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Tunisian FM meets Swedish counterpart
Date: 2015-02-19 15:58:26 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:2002181
Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Baccouche met Thursday with visiting Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom. In statements following the meeting, Wallstrom affirmed her country's commitment to promote cooperation with ....
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Saudi defense min. meets chiefs of staff of anti-Daesh coalition
Date: 2015-02-19 15:57:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2002177
Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdel Aziz met here on Thursday with the Chiefs of Staff of the Coalition States against Daesh. The meeting took up the ongoing efforts to eradicate terror groups from the region. The 5th ....
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Egypt says customs administrative deal signed by Agadir states important
Date: 2015-02-19 15:55:14 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:2002149
Head of the Egyptian Customs Authority Magdy Abdel Aziz stressed the importance of an administrative cooperation agreement signed by the four member states of the Agadir Agreement (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia). The agreement was signed by ....
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Investment min. probes Suez Canal corridor project
Date: 2015-02-19 15:53:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2002141
Investment Minister Ashraf Salman reviewed the general plan for the Suez Canal corridor development project. Salman received Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish and director of operations at Dar Al-Handasah, the project’s developer, ....
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Foreign ministry denies 10 Egyptians kidnapped in Libya
Date: 2015-02-19 15:47:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2002121
The Foreign Ministry denied reports that claimed 10 Egyptians have been kidnapped in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. "Such reports are baseless,"Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Amr Moawad told MENA on Thursday. Media outlets ....
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Collective decline in Egypt bourse indices
Date: 2015-02-19 15:43:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:2002097
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices shut on Thursday's session collectively down over intensive sales by investment funds. The market capital reached 515.5 billion pounds, with annual losses estimated at 15.2 billion pounds. The main ....
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Port Said security chief sacked over negligence
Date: 2015-02-19 15:41:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2002081
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim sacked on Thursday the Port Said security chief for negligence. The minister's decision came during a surprise visit to the coastal governorate where he noticed negligence in addressing security issues. Deputy ....
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Pentagon: Egypt did not inform us in advance of Libya attacks
Date: 2015-02-19 15:35:44 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2002041
The Pentagon said it was not given any advance warning by the Egyptian air force before it conducted airstrikes against ISIS training camps in eastern Libya Monday. “We weren't notified ahead of time. We didn't participate or support them in any ....
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Sisi meets editors-in-chief of Nile Basin countries
Date: 2015-02-19 15:31:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2002013
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met Thursday with a number of editors-in-chief in the Nile Basin countries and a number of southern African countries. During the meeting, Sisi welcomed the African journalists and affirmed that ties between ....
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Interior minister meets head of Azerbaijani National Guard
Date: 2015-02-19 15:28:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:2001993
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim met with the head of the Azerbaijani National Guard on Thursday. The Azerbaijani condemned the brutal beheading of 21 Copts by Daesh in Libya. He said his country denounces all kinds of terrorism, expressing ....
