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  • Gov't boosts coop with human rights NGOs

    Gov't boosts coop with human rights NGOs

    Date: 2015-02-17 16:10:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:83 - ID:1987457

    Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim el Heniedy underscored the importance of cooperation between the government bodies and the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) concerned with human rights in Egypt. The minister's remarks came during a ....

  • Italian PM meets ministers on latest development in Libya

    Italian PM meets ministers on latest development in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-17 16:05:59 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:1987373

    Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held a meeting Tuesday on the latest developments in Libya, the Italian government said in a statement. Renzi met with the foreign affairs, interior and defense ministers in addition to intelligence officials, ....

  • Tunisian president, FM meet over Libya's recent developments

    Tunisian president, FM meet over Libya's recent developments

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:57:55 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1987221

    Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Tuesday received his Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche to discuss the country's foreign relations. The meeting focused on the latest developments in Libya and their repercussions, according to a statement ....

  • Sisi tells Europe 1 Radio Egypt keen on having close ties with all countries

    Sisi tells Europe 1 Radio Egypt keen on having close ties with all countries

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:55:41 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:1987257

    Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has said that Cairo is keen on having close ties with all world countries. Developments over the past four years have been read in different ways as far as Egypt's foreign relations are concerned, Sisi said ....

  • Mamish receives justice minister

    Mamish receives justice minister

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:51:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:1987193

    Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish on Tuesday received Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber during his visit to the New Suez Canal project. Mamish said that high ship transit was recorded through Suez Canal since the start of 2015 compared ....

  • Iraqi president meets Iranian delegation on joint cooperation. region's stability

    Iraqi president meets Iranian delegation on joint cooperation. region's stability

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:44:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1987125

    Iraqi President Fouad Massoum received on Tuesday an Iranian delegation led by First Vice President Ishaq Jahangiri where they discussed bilateral relations and the region's stability. During the meeting, the Iraqi president warned that terrorism ....

  • Egypt urges Europeans to eradicate terror in Libya

    Egypt urges Europeans to eradicate terror in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:39:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:1987093

    Egypt has called on the international community and European countries, mainly NATO member states, to assume their responsibilities in wiping out terror in Libya, said Egypt's Foreign Minister's aide for European affairs Hatem Seif el-Nasr. The ....

  • EGX loses EGP 6.5bn

    EGX loses EGP 6.5bn

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:35:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:76 - ID:1987053

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) lost some 6.5 billion pounds at the end of Tuesday's trading on the back of collective sales operations by Egyptian investment funds and Arab individuals. The EGX 30 benchmark index dropped by 1.59 percent to close at ....

  • Iran, Saudi Arabia can help battle terrorism -- Iranian official

    Iran, Saudi Arabia can help battle terrorism -- Iranian official

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:20:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:75 - ID:1986869

    An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia have the necessary potential to help curtail terrorism, Press TV reported on Tuesday. “We believe that Tehran and Riyadh have the necessary potential to help countries ....

  • Libyan official denies news of attack on Egypt embassy

    Libyan official denies news of attack on Egypt embassy

    Date: 2015-02-17 15:17:58 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:1986845

    Libya has denied news that the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli was stormed. Reports circulated on news websites and social networking pages to that effect are baseless, said al Mabrouk Abu Thuhair, the official responsible for diplomatic security in ....

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