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  • President pardons some convicts on July 23 revolution, Eidul Fitr

    President pardons some convicts on July 23 revolution, Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2014-07-27 19:00:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:848163

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree pardoning some prisoners from serving the remaining period of their jail term. The decision came on the occasion of July 23 revolution and Eidul Fitr. ....

  • Bouteflika condoles with Sisi for death of Egyptian in Algerian plane crash

    Bouteflika condoles with Sisi for death of Egyptian in Algerian plane crash

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:55:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:848159

    Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika offered condolences to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for the death of an Egyptian who was on board of an Air Algerie flight that crashed on Thursday. Bouteflika also offered condolences to the family of ....

  • Rafah terminal open for Gaza sufferers

    Rafah terminal open for Gaza sufferers

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:54:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:848157

    The Egypt-Gaza Rafah border terminal has been working continuously since the start of Israeli military operations against the Gaza Strip to ease the suffering of the Palestinians, an official source said. The terminal is open to receive those ....

  • Egypt condemns death of nationals in Tripoli

    Egypt condemns death of nationals in Tripoli

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:50:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:848151

    Egypt condemned the death of 23 nationals in a rocket attack in the Libyan capital, where militia violence continued to escalate last week. The Foreign Ministry called on the Libyan government to investigate the attack and identify the ....

  • Pope greets Azhar Imam on Eidul Fitr

    Pope greets Azhar Imam on Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:48:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:848149

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese sent on Sunday a cable of greeting to al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayyib on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The pope also greeted Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on the ....

  • Armed Forces greet Egyptians on Eid

    Armed Forces greet Egyptians on Eid

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:46:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:848145

    The Armed Forces greeted the Egyptians and the Arab and Islamic nations on Eidul Fitr. Military spokesman Brig. Mohamad Samir wished the people a blessed Eid. ....

  • Egypt approves Ethiopia's request to postpone Nile tripartite talks for a week

    Egypt approves Ethiopia's request to postpone Nile tripartite talks for a week

    Date: 2014-07-27 18:42:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:848142

    Egypt has approved Ethiopia's request to postpone tripartite talks on the use of the Nile water, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi. The meeting was scheduled to be held in mid August and Ethiopia asked to postpone it for ....

  • Pope Tawadros back in Egypt after treatment in Austria

    Pope Tawadros back in Egypt after treatment in Austria

    Date: 2014-07-27 13:22:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:847679

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese returned to Cairo on Sunday after a two-week therapeutic trip in Austria. The Pope arrived in Austria on July 15 to receive treatment at the Monastery of Saint Anthony in ....

  • Miliband warns Israel war could push Palestinians to join Hamas

    Miliband warns Israel war could push Palestinians to join Hamas

    Date: 2014-07-27 11:34:57 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:847434

    UK Labor Party leader Ed Miliband has said the Israeli incursion into Gaza is "doing no favours to Israel" and Hamas rocket attacks were "totally unjustified and appalling". "I’m afraid ... a tragic loss of life which I fear is just going to ....

  • Hamas agrees to 24-hour ceasefire in Gaza

    Hamas agrees to 24-hour ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-27 11:31:08 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:847424

    The Hamas movement announced that the Palestinian factions have agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip, starting at 2pm local time. Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Sunday the group took the decision after ....

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