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  • Luxor ranked 3rd in terms of air balloon flights worldwide

    Luxor ranked 3rd in terms of air balloon flights worldwide

    Date: 2019-09-15 23:14:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8105412

    Luxor has ranked third in terms of the number of hot air balloon flights in the world. As many as 11,000 hot air balloons, carrying about 216,000 tourists, fly over Luxor's temples, the Nile River and agricultural lands every year, Representative ....

  • PM follows up national project on dual fuel use

    PM follows up national project on dual fuel use

    Date: 2019-09-15 18:21:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8105245

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli chaired a meeting on Sunday to follow up the implementation of a national project to use dual fuel for mini-buses and micro-buses. The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed el ....

  • US allocates additional grant of $16.5 mln to support Egypt's education, agribusiness

    US allocates additional grant of $16.5 mln to support Egypt's education, agribusiness

    Date: 2019-09-15 17:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8105178

    The United States has allocated an additional $16.5 million to support joint US-Egypt priorities in basic education and agribusiness. In a statement released on Sunday, the US Embassy in Cairo said the grant comes as part of two aid agreements ....

  • AL chief meets Brazilian agriculture min.

    AL chief meets Brazilian agriculture min.

    Date: 2019-09-15 17:09:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8105173

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met on Sunday with Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply Tereza Cristina, who is currently on a visit to Egypt. During the meeting at the AL headquarters in Cairo, Abul Gheit ....

  • UK minister arrives in Cairo for talks on bilateral ties

    UK minister arrives in Cairo for talks on bilateral ties

    Date: 2019-09-15 16:05:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8105101

    Minister of State at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Andrew Murrison started a visit to Egypt Sunday for talks on bilateral relations. During his visit, Murrison is scheduled to meet with Investment Minister Sahar Nasr and senior officials ....

  • Trump says he doesn't believe Israel is spying on US

    Trump says he doesn't believe Israel is spying on US

    Date: 2019-09-14 00:25:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8102771

    US President Donald Trump has said he does not believe the Israeli government is spying on the United States, The Hill reported. His remarks came after a news report said US officials thought Israel had placed surveillance devices around ....

  • Egypt chairs meeting of UN agencies' executive councils

    Egypt chairs meeting of UN agencies' executive councils

    Date: 2019-09-14 00:21:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8102769

    Egyptian Ambassador to Italy, its permanent representative to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the current president of the World Food Program (WFP) Hesham Badr on Friday chaired a joint meeting of the UN's Rome-based agencies. The meeting ....

  • UN 'regrets' impact US Court ruling on asylum seekers

    UN 'regrets' impact US Court ruling on asylum seekers

    Date: 2019-09-14 00:19:57 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:4 - ID:8102768

    The UN warned Friday that a US Supreme Court ruling allowing US President Donald Trump's administration to implement significant asylum restrictions could have dire implications on people in urgent need of protection. "We regret the impact that ....

  • Abul Gheit mourns AL special envoy for Libya

    Abul Gheit mourns AL special envoy for Libya

    Date: 2019-09-14 00:18:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8102767

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul-Gheit mourned on Friday his Special Envoy for Libya Ambassador Salah el din al-Jamali, who died on Friday after a battle with illness at a hospital in Tunis. Abul Gheit offered his deep condolences to ....

  • UAE military says six troops killed in 'collision of military vehicles'

    UAE military says six troops killed in 'collision of military vehicles'

    Date: 2019-09-14 00:17:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8102766

    The United Arab Emirates military said on Friday that six of its troops were killed in a "collision of military vehicles," according to Emirates News Agency (WAM). No further information about the location of the accident was given. ....

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