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  • Turkish President Erdogan to visit Tehran on Tuesday

    Turkish President Erdogan to visit Tehran on Tuesday

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:46:13 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:2315465

    Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan is set to pay an official visit to Iran on Tuesday upon an official invitation by his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, Press TV reported. During his visit to Tehran, which will be the first presidential ....

  • 72 vessels transit Suez Canal

    72 vessels transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:44:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:2315453

    Seventy-two ships crossed the Suez Canal on Sunday, carrying a total cargo of 4,834 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 57 ships carrying 3,903 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 15 vessels carrying 931,000 tons. ....

  • Israel closes Al Haram Al Ibrahimi Mosque Sunday, Monday

    Israel closes Al Haram Al Ibrahimi Mosque Sunday, Monday

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:42:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2315417

    Israeli authorities decided on Sunday to close Al Haram Al Ibrahimi in Hebron city Sunday and Monday to Muslim worshipers on the occasion of the Passover. In a statements, head of Al Haram Al Ibrahimi said the closure of the house of prayer aims ....

  • Huge fire at glass factory in Menoufiya contained

    Huge fire at glass factory in Menoufiya contained

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:20:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2315213

    Civil defense teams managed on Sunday to control a huge fire that erupted earlier at a glass factory in the 6th industrial zone in Sadat city of Menoufiya governorate. No casualties were reported. Earlier, civil defense teams and four fire ....

  • Sisi to meet Mahlab, petroleum, electricity ministers Sunday

    Sisi to meet Mahlab, petroleum, electricity ministers Sunday

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:17:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2315177

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is expected to meet on Sunday with Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Sherif Ismail and Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker, Presidency Spokesman Alaa Youssef said in a press ....

  • Securing Bab al Mandab is vital for Suez Canal security - MENA chief

    Securing Bab al Mandab is vital for Suez Canal security - MENA chief

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2315093

    MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Haider stressed on Sunday that Egypt's dispatch of a naval force to secure Bab al Mandeb Strait against Houthi control serves Egypt's national security as much as it serves the Arab and Gulf ....

  • Sisi greets Roman Catholic, Romanian Orthodox on Easter

    Sisi greets Roman Catholic, Romanian Orthodox on Easter

    Date: 2015-04-05 10:07:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2315053

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated presidential secretary Mohamed Negm to the Roman Catholic denomination on Sunday to extend greetings on the occasion of Easter. Sisi also sent presidential secretary Ahmed el Ansari to the Romanian ....

  • Sons of fugitive MB leader arrested during march in New Cairo

    Sons of fugitive MB leader arrested during march in New Cairo

    Date: 2015-04-05 09:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2314881

    Police arrested the two sons of fugitive Muslim Brotherhood leader Hamza Saed Ahmed Ali during a march in New Cairo, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Ali is in charge of the group's media committee and works as a presenter in the ....

  • May 10 set for trial of police officer accused of killing Shaimaa el Sabagh

    May 10 set for trial of police officer accused of killing Shaimaa el Sabagh

    Date: 2015-04-05 09:49:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2314793

    Cairo Appeals Court set May 10 for starting the trial of a police officer affiliated to the Central Security Forces over the killing of activist Shaimaa el Sabagh charges. Sabagh, a leading member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, was ....

  • Lebanon hopes Iran-U.S. nuclear deal to lead to stability in Mideast

    Lebanon hopes Iran-U.S. nuclear deal to lead to stability in Mideast

    Date: 2015-04-04 18:00:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:2312305

    Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri Saturday expressed hope that the Iran-U.S. nuclear agreement reached Thursday would strengthen security and peace in the Middle East, as it is based on national sovereignty and human rights. According to a ....

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