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Pro-Palestinian ministerial Arab committee convenes
Date: 2015-04-06 13:38:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2323713
A ministerial Arab committee on supporting the Palestinians convened on Monday at the Arab League HQ in Cairo. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry chaired the meeting as Egypt is holding the rotating presidency of the pan-Arab body. The committee ....
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RPG attack on Shiekh Zuweid police station; no injuries
Date: 2015-04-06 13:32:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2323661
Unidentified gunmen fired RPG shells at Sheikh Zuweid police station in North Sinai and then fled the scene. Unidentified gunmen, who were riding a car, fired RPG shells at Sheikh Zuweid police station, security sources said. No injuries or ....
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31 vessels transit Suez Canal
Date: 2015-04-06 13:30:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:23 - ID:2323625
Thirty-one ships crossed the Suez Canal on Monday, carrying a total cargo of 1.2 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 27 ships carrying 1.132 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included four vessels carrying 64,000 tons. ....
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Delegation from Zamalek Club visits memorial of Rwanda's genocide
Date: 2015-04-06 13:24:45 GMT - Rwanda - Sport - SN:22 - ID:2323577
A delegation of Zamalek Football Club, accompanied by Egyptian Ambassador in Rwanda Namira Negm, visited on Monday the memorial of the genocide that took place in the African country. The Egyptian team, which is now in the Rwandan capital Kigali, ....
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Stock exchange chief urges govt not to implement capital gains tax
Date: 2015-04-06 13:09:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:2323409
Egypt's Stock Exchange Chairman Mohammad Omran on Monday called on the government to delay the implementation of the new law on capital gains tax. "The current situation shows that it would be hard for the law to come into effect," Omran said in ....
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231 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours
Date: 2015-04-06 12:57:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2323277
As many as 231 Egyptians have returned home from Libya via Salloum crossing along the border between Egypt and Libya over the past 24 hours, Matrouh security chief Anani Hamouda said Monday. As many as 158 of the returnees had traveled illegally ....
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Israeli forces launch detention campaigns in West Bank
Date: 2015-04-06 11:18:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2322377
Israeli occupation forces launched detention campaigns in the West Bank on Monday, especially after Palestine's joining of the International Criminal Court. A Palestinian youth, 20, from Qalqilya city was detained after Israeli forces stormed ....
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Shaath calls on China to play more effective role in political operation
Date: 2015-04-06 11:05:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2322249
Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Shaath called on China to play more effective role in the political operation. This came Monday during a meeting with Chinese Special Envoy to the Middle East Gong Xiaosheng by Shaath. Shaath asserted the ....
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Gaza factions call for action to save Yarmouk Camp
Date: 2015-04-06 10:57:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2322161
National and Islamic powers in the Gaza Strip have called on the Arab League and world community to intervene to save the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus from attacks by armed groups. The Gazan factions urged militants to withdraw from ....
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Palestinian preachers, imams urged to stay at Ibrahimi Mosque for protection against Jewish settlers
Date: 2015-04-06 10:43:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2322049
The Awqaf directorate in al Khalil urged preachers and imams to stay at Ibrahimi Mosque in order to protect it against Jewish settlers and foil their schemes to Judaize it. In a press release Monday, the Awqaf directorate pointed out to the ....