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  • Leaders arrive to attend Mecca-hosted OIC summit

    Leaders arrive to attend Mecca-hosted OIC summit

    Date: 2019-05-31 21:52:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7963840

    The leaders of the OIC countries have arrived to attend in the 14th summit of the organization at Al-Safa Royal Palace in Mecca. Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Azizi has arrived earlier to receive the attending leaders. He tweeted that ....

  • Defense min.: Military capability basic pillar to protect state against threats

    Defense min.: Military capability basic pillar to protect state against threats

    Date: 2019-05-31 20:43:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7963801

    Minister of Defense Mohamed Zaki said the military capability is a basic pillar of protecting the state against all internal and external threats and challenges, adding that army personnel are adamant to stand against all those who try to target the ....

  • Sisi: Egypt keen on bolstering cooperation with Pakistan

    Sisi: Egypt keen on bolstering cooperation with Pakistan

    Date: 2019-05-31 18:01:15 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7963655

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Friday Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at his residence in Mecca. President Sisi hailed as "firm and historical" ties binding Cairo and Islamabad, asserting keenness on boosting bilateral ....

  • Switzerland: 3 dead after hostage-taking at Zurich apartment

    Switzerland: 3 dead after hostage-taking at Zurich apartment

    Date: 2019-05-31 16:57:18 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:2 - ID:7963608

    Swiss police said an armed man took two women hostage at an apartment in Zurich and all three died after shots were heard, ABC News reported. Police in Switzerland's biggest city said the 60-year-old Swiss man took the women hostage early Friday. ....

  • Sisi performs Umrah pilgrimage on sidelines of Arab, Islamic summits

    Sisi performs Umrah pilgrimage on sidelines of Arab, Islamic summits

    Date: 2019-05-31 16:44:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7963603

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi performed on Friday Umrah pilgrimage on the sidelines of his participation in the Arab and Islamic summits held in the holy city. Sisi's participation in the Arab and Islamic summits falls within the ....

  • Sisi posted on explanation about aggression against Saudi territories

    Sisi posted on explanation about aggression against Saudi territories

    Date: 2019-05-30 20:27:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7962591

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi got posted on a detailed explanation from Arab Coalition Forces Spokesman Colonel Turki al Malki about aggression against Saudi territories, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said on Thursday. President ....

  • Modi sworn in for second term as Indian prime minister

    Modi sworn in for second term as Indian prime minister

    Date: 2019-05-30 20:26:19 GMT - India - International - SN:8 - ID:7962588

    Narendra Modi was sworn in for a second term as India's prime minister on Thursday after an overwhelming election victory for his Hindu nationalist party in a country of 1.3 billion people seeking swift economic change, ABC News reported. Indian ....

  • African universities responsible for improving African continent: Al Azhar imam

    African universities responsible for improving African continent: Al Azhar imam

    Date: 2019-05-30 20:23:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7962585

    Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb said that universities in Africa are responsible for improving the African continent to be among the high-class countries of the developed world. This came on Thursday during Tayyeb's reception to a delegation ....

  • GEM receives 181 artifacts from Grand Museum in Tahrir

    GEM receives 181 artifacts from Grand Museum in Tahrir

    Date: 2019-05-30 20:22:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7962583

    The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received 181 artifacts from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir square amid tightened security measures and under the supervision of Major General Atef Moftah, supervisor-general of the GEM project. The ....

  • Egypt, Japan sign 7.5-million-pound grant

    Egypt, Japan sign 7.5-million-pound grant

    Date: 2019-05-30 20:21:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7962581

    Egypt and Japan signed a 7.5-million-pound grant to back Egyptian-Japanese management unit, the Education Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The grant comes as part of the Egyptian-Japanese partnership initiative announced by President ....

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