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FM stresses importance of EAPD development efforts in Africa
Date: 2019-05-12 16:16:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7938762
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed Sunday the important role played by the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) to support development efforts in Africa. The minister made his remark during a meeting with the agency's board ....
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Parlt speaker hails deeply-rooted relations with Ghana
Date: 2019-05-12 16:02:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7938749
House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal hailed as firm and deeply-rooted Egypt's relations with Ghana since their late leaders Gamal Abdel Nasser and Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking at a meeting with his counterpart of Ghana Aaron Mike Ocquaye, ....
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PM stresses need to promote local industry - spokesman
Date: 2019-05-12 15:36:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7938707
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Sunday the sustainability of development rates currently reached by Egypt requires promoting the local industry to guarantee keeping the economy on the right track. During a meeting attended by Minister of ....
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House speaker says news on legislative elections, old rents "baseless"
Date: 2019-05-12 15:28:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7938694
Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal has dismissed as baseless statements recklessly made about electoral quotas in the legislative vote. The statements were very confusing, Abdel Aal said, stressing that the government should ....
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Iraqi FM starts official visit to Kuwait
Date: 2019-05-11 20:23:54 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7937628
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim arrived here Saturday on a two-day official visit to Kuwait. The top Iraqi diplomat leads his country's delegation to the 7th session of the joint Kuwaiti-Iraqi supreme committee hosted by Kuwait. Kuwaiti ....
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Malta rescues 85 migrants from sinking boat
Date: 2019-05-11 20:22:43 GMT - Malta - International - SN:4 - ID:7937627
A Maltese patrol boat rescued a group of 85 migrants late on Friday night and will bring them to Malta on Saturday, the Armed Forces said. The migrants, believed to be from North and Eastern Africa, were in a sinking wooden boat, the army said, ....
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Death threats see London Mayor Sadiq Khan given 24-hour police protection
Date: 2019-05-11 20:20:55 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:7937625
London mayor Sadiq Khan has round-the-clock police protection after receiving a deluge of death threats, The Independent reported. The measure was taken after City Hall referred 17 cases to the police in a three-month period last year and 237 ....
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Egypt keen on communicating with its expat communities abroad - amb. to France
Date: 2019-05-11 16:40:41 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7937442
Egypt's Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO Ehab Badawy asserted Egypt's keenness on communicating with the Egyptian expatriates and providing them with care as they are part and parcel of the nation. In statements to MENA on ....
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Sisi orders monitoring markets to secure access to commodities at high quality
Date: 2019-05-11 16:32:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7937433
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued directives to officials to promote efforts exerted to monitor markets via tightening control over retail outlets and supporting the role of consumer protection agencies to maintain access to commodities to ....
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Taliban overrun two outposts, 15 soldiers killed
Date: 2019-05-10 20:34:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:7936596
An Afghan official says the Taliban have launched an assault on two security outposts in western Badghis province, killing 15 security personnel in the latest in a series of deadly attacks targeting the country’s beleaguered security forces, ABC ....