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China welcomes Egypt's bid to join AIIB
Date: 2015-03-30 18:42:32 GMT - China - Economy - SN:56 - ID:2279545
China has welcomed Egypt's bid to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) one day before a deadline to join the bank as a founding member. Egypt will become a founding member on April 14, should all existing members approve, ....
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Iraq troops kill 65 terrorists
Date: 2015-03-30 18:41:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:2279541
Iraqi troops killed 65 terrorists in Anbar abd Salaheddin provinces on Monday, said a statement released by the defense ministry. In Ramadi of Anbar, 11 militants were killed in separate places, said the ministry, adding that 21 others were ....
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Sisi probes project of producer villages, new urban communities
Date: 2015-03-30 18:38:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2279517
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Monday with Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Salehddin Helal and officials in charge of construction and urban planning. Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef said the meeting dealt with the outcome ....
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Obama makes first trip to Kenya as President
Date: 2015-03-30 18:36:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:53 - ID:2279497
President Barack Obama is making his first trip to his father's native Kenya as president this summer, the White House announced. Obama will travel to Kenya in July for bilateral meetings and the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual ....
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Egypt bourse indexes up
Date: 2015-03-30 18:29:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:52 - ID:2279449
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes closed on Monday up backed by purchases by local institutions and investment funds. The market capital achieved gains worth 3 billion pounds to reach 505.18 billion pounds, after transactions hit 698.3 million ....
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Mahlab expresses support for legitimate Libyan gov
Date: 2015-03-30 18:28:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:2279441
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Monday with a Libyan delegation taking part in the 18th summit of the COMESA, currently in session in Addis Ababa. The prime minister expressed Egypt's support to the legitimate government in Libya to ....
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Al Azhar welcomes cooperation with Germany in cultural domains
Date: 2015-03-30 18:28:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:2279445
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb expressed Al Azhar's readiness to cooperate with Germany in the scientific and cultural domains, especially in the fields of teaching German language to Al Azhar students. During a meeting on Monday with ....
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Defence min. sees off Egyptian forces to take part in joint exercise with UAE
Date: 2015-03-30 18:25:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:2279429
Minister of Defence Sidki Sobhi has inspected forces due to take part in the Egyptian-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Exercise Siham al Haq (Right Arrows). This was part of his inspection of a number of training activities performed by Egypt's elite ....
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Grand Museum to accomodate 150,000 antiquities - minister
Date: 2015-03-30 13:56:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2277125
Minister of State for Antiquities Mamdouh el Damati said Egypt's antiquities are the assets of Egypt's identity, asserting the fact that the Egyptian people have been a main interest to archaeologists around the world. During a seminar held on ....
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Afghan president strongly condemns Kabul suicide attack
Date: 2015-03-30 13:54:11 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:47 - ID:2277069
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Gahni has strongly condemned the latest Kabul suicide attack that left three civilians killed and eight others including a Member of Parliament wounded, Khaama reported Monday. Ghani said that the attack was a ....