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  • Egypt chooses cooperation, construction, development regarding Nile River - Sisi

    Egypt chooses cooperation, construction, development regarding Nile River - Sisi

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:50:05 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:2225141

    Egypt has chosen cooperation, construction and development among the Nile Basin countries, affirmed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. "We have chosen confidence among each other and further cooperation for the sake of building and development," he ....

  • OIC warns from dangerous escalations witnessed in Yemen

    OIC warns from dangerous escalations witnessed in Yemen

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:43:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2225069

    The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad bin Ameen Madani warned of the dangerous escalations witnessed by Yemen. He noted that the Houthis adoption of the military choice and refusal of international and ....

  • EGP 6 billion treasury bills auctioned

    EGP 6 billion treasury bills auctioned

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:39 - ID:2224801

    The Finance Ministry on Monday auctioned three-year, seven-year and zero-coupon treasury bills at a total value of six billion pounds. In an online statement, the ministry said it auctioned three-year T-bills worth EGP 2.5 billion and seven-year ....

  • Suez Canal sees record high in tonnage of cargo last February

    Suez Canal sees record high in tonnage of cargo last February

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:19:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2224785

    Egypt saw during February a record high in the tonnage of cargo passing through its vital Suez Canal waterway. The Suez Canal witnessed the passing of 1,219 ships carrying 73.21 million tons last February compared to 1,238 vessels which carried ....

  • One Tunisian soldier killed, two wounded in landmine blast

    One Tunisian soldier killed, two wounded in landmine blast

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:16:21 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2223457

    A Tunisian soldier was killed and two wounded in a landmine blast late on Sunday, the official news agency TAP reported on Monday. "One soldier has been killed and two others slightly wounded by a landmine set by terrorists near the Algerian ....

  • PM to meet parties' head for legislative vote

    PM to meet parties' head for legislative vote

    Date: 2015-03-23 12:14:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:2224761

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Monday said heads of the political parties will be invited for a meeting on laws that are related to the next legislative elections. The meeting, which will be chaired by Mahlab, will be attended by a panel that ....

  • Gasoline bomb thrown at Berlin parliament offices

    Gasoline bomb thrown at Berlin parliament offices

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:44:28 GMT - Germany - International - SN:35 - ID:2224397

    Berlin police say a gasoline bomb was thrown at a parliamentary office building in the capital overnight and they are investigating a possible far-right connection. Police said in a statement that the projectile was thrown at the facade of the ....

  • Sisi calls for turning River Nile into axis for development, prosperity of Nile basin countries

    Sisi calls for turning River Nile into axis for development, prosperity of Nile basin countries

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:40:54 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2224301

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for rendering the River Nile an axis for cooperation, prosperity and development of the Nile basin countries. Addressing a session on a deal in principle involving Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Sisi said ....

  • Nile vital source of life for basin states - Ethiopia PM

    Nile vital source of life for basin states - Ethiopia PM

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:29:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:2224137

    Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn stressed on Monday that the Nile river is a vital source of life for all countries overlooking its banks. Desalegn, speaking at the signing session of the document of the Declaration of Principles on ....

  • Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests

    Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:20:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:32 - ID:2224025

    The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission told the BBC. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed admitted the UN had made mistakes in handling the crisis early on, sometimes acting "arrogantly". A year after ....

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