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  • Ministerial meeting of Iran, six powers begins in Lausanne

    Ministerial meeting of Iran, six powers begins in Lausanne

    Date: 2015-03-31 09:02:14 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:2281941

    The Ministerial meeting between Iran and the Group 5+1 and EU started in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Tuesday, IRNA news agency reported. It said the sides insist on reaching a result during the negotiations, albeit it will extend till ....

  • Shoukry to MENA: Situation in Syria requires swift solution to avoid Syrian people more destruction

    Shoukry to MENA: Situation in Syria requires swift solution to avoid Syrian people more destruction

    Date: 2015-03-31 08:59:02 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2281905

    Syrian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the situation in Syria required reaching a swift solution and consolidating all efforts to work out a political solution to avoid the Syrian people more destruction. In statements to MENA on the fringe ....

  • Kuwait emir pledges $500 million for Syrians

    Kuwait emir pledges $500 million for Syrians

    Date: 2015-03-31 08:53:50 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:2281885

    Kuwait will donate $500 million towards easing Syria's humanitarian crisis, Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmed al Sabah told an international summit in Kuwait capital Tuesday. "I am pleased to announce the pledge by the state of Kuwait of $500 million ....

  • 3 killed, 12 injured in Qena car accident

    3 killed, 12 injured in Qena car accident

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:56:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:2281321

    Three persons were killed and 12 others injured in a car accident in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena. A private car collided with a micro-bus on the desert road in the city of Nag Hammadi in Qena. The bodies and the injured were moved ....

  • Tourism min. welcomes French move lifting travel ban on Taba

    Tourism min. welcomes French move lifting travel ban on Taba

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:49:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2281257

    Minister of Tourism Khaled Ramy has welcomed a move by France to lift a travel ban, which was imposed on the Egyptian border town of Taba. “Lifting the travel ban imposed on Taba is a positive sign in favor of Egyptian tourism,” Ramy said during ....

  • Amitabh Bachchan: Egyptian fans' love 'godsend'

    Amitabh Bachchan: Egyptian fans' love 'godsend'

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:40:29 GMT - Egypt - Arts - SN:7 - ID:2281213

    internationally known Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan said that he dreams of making a voyage on the Nile, describing the Egyptian fans' love as a "godsend". Bachchan arrived in Egypt to take part in the "India by the Nile Festival" which kicked ....

  • Minister stresses role of civil society in population issues

    Minister stresses role of civil society in population issues

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2281197

    Population Minister Hala Youssef stressed on Monday the important role of the civil society in addressing the issues of population and development in Egypt. The minister made the remarks during her meeting with head of the Egyptian Family Health ....

  • Monufia blaze extinguished

    Monufia blaze extinguished

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:35:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2281177

    Firefighters managed to put out a huge blaze that ripped through a shoes storeroom in Sadat city of Monufia governorate earlier on Monday. Three fire engines fully contained the fire, police said. Three men who were rescued are being treated ....

  • Police chief denies finding bomb in Gharbia

    Police chief denies finding bomb in Gharbia

    Date: 2015-03-31 07:18:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2281053

    Gharbia security chief Abdel Hameed Abdel Azem on Monday denied reports on finding a bomb at a railway station in Tanta. The reports are unfounded, he said. He called on media outlets to seek accuracy and not create confusion in the ....

  • Beni Suef University honors Pope Tawadros

    Beni Suef University honors Pope Tawadros

    Date: 2015-03-31 06:54:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2280857

    Beni Suef University will grant on Tuesday honorary doctorate to Pope Tawadros of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. The university's president Amin Lotfy underlined important role of the Orthodox church under Pope Tawadros in the ....

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