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  • Security forces intensify efforts to reveal reasons behind Ramses bombing: official

    Security forces intensify efforts to reveal reasons behind Ramses bombing: official

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:16:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:700357

    The Interior Ministry announced that a booby trapped Lada Niva car without plates went off Friday night near Ahmed Orabi metro station, killing a man. According to the ministry's media official, the car was driven by two men near the metro entry ....

  • Sisi's campaign director denies remarks on Algeria attributed to Egypt's field marshal

    Sisi's campaign director denies remarks on Algeria attributed to Egypt's field marshal

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:14:11 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:700353

    The campaign director of the candidate to Egypt's presidential election, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, "has categorically denied" the remarks on Algeria attributed by some Egyptian media to el-Sisi, APS quoted Algerian ministry of foreign ....

  • 1 killed in car bombing in downtown Cairo

    1 killed in car bombing in downtown Cairo

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:11:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:700346

    A man was killed when a car bomb exploded Friday night on Ramsis Street near the premises of the Syndicate of Engineers downtown Cairo, a well-placed security source at the Ministry of Interior said. The booby-trapped car had no plates, the ....

  • 1 killed, 4 injured in Alexandria, Fayyoum protests -- health ministry

    1 killed, 4 injured in Alexandria, Fayyoum protests -- health ministry

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:10:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:700342

    The Health Ministry has announced that one person was killed and four others injured during Friday protests in Alexandria and Fayyoum. A man was killed and three injured in Alexandria, while another one was injured in Fayyoum, the ministry said. ....

  • Tourism minister mourns Tour blasts victims

    Tourism minister mourns Tour blasts victims

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:02:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:700331

    Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou condemned Friday the two terrorist blasts that occurred in the South Sinai city of Al-Tour and mourned the victims. Zazou said that such attacks target innocent army and police personnel, "who will not be ....

  • Presidential decree to regulate social housing projects

    Presidential decree to regulate social housing projects

    Date: 2014-05-03 07:01:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:700330

    Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree to assign the Housing Ministry with proposing, planning and offering social housing projects and supervising their implementation. The projects are aimed to provide suitable ....

  • Navigation in Suez Canal normal – spokesman

    Navigation in Suez Canal normal – spokesman

    Date: 2014-05-02 19:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:700099

    Spokesman for the Suez Canal Authority Tarek Hassanein asserted Friday that navigation in the waterway is going well and no accidents disrupt the movement of vessels. In statements to MENA, Hassanein said as many as 59 vessels crossed the ....

  • Security Council Holds Emergency Ukraine Meeting

    Security Council Holds Emergency Ukraine Meeting

    Date: 2014-05-02 18:33:59 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:32 - ID:700062

    U.N. Security Council held on Friday its 13th emergency meeting on the growing crisis in Ukraine at the request of Russia. Jeffrey Feltman, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs urged all sides to exercise “maximum restraint” and ....

  • Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance

    Date: 2014-05-02 18:32:48 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:31 - ID:700060

    The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange showed mixed performance at the close of Friday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom and EFG-Hermes remained unchanged at 0.90 and 3.68 US dollars respectively. ....

  • UK concerned by reports of escalation in eastern Ukraine

    UK concerned by reports of escalation in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-05-02 18:32:17 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:30 - ID:700057

    The Britain government expressed Friday concern over reports of provocative actions by pro-Russian groups in the east of Ukraine. Speaking ahead of his visit to Ukraine, UK foreign secretary william hague said "I am extremely concerned by ....

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