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  • Palestinian officials meets Dutch delegation

    Palestinian officials meets Dutch delegation

    Date: 2015-02-12 15:40:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1951401

    Officials from the Palestinian Foreign Ministry held a meeting Thursday with a visiting Dutch delegation on the situation in the occupied Palestinian lands. The talks addressed Israel's announcement of new settlement expansions in occupied West ....

  • Alaa Abdel Fattah trial delayed to Monday

    Alaa Abdel Fattah trial delayed to Monday

    Date: 2015-02-12 15:35:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:1951377

    The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned until Monday the retrial of political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and 24 other defendants over riot incidents that followed a protest outside the Shura Council in November 2013. The postponement came to complete ....

  • Liberman after election committee vote on Zoabi: Her place is with Hamas in Gaza

    Liberman after election committee vote on Zoabi: Her place is with Hamas in Gaza

    Date: 2015-02-12 15:34:38 GMT - Israel - International - SN:31 - ID:1951369

    Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and head of Yisrael Beytenu praised the Central Election Committee on Thursday for voting to disqualify Balad MK Haneen Zoabi from running in the March 17 election, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Just ....

  • Egyptian cotton exports reach 28.000 tons

    Egyptian cotton exports reach 28.000 tons

    Date: 2015-02-12 15:33:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:1951353

    The exports of the Egyptian cotton during this season reached about 28.000 tons to various countries of the world. The list of the countries that imported the cotton include India, Pakistan, China, Turkey, Italy and UAE. The Egyptian cotton is ....

  • Suez Canal chief concludes France visit

    Suez Canal chief concludes France visit

    Date: 2015-02-12 15:31:31 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1951345

    Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish left here on Thursday en route to Cairo after a three-day visit to France, during which he participated in a Franco-Arab economic forum Mamish posted the French investors, during the visit, on the ....

  • Interior min. says defending nation sacred mission

    Interior min. says defending nation sacred mission

    Date: 2015-02-12 13:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1950457

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the protection of the nation is a sacred mission and policemen will continue to shoulder this responsibility. During a visit of the Central Security Forces camp Thursday morning at Cairo's El Darrasa ....

  • PM vows to solve DP World pending issues

    PM vows to solve DP World pending issues

    Date: 2015-02-12 13:39:42 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1950445

    Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met here on Thursday with officials at the Dubai-based terminal operator DP World to discuss pending issues with the Egyptian Ports Authority. The premier pledged to resolve such issues as soon as ....

  • Paris to partake in Egypt economic conference - envoy

    Paris to partake in Egypt economic conference - envoy

    Date: 2015-02-12 13:39:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1950433

    Paris will participate in Egypt's economic conference, slated for March, French Ambassador in Cairo Andre Baran said. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to France in November has helped promote the economic partnership between the ....

  • UAE's Dana Gas to take part in Egypt's economy conf.

    UAE's Dana Gas to take part in Egypt's economy conf.

    Date: 2015-02-12 13:38:31 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:1950417

    Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met with the head of United Arab Emirates-based Dana Gas for talks on the company's investments in Egypt. The company is investing two billion dollars in developing 14 oil fields in the Nile Delta ....

  • Investment min. says working on raising growth rate to 4% in current fiscal year

    Investment min. says working on raising growth rate to 4% in current fiscal year

    Date: 2015-02-12 13:37:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:1950397

    Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said the Egyptian government is working on raising the growth rate to 4% in the current fiscal year. During his inauguration of a production line of a factory affiliated to a French cosmetics company, the ....

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