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  • S. Sinai governor inspects preparations for Arab Summit

    S. Sinai governor inspects preparations for Arab Summit

    Date: 2015-03-24 14:02:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2233529

    South Sinai Governor Khalid Fouda visited on Tuesday the International Convention Center in Sharm el Sheikh to follow up preparations for the 26th session of the Arab League Summit, due Saturday and Sunday. The governor, accompanied by a number ....

  • Interior ministry: 59 MB members arrested in many governorates

    Interior ministry: 59 MB members arrested in many governorates

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:55:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:2232625

    Fifty-nine members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) were arrested in security campaigns nationwide, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The campaigns come within the framework of the security forces' efforts to thwart MB ....

  • Lawsuits against Turkey, Hamas, pro-MB coalition, April 6 turned down

    Lawsuits against Turkey, Hamas, pro-MB coalition, April 6 turned down

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:48:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2233389

    A court in Alexandria has turned down four lawsuits filed to label Turkey, Hamas, the so-called coalition for supporting legitimacy (Pro-Muslim Brotherhood group) and April 6 Movement as terrorists. The court sentenced of lack of jurisdiction in ....

  • PM follows up return of Egyptians from Libya

    PM follows up return of Egyptians from Libya

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:44:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2233249

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited on Tuesday the Salloum land port to follow up the return of Egyptians from Libya. This came at the end of Mahlab's two-day official visit to Marsa Matrouh, where he opened a public library and inspected slum ....

  • EGX loses EGP 700m

    EGX loses EGP 700m

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:40:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:2233289

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices went down on Tuesday on the back of intensive share sales by foreign investment funds and institutions. The market capital lost about EGP 700 million to reach EGP 513.6 billion after transactions reached EGP ....

  • Shoukry: Declaration of principles guarantees Egypt's right to Nile water

    Shoukry: Declaration of principles guarantees Egypt's right to Nile water

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:32:53 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2233201

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted on Tuesday that the Document of the Declaration of Principles on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with Ethiopia and Sudan guarantees Egypt's right to the Nile water. In an interview with MENA Chief ....

  • UAE vice president receives Egypt's mufti

    UAE vice president receives Egypt's mufti

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:30:55 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2233181

    Vice President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashed al Maktoum received on Tuesday Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam. WAM news agency said the meeting dealt with issues discussed during a forum on the Islamic economic Fiqh ....

  • Netanyahu apologizes; White House is unmoved

    Netanyahu apologizes; White House is unmoved

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:01:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:2232909

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel apologized on Monday for making what were widely condemned as racist comments last week in saying that Arab citizens were voting in “droves.”, the New York Times reported. But even as he spoke with a ....

  • 35 ships cross Suez Canal

    35 ships cross Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-03-24 12:56:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:2232873

    Thirty-five vessels transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, carrying a total cargo of 2.279 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 21 ships, carrying 1.366 million tons and the north-bound convoy included 14 vessels with a combined cargo of ....

  • China to take part in Syria conference in Kuwait

    China to take part in Syria conference in Kuwait

    Date: 2015-03-24 12:52:20 GMT - China - International - SN:16 - ID:2232853

    China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Ambassador Gong Xiaosheng will attend the third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria will be held on March 31 in Kuwait, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a ....

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