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Police denies finding any grenades in Mahalla village
Date: 2014-08-17 06:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:877340
Police denied media reports that two grenades were found near a mosque in a Mahalla village. These are groundless reports, Mahalla security sector head Hossam Khalifa. He said what happened is that citizens suspected a dubious object attached ....
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U.S. strikes Islamic State targets in northern Iraq, Central Command says
Date: 2014-08-17 06:41:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:877333
U.S. aircraft struck armored vehicles and other militant targets on Saturday in a second day of U.S. air strikes against the Islamic State, an extremist group threatening minorities in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said. "At approximately ....
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Jordan has no plans to ban MB group: Jordanian PM
Date: 2014-08-16 17:36:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:877064
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour asserted that the government has no plans to disband the Muslim Brotherhood group. "We guarantee the right of the Brotherhood to operate legally in the country," he added. Local media reported that ....
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Mahlab: Respect for dignity of every Egyptian
Date: 2014-08-16 17:36:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:877063
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab asserted Saturday respect for the dignity of every Egyptian citizen, underling the importance of ending the phenomenon of long queues of citizens waiting to receive medical treatment. The remarks were made by the ....
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FM to meet US congressman Sunday
Date: 2014-08-16 17:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:877062
Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri will meet on Sunday with Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the United States House of Representatives Darrell Issa and his accompanying delegation. Earlier on Saturday, Issa arrived ....
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300 acts of sabotage against overhead electric power lines: Mahlab
Date: 2014-08-16 17:35:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:877061
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Saturday that efficiency of the power lines in Egypt have been negatively affected by plotted acts of sabotages by outlaws during the past month in a bid to paralyze the state facilities. Addressing a press ....
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Manpower Ministry forms permanent committee to provide workers for Suez Canal
Date: 2014-08-16 17:32:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:877054
Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed El-Ashri decided Saturday to form a permanent committee including 11 ministries and nine bodies to provide workers needed to carry out Suez Canal axis project. In statements on Saturday, the minister ....
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Egypt's Mufti writes new book on women's jurisprudence in Islam
Date: 2014-08-16 16:56:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:877016
Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam has issued a new book on Islamic jurisprudence for women. In his new book, Allam answers some questions and gives fatwas about certain religious matters related to Muslim women, Darul-Ifta said Saturday in a ....
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Terrorist cell retrial delayed to Sep 10
Date: 2014-08-16 16:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:877013
Cairo Criminal Court has delayed to Sep 10 the retrial of five defendants accused of forming a terrorist cell in Cairo, Daqahlia and Damyitta and building rockets to target vessels crossing the Suez Canal. The court delayed the session as the ....
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Luxor governor inspects archaeological excavation work in el-Assasif area
Date: 2014-08-16 16:52:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:877011
Luxor Governor Tarek Saadeddin carried out Saturday an inspection tour to the work of the US archaeological mission which conducts research and exploration of antiquities in el-Assasif area, Luxor's West Bank. Saadeddin inspected excavation work ....