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  • Pope Tawadros receives Arab League chief

    Pope Tawadros receives Arab League chief

    Date: 2014-04-23 17:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:684414

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi on Wednesday. The AL chief greeted the pope on the occasion marking the Easter. ....

  • Tourism minister, Latvian ambassador discuss ways of boosting tourism to Egypt

    Tourism minister, Latvian ambassador discuss ways of boosting tourism to Egypt

    Date: 2014-04-23 17:11:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:684412

    Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou met here Wednesday with Latvian Ambassador to Egypt Iveta Sulca to discuss ways of boosting incoming tourism movement from the European Union and Latvia. The meeting also tackled coordination with EU Ambassador to ....

  • Fatah, Hamas agreed on most of outstanding issues - official

    Fatah, Hamas agreed on most of outstanding issues - official

    Date: 2014-04-23 16:33:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:684343

    Fatah and Hamas movements have agreed on the most outstanding issues, including the date of holding elections, affirmed Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative. The agreement on forming the national unity ....

  • Adly honors national Taba committee

    Adly honors national Taba committee

    Date: 2014-04-23 16:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:684341

    President Adly Mansour received on Wednesday at the presidential palace members of the national Taba committee, who took part in talks over international arbitration that led to restoring this vital part of the homeland to Egypt. According to ....

  • Netanyahu briefs Austria FM on latest progress in peace talks

    Netanyahu briefs Austria FM on latest progress in peace talks

    Date: 2014-04-23 16:32:32 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:684340

    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Wednesday in a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz the results of the ongoing negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue along with the latest developments in the ....

  • Trial in Wadi el-Natrun case adjourned to April 30

    Trial in Wadi el-Natrun case adjourned to April 30

    Date: 2014-04-23 15:11:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:684147

    Cairo Criminal Court under sitting judge Shaban el-Shamy adjourned to an April 30 session the trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others over the jailbreak from Wadi el-Natrun prison complex in northern Egypt in 2011. During the ....

  • Ahly leave Cairo to face Difaa El Jadida in CAF

    Ahly leave Cairo to face Difaa El Jadida in CAF

    Date: 2014-04-23 15:08:21 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:71 - ID:684136

    Egypt's Ahly left here on Wednesday heading for Morocco to face Difaa El Jadida in the second round of 16 of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) cup slated, for Saturday. Earlier, Cairo's giants managed a 1-0 home victory in the first ....

  • Fatah and Hamas reach agreement on ending division

    Fatah and Hamas reach agreement on ending division

    Date: 2014-04-23 14:57:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:684118

    Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas have reached an agreement on ending internal division and adhering to Cairo agreement on inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Head of the Gaza-based Hamas-led government Ismail Haniya announced a truce between ....

  • Rafah crossing closed after being re-opened for 3 days

    Rafah crossing closed after being re-opened for 3 days

    Date: 2014-04-23 14:20:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:684048

    Rafah border crossing was closed after being re-opened on both directions for three days allowing the passage of stranded people and pilgrims heading for Saudi Arabia to perform minor pilgrimage. Up to 2,597 travelers on both sides have ....

  • Zahhar: Hamas relations with Iran are strategic

    Zahhar: Hamas relations with Iran are strategic

    Date: 2014-04-23 14:19:45 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:684046

    Leader with Palestinian movement Hamas Mahmoud al-Zahhar said on Wednesday that his movement's relations with Iran are strategic. In statements to the Iranian Fars news agency, he underlined the necessity of maintaining the Iranian role in the ....

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