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  • Egypt's FM visits Ethiopia

    Egypt's FM visits Ethiopia

    Date: 2015-02-12 07:52:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1946981

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is currently visiting Addis Ababa for political talks with his Ethiopian counterpart Tedros Adhanom, Egypt's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Aati said on Thursday. Shoukry's visit comes an invitation ....

  • 2015 ITB calls for holding press conference on Egypt next month

    2015 ITB calls for holding press conference on Egypt next month

    Date: 2015-02-12 07:40:20 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1946885

    International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin 2015 issued a press release on Thursday calling for a press conference on Egypt under the title "Egypt Gateway to Africa". The ITB added that Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou will hold a press ....

  • Egypt concerned by Yemen situation, holds talks with Arab, int'l players

    Egypt concerned by Yemen situation, holds talks with Arab, int'l players

    Date: 2015-02-12 07:37:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1946873

    Egypt is holding talks with Arab, international players on defusing the crisis in Yemen, the foreign ministry said in a statement released Thursday. The ministry is also holding talks also with rival factions in Yemen, the statement ....

  • Pope Francis appeals for solidarity and aid for migrants

    Pope Francis appeals for solidarity and aid for migrants

    Date: 2015-02-11 18:35:00 GMT - Italy - International - SN:56 - ID:1945481

    Pope Francis has appealed for solidarity and aid for migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of refuge, the Vatican Radio reported. His call for increased attention and aid follows news of the death of over 300 migrants who have ....

  • Obama seeks war authorization from Congress to fight Daesh

    Obama seeks war authorization from Congress to fight Daesh

    Date: 2015-02-11 18:20:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:55 - ID:1945417

    US President Barack Obama sent Congress his request for authorization to use military force in the campaign against the Daesh group, the Voice of America reported on Wednesday. The authorization for the use of military force would limit ....

  • Sudanese minister hails ties with Egypt

    Sudanese minister hails ties with Egypt

    Date: 2015-02-11 18:18:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:1945401

    Mohamed Yaqouti, the State Minister of Guidance and Endowments has asserted depth of the Sudanese-Egyptian relations. During a meeting with Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa on Wednesday, Yaqouti said his country fully backs Egypt in its ....

  • US-led coaltions bomb Daesh; 18 militants killed

    US-led coaltions bomb Daesh; 18 militants killed

    Date: 2015-02-11 17:44:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1945201

    At least 18 Daesh militants were killed in a wave of air strikes by the US-led coalition in Kirkuk, north Iraq. Meanwhile, security sources said three blasts hit the northern province of Salahuddin. The sources said suspected Daesh militants ....

  • No shots fired at police station in Sharqiyah

    No shots fired at police station in Sharqiyah

    Date: 2015-02-11 17:36:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:1945157

    Criminal investigations department chief in Sharqiyah Major General Refaat Khedr denied news reports which claimed that shots were fired at a police station in the governorate and a conscript was injured as a result. The news is totally bare of ....

  • Investment law provides guarantees for investors: Minister

    Investment law provides guarantees for investors: Minister

    Date: 2015-02-11 17:22:51 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:1945089

    The new investment law gives more powerful guarantees to investors that there will be no policy reversals, Egyptian Investment Minster Ashraf Salman has said. He added that the law aims to improve the domestic investment environment by adopting ....

  • Jordan king meets former Sudanese minister

    Jordan king meets former Sudanese minister

    Date: 2015-02-11 17:13:11 GMT - Jordan - International - SN:50 - ID:1944993

    King Abdullah II of Jordan met on Wednesday with former Sudanese Minister of Endowments and Head of the Islamic Fiqh Academy Dr. Essam al Bashir. The two sides discussed challenges facing the Arab and Islamic nations, especially international ....

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