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  • Cairo: Shoukry's statements on Syria's Arab League return taken out of context

    Cairo: Shoukry's statements on Syria's Arab League return taken out of context

    Date: 2019-03-20 20:50:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7858333

    Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez said on Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry’s statements on Syria’s return to the Arab League have been taken out of context. Hafez’s remarks were made in response to journalists’ questions ....

  • Interior Ministry honors mothers, wives of martyrs

    Interior Ministry honors mothers, wives of martyrs

    Date: 2019-03-20 19:15:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7858245

    The Interior Ministry held a ceremony Wednesday to honor the mothers and wives of police martyrs within the framework of Egypt's celebration with Mother's Day, observed on March 21. The ministry honored a number of families of police martyrs as ....

  • Cabinet okays presidential bill to pardon prisoners on Sinai Liberation Day

    Cabinet okays presidential bill to pardon prisoners on Sinai Liberation Day

    Date: 2019-03-20 19:02:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7858159

    The cabinet approved on Wednesday a draft presidential decree pardoning a number of prisoners on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day which will be celebrated on April 25, 2019. The move was taken during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister ....

  • Press institutions back constitutional amendments

    Press institutions back constitutional amendments

    Date: 2019-03-20 18:38:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7858141

    Head of Egypt's National Press Authority (NPA) Karam Gabr stressed his support for newly-proposed constitutional amendments approved by two-thirds majority of parliament. Gabr as well as several board of directors and editors-in-chief expressed ....

  • Sisi orders maintaining efforts of developing public business companies

    Sisi orders maintaining efforts of developing public business companies

    Date: 2019-03-20 18:36:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7858080

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi ordered proceeding with efforts of developing the companies of the public business sector in accordance to the set timetables, given the sector's importance in achieving the comprehensive development process. The ....

  • Sharjah ruler to inaugurate IGCF2019 Wednesday

    Sharjah ruler to inaugurate IGCF2019 Wednesday

    Date: 2019-03-19 09:34:13 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7855254

    Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, will open the eighth edition of the International Government Communication Forum, IGCF, at the Sharjah Expo Centre, on Wednesday, under the title of "Behavioural ....

  • Sources: Houthis send military reinforcements to Hodeidah

    Sources: Houthis send military reinforcements to Hodeidah

    Date: 2019-03-19 09:13:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7855193

    Yemeni sources said that Houthi militias sent military reinforcements to the port city of Hodeidah. Al Arabiya news channel quoted the sources as saying Tuesday that the reinforcements include heavy armored vehicles and civilian vehicles coming ....

  • New Zealand premier Ardern vows mosque gunman will face 'full force of law'

    New Zealand premier Ardern vows mosque gunman will face 'full force of law'

    Date: 2019-03-19 08:38:09 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:4 - ID:7855107

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised on Tuesday that the man responsible for last week's deadly mosque massacres would face "the full force of the law", as she vowed never to utter his name, Channel News Asia reported. "He sought ....

  • Egypt's Fatimah Ashraf snatches gold at Special Olympics

    Egypt's Fatimah Ashraf snatches gold at Special Olympics

    Date: 2019-03-19 07:46:09 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Sport - SN:3 - ID:7855020

    Egypt's athlete Fatimah Ashraf on Monday clinched a gold medal in the women's 100-meter run at the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi. Earlier, Egypt increased its harvest of medals to 42, including 16 gold medals, 14 silver medals and ....

  • Uganda sets 14 Egyptian expats free after embassy intervention

    Uganda sets 14 Egyptian expats free after embassy intervention

    Date: 2019-03-19 07:06:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7854975

    Ugandan authorities have released 14 Egyptian expats who had been arrested for several charges, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptians Abroad Ambassador Yasser Mahmoud Hashim said on Monday. The release came as result of ....

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