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  • 18th COMESA summit lauds power sharing in Egypt

    18th COMESA summit lauds power sharing in Egypt

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:09:01 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:2286385

    Wrapping up work here Tuesday, the 18th COMESA summit congratulated President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for winning the presidential election in Egypt. The summit praised the presidential polls, which were conducted with professionalism through the ....

  • Coordination underway with EEAA to legalize status of factories near Lake Manzala, says minister

    Coordination underway with EEAA to legalize status of factories near Lake Manzala, says minister

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:07:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:2286365

    Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Tuesday that coordination is underway with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) to legalize the status of the old factories, which pump its sanitation water to Lake Manzala. On the sidelines ....

  • Iraqi security forces recapture parts of Tikrit from Islamic State

    Iraqi security forces recapture parts of Tikrit from Islamic State

    Date: 2015-03-31 16:05:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:2286357

    Iraq’s security forces have recaptured west and south of the city of Tikrit, Iraqi state media reported Tuesday, in what would be the largest victory yet against Islamic State insurgents since the Sunni extremist group seized swaths of the country ....

  • Habib el Adly acquittal verdict challenged at Cassation Court

    Habib el Adly acquittal verdict challenged at Cassation Court

    Date: 2015-03-31 15:59:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:2286285

    Egypt's illicit Gains Authority (IGA) decided to challenge verdicts issued earlier by a criminal court to acquit Mubarak-era interior minister Habib el Adly of influence peddling charges. The IGA asked the Cassation Court to challenge the ruling ....

  • Sisi honors families of martyrs, injured in military operations

    Sisi honors families of martyrs, injured in military operations

    Date: 2015-03-31 15:46:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2286093

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday took part in the Armed Forces 16th educational seminar as part of celebrating the Martyr's and Veteran Day where he was received by a standing ovation. A documentary, prepared by the military's Department ....

  • FM thanks Foreign Ministry employees for well-organized Arab summit

    FM thanks Foreign Ministry employees for well-organized Arab summit

    Date: 2015-03-31 15:32:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:2285981

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has thanked Ministry employees for a well-organized Arab Summit that took place in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh on March 28-29. Shoukry had met with Ministry employees after the end of the 26th Arab ....

  • Saudi FM: Operation Decisive Storm will continue till its goals are achieved

    Saudi FM: Operation Decisive Storm will continue till its goals are achieved

    Date: 2015-03-31 15:30:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:2285897

    Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states spared no effort to reach a peaceful solution to the Yemeni crisis. "The Operation Decisive Storm will continue until its targets are met," Faisal ....

  • Egypt to restore 7 smuggled artifacts from Germany - minister

    Egypt to restore 7 smuggled artifacts from Germany - minister

    Date: 2015-03-31 15:28:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:2285953

    Antiquities Minister Mamdouh El Damaty on Tuesday said Egypt is due to restore seven stolen artifacts from Germany. The artifacts had been smuggled from Egypt illegally, where they were offered for sale at an exhibition in Berlin in November ....

  • Matrouh governor, Libyan delegation probe reopening road for trucks

    Matrouh governor, Libyan delegation probe reopening road for trucks

    Date: 2015-03-31 14:42:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2285509

    Matrouh Governor Alaa Fathi Abou Zaid met on Tuesday with a delegation of Libyan security and executive apparatuses at the Salloum border crossing. They carried out consultations about the entry of Egyptian trucks to Libya. The visit of the ....

  • EGX indexes show mixed performance

    EGX indexes show mixed performance

    Date: 2015-03-31 14:41:06 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:2285521

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) witnessed varied performance at the close of trading on Tuesday amid limited operations due to liquidity shortage. The benchmark index EGX 30 upped by 0.17 percent to 9,134.78 points. The broader EGX 70 index of the ....

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