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  • Abul Gheit: Arab ministerial delegation may visit UNSC over Turkish offensive

    Abul Gheit: Arab ministerial delegation may visit UNSC over Turkish offensive

    Date: 2019-10-12 20:20:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8142267

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit Saturday said an Arab ministerial delegation may visit the United Nations Security Council to raise the issue of the Turkish offensive into Syria. During a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign ....

  • Sisi receives invitation to attend peace negotiations in South Sudan

    Sisi receives invitation to attend peace negotiations in South Sudan

    Date: 2019-10-12 20:18:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8142265

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Saturday an invitation from South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to attend the inaugural session of peace negotiations in South Sudan. This came during Sisi's meeting with South Sudanese Minister of ....

  • Shoukri delivers address before Arab League Council emergency meeting

    Shoukri delivers address before Arab League Council emergency meeting

    Date: 2019-10-12 18:29:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8142190

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri said Saturday Turkey's claims, in an attempt to justify the blatant offensive against Syria as being directed against terrorism, underlines the Turkish regime's attempts to twist facts and cover up its fostering of ....

  • Sisi directs to keep focus on social, human development

    Sisi directs to keep focus on social, human development

    Date: 2019-10-12 17:43:45 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8142145

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered to continue to concentrate on social and human development with ongoing efforts to reduce public debt and budget deficit. Sisi on Saturday held a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Finance ....

  • Cargo plane crashes in Congo with presidential staff on board

    Cargo plane crashes in Congo with presidential staff on board

    Date: 2019-10-11 23:13:04 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - International - SN:8 - ID:8141117

    A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, and all eight passengers and crew are feared dead, a presidential adviser told press on Friday, Euronews reported. The plane, carrying President Felix Tshisekedi’s ....

  • Netherlands to freeze weapons exports to Turkey

    Netherlands to freeze weapons exports to Turkey

    Date: 2019-10-11 23:11:16 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:7 - ID:8141115

    The Netherlands announced it will be freezing weapons exports to Turkey, said a foreign ministry statement carried by Al Arabiya news channel. Syria's Kurds, who were the West's allies in the fight against Daesh, have been battling since ....

  • Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents

    Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents

    Date: 2019-10-11 23:09:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8141114

    US President Donald Trump on Friday lost his appeal to stop a House subpoena of his tax documents from his longtime accountant Mazars USA, CNN reported. In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower ....

  • Hungarian MP: Egypt plays pivotal role in preserving regional stability

    Hungarian MP: Egypt plays pivotal role in preserving regional stability

    Date: 2019-10-11 19:30:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8141026

    President of the Egyptian-Hungarian Parliamentary Friendship Group MP Katalin Csöbör on Friday said Egypt represents an essential political and economic partner to Hungary, given the pivotal role it played in preserving the region's stability. ....

  • Criminal court reveals reasons behind ruling in 'espionage' case

    Criminal court reveals reasons behind ruling in 'espionage' case

    Date: 2019-10-11 18:26:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8140983

    The Cairo criminal court revealed on Friday the legal reasons behind its ruling against leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in the espionage case. On September 11, the court sentenced 11 defendants of MB leading members to life over ....

  • Sisi, Ethiopian PM stress importance of overcoming barriers to GERD negotiations

    Sisi, Ethiopian PM stress importance of overcoming barriers to GERD negotiations

    Date: 2019-10-11 18:11:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8140968

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had a phone call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday to stress the importance of transcending any barriers to negotiations related to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In statements, ....

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