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PM greets Pope on Christmas
Date: 2019-12-30 00:21:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8248807
Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouli sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on the Christmas. The premier expressed his heartfelt wishes to the Pope and all Copts on the occasion. ....
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CBE: Banks Wednesday off
Date: 2019-12-30 00:19:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8248805
The Central Bank of Egypt has decided to close down all banks in Egypt on Wednesday, January 1, marking the end of the fiscal year for most of them. Banks will resume work on Thursday, January 2, according to a statement by CBE here on Sunday. ....
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Algeria's new PM: Algeria to combat economic, social challenges
Date: 2019-12-29 00:18:08 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8247624
Newly-appointed Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelaziz Djerad said on Saturday that Algeria is facing economic and social challenges that should be overcome. He made the remarks in press statements, adding that the Algerian President Abdelmadjid ....
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AL chief slams Mogadishu terror blast
Date: 2019-12-29 00:15:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8247623
Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned in the strongest terms a cowardly terrorist attack on some buildings in Mogadishu, which left at least 70 people dead. Aboul Gheit reiterated the pan-Arab body's support of and ....
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Sisi holds cabinet meeting on counter-terrorism, GERD, economic indicators
Date: 2019-12-29 00:14:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8247622
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi reviewed Saturday during an expanded cabinet meeting a raft of issues, topped by the state's security and counter-terrorism efforts. Sisi directed security bodies to keep up their best efforts to maintain security ....
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Court dismisses lawsuit demanding withdrawal of Mubarak's medals, decorations
Date: 2019-12-29 00:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8247621
Egypt's administrative court dismissed Saturday a lawsuit demanding authorities concerned to strip all medals, decorations and properties of former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons. The lawsuit was also demanding Mubarak to return all the ....
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Sisi, Putin discuss latest developments in Libya over phone
Date: 2019-12-28 00:26:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8246497
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Friday to intensify joint efforts to settle the Libyan crisis and combat armed militias and terror groups. During the phone conversation, the pair ....
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Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church denies cutting ties with Russia's church
Date: 2019-12-28 00:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8246496
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied on Friday reports circulated by some western media outlets claiming that the Russian Orthodox Church has severed its ties with it. In a statement on Friday, church spokesman Boules Halim affirmed that the news is ....
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Nearly 50 suspected migrants rescued from British Canal
Date: 2019-12-27 00:09:18 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:8245547
Nearly 50 suspected migrants have been rescued by UK Border Force and Coastguard officials, the UK Home Office has confirmed on Thursday. It comes after a coordinated search and rescue was carried out into a number of incidents off Kent, in a ....
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Libya not to be part of Erdogan’s empire- official
Date: 2019-12-27 00:08:35 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8245546
Libya’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Public Services Abd al-Salam al-Badri said Thursday that the Libyan people have to resist the Turkish invasion to Libya. “Libya would never be part of the empire of (President Recep Tayyib) ....