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  • Iraqi forces develop military plan to complete liberating Tikrit

    Iraqi forces develop military plan to complete liberating Tikrit

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:31:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:2187129

    Iraqi forces are drawing up a strategy to flush out the few remaining Daesh militants from central Tikrit, the Security Committee of Salahuddin province council said. More than 20,000 Iraqi troops and militiamen have surrounded the Sunni city of ....

  • Sisi invites Italy's PM to visit Cairo -- spokesman

    Sisi invites Italy's PM to visit Cairo -- spokesman

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:24:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:2187073

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday invited Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to visit Egypt soon, presidency spokesman Alaa Yusuf said. During a phone call conversation, Sisi thanked Renzi over participation in the Egypt Economic ....

  • Tourism minister inspects hotels, tourism facilities

    Tourism minister inspects hotels, tourism facilities

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:08:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:2186965

    Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy paid on Tuesday an inspection visit to a number of hotels and tourism facilities. It is the first visit to be paid by the new minister since he assumed office earlier this month. He stressed the importance of ....

  • PM: Sending police officer to trial proves law enforced on all

    PM: Sending police officer to trial proves law enforced on all

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:06:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:2186953

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Tuesday that referring a police officer accused of killing a leftist activist in January to trial proves that the law is enforced on all people without discrimination. "We will not allow anybody to escape ....

  • Sharqia governor receives S. Korean delegation to discuss investment opportunities

    Sharqia governor receives S. Korean delegation to discuss investment opportunities

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:2186757

    Sharqia Governor Reda Abdel Salam on Tuesday received a South Korean delegation to discuss the investment opportunities in the governorate. The governor reviewed the most important sectors that need new investments to be pumped in, including ....

  • Sudanese pres. aide meets UN envoy

    Sudanese pres. aide meets UN envoy

    Date: 2015-03-17 18:01:22 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:2186937

    Sudanese Presidential Aide Ibrahim Ghandour met on Tuesday with UN Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Haile Menkerios. The meeting tackled African efforts to boost the national dialogue in Sudan. Menkerios said that all Sudanese parties ....

  • Tamarod calls on Egyptians to unite on 3nd anniversary of Pope Shenouda's death

    Tamarod calls on Egyptians to unite on 3nd anniversary of Pope Shenouda's death

    Date: 2015-03-17 17:39:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:2186829

    Tamarod movement on Tuesday called on the Egyptian people to unite in support of strengthening the state, on the third anniversary of Pope Shenouda's death. Tamarod spokesman Mohamed Nabawy said the Egyptians remember the historical positions of ....

  • Trial of Zawahri brother adjourned until April 12

    Trial of Zawahri brother adjourned until April 12

    Date: 2015-03-17 17:28:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:55 - ID:2186797

    A Cairo criminal court decided Tuesday to put off the trial of 68 terrorists including Rabie el Zawahri, brother of Qaeda leader Ayman el Zawahri, until April 12. They are tried on charges of establishing and administrating a terrorist ....

  • Confronting terrorism not to be effective without UN, SC binding resolutions - FM

    Confronting terrorism not to be effective without UN, SC binding resolutions - FM

    Date: 2015-03-17 17:11:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:2186693

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri on Tuesday said that efforts made to confront terrorism would not be without international commitment to resolutions that should be adopted by the UN General Assembly and the Security Council in this ....

  • Trade min. signs energy deal with UNIDO

    Trade min. signs energy deal with UNIDO

    Date: 2015-03-17 17:09:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:52 - ID:2186681

    Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour signed on Tuesday a cooperation agreement with Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) LI Yong. The $6.5 million deal, funded by the Global ....

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