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  • Fatah hails Palestine's ICC membership

    Fatah hails Palestine's ICC membership

    Date: 2015-04-02 08:11:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2296321

    The Central Committee of Fatah on Wednesday welcomed Palestine’s membership of the International Criminal Court. In a meeting chaired President Mahmoud Abbas, the committee discussed the latest regional and international developments, Abbas ....

  • Pope Tawadros says Cathedral's Icon Contest starts mid-April

    Pope Tawadros says Cathedral's Icon Contest starts mid-April

    Date: 2015-04-02 08:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2296297

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said that contenders of the Cathedral Icon Contest can submit their works on April 15. During a weekly sermon on Wednesday, Pope Tawadros said that the participants will deliver ....

  • Haftar vows to fully recapture Benghazi in 6 days

    Haftar vows to fully recapture Benghazi in 6 days

    Date: 2015-04-02 08:06:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2296265

    Commander of Libyan Armed Forces General Khalifa Haftar vowed to fully recapture Benghazi, Libya's second largest city which has been under the control of militants for months, in six days. "We will announce the full liberation of Benghazi after ....

  • Security forces foil 3 terrorist attacks in N. Sinai

    Security forces foil 3 terrorist attacks in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-04-02 08:04:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:2296233

    Security forces foiled on Thursday a terrorist attack targeting three security positions in Sheikh Zuwaid city in North Sinai, MENA learned. The clashes left a number of terrorists dead and four police personnel injured. ....

  • Sisi meets South African president today

    Sisi meets South African president today

    Date: 2015-04-02 07:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2296197

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets on Thursday South African President Jacob Zuma, Presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. Zuma arrived here on Wednesday to invite Sisi to take part in the African Union summit to be hosted by his country this year. ....

  • Sisi orders launching global marketing campaign for Suez Canal projects

    Sisi orders launching global marketing campaign for Suez Canal projects

    Date: 2015-04-01 17:34:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2293961

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered launch of an international marketing campaign for the new Suez Canal project. During a meeting on Wednesday with Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish, the president underscored the importance of ....

  • Mahlab meets with Memish, briefed on progress of Canal project

    Mahlab meets with Memish, briefed on progress of Canal project

    Date: 2015-04-01 17:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2293949

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Wednesday met with Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish. During the meeting, Memish briefed the premiere on the work progress at the new canal project, assuring Mahlab that great efforts are exerted to ....

  • Cabinet approves loan deal with AFFSD

    Cabinet approves loan deal with AFFSD

    Date: 2015-04-01 16:35:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2293633

    The Cabinet, under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, approved on Wednesday a loan agreement between the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFFSD) and the Social Fund for Development (SFD). The 50-million-dollar deal will be used to fund ....

  • Industry min. re-forms Egypt-Spain business council

    Industry min. re-forms Egypt-Spain business council

    Date: 2015-04-01 16:34:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2293625

    Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour issued a decision on Wednesday to re-form the Egyptian-Spanish business council. The decision stipulates that the council term is three years, The minister said that the new formation of the ....

  • Mahlab to visit NRC soon, says minister

    Mahlab to visit NRC soon, says minister

    Date: 2015-04-01 16:33:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2293613

    Minister of Scientific Research Sherif Hammad said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will visit the National Research Center (NRC) soon. Mahlab's visit aims at getting acquainted with the activities carried out by the center in the ....

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