd replaced, renewed -- official
Date: 2015-04-07 12:49:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2330781
Electricity grids in Baer Abd city have been replaced and renewed, municipality chairman Adly el Yamani said Tuesday. The replacement and renovation cost a total of five million pounds, Yamani said, noting that 60 percent of the work has already ....
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Egypt hands over AARDO presidency to Mauritius
Date: 2015-04-07 12:42:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2330661
Egypt's Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali handed over the presidency of the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) to Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth. During the AARDO's annual conference, Wali provided a review of the ....