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  • France, UAE assert closer viewpoints in stances towards regional, international issues

    France, UAE assert closer viewpoints in stances towards regional, international issues

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:22:09 GMT - France - International - SN:68 - ID:1937949

    French President Francois Hollande received Tuesday UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During the meeting, Hollande asserted the stances of the two countries are identical towards regional and international issues especially ....

  • 3 terrorists killed in N. Sinai

    3 terrorists killed in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:18:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:67 - ID:1937921

    Three Takfiri elements were killed while eight others arrested during a wide scale security campaign in the North Sinai. During the clampdown, at least 34 terror HQs and hideouts were raided and destroyed in south of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, ....

  • Putin meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Egypt

    Putin meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Egypt

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:16:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:1937913

    Russian President Vladimir Putin met with head of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa Patriarch Theodores II during his recent visit to Egypt. During the meeting, Putin expressed his personal appreciation for the patriarch for his great ....

  • Awqaf min. praises MENA’s leading role in media

    Awqaf min. praises MENA’s leading role in media

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:13:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:1937901

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa praised Tuesday the leading role played by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) in media for serving the country’s issues in a transparent and credible way. Received by MENA Editor in chief Alaa Haidar during a ....

  • Tourism investment fund to be discussed in economic conf. – minister

    Tourism investment fund to be discussed in economic conf. – minister

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:12:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:1937897

    Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said on Tuesday that a deal was inked with Ministry of Planning to establish a fund for tourism investment. The deal will be reviewed during Egypt's economic conference that would be held in March in Sharm El ....

  • Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Quartet statement not up to expectations level: Palestinian Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:10:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:1937885

    The recent statement of the Quartet was not up to the expectations of Palestinians especially in the aftermath of the difficult situation in Palestine due to the economic siege, according to a statement of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry. The ....

  • Dar Al Iftaa to distribute

    Dar Al Iftaa to distribute "Ideological Battlefield" books to foreign embassies

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:04:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:1937857

    Egypt's Dar Al Iftaa on Tuesday decided to distribute its English book called "Ideological Battlefield" to all foreign embassies in Egypt. Advisor to the mufti Ibrahim Negm said the books deal with ideas of terrorist organizations, the truth of ....

  • Manpower min. grants certificate to volunteering team

    Manpower min. grants certificate to volunteering team

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:02:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:1937837

    Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashri has granted 12 certificates of merit to Protection Team, which raises the awareness of children against the risk of sexual harassment at the end of a symposium held at the Ministry premises. The symposium is ....

  • Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Kuwait reiterates commitment to anti-terror UNSC resolutions

    Date: 2015-02-10 18:00:08 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1937813

    Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Tuesday reaffirmed Kuwait's commitment to UN Security Council Resolutions 2170 and 2178 on the fight against terrorism. The minister made the ....

  • Egypt amb. letter: The Washington Post’s persistently flawed lens

    Egypt amb. letter: The Washington Post’s persistently flawed lens

    Date: 2015-02-10 17:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:1937013

    Responding to a January 30 editorial published in The Washington Post under the title “a bleak anniversary in Egypt”, Ambassador Mohamed Tawfiq called it biased and insensitive. "Published barely hours after the terrorist attack that needlessly ....

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