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PM follows up on preparations for new school year
Date: 2018-08-25 18:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7547148
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli presided Saturday over a meeting to follow up on the aspects related to various preparations for the new school year 2018-2019, including boosting the basic infrastructure of schools and applying the new ....
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Navigation movement at Suez Canal hits record high - Mamish
Date: 2018-08-25 18:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:4 - ID:7547141
Navigation movement at the Suez Canal hit a record high on Saturday, with 49 ships transiting the international waterway carrying 4.2 million tons, head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish said in a statement. The south-bound convoy ....
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Chief prosecutor: No toxic emissions or leak in room of dead tourists in Hurghada
Date: 2018-08-25 17:56:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7547099
The Prosecutor General's office on Saturday said that a technical team has examined the hotel room of two British tourists who died in Red Sea beach resort city of Hurghada. John Cooper, 69, and his 64-year-old wife Susan died at the ....
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Vietnamese president arrives in Luxor
Date: 2018-08-25 17:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7547072
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang arrived in Luxor International Airport to make tourist tour amid tight security measures. The one-day visit comes upon invitation by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Quang will pay a visit to temples and ....
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7 Chinese defense firms in world’s top 20
Date: 2018-08-24 22:17:30 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:7546180
Chinese weapons makers are among the world’s biggest defense companies, accounting for seven of the top 20 by revenue, South China Morning Post quoted a report issued by a London-based think tank. In its first such survey, the International ....
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British jets intercept Russian aircraft over Black Sea
Date: 2018-08-24 22:15:53 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:15 - ID:7546179
Royal Air Force RAF Typhoons have responded to a Russian Be-12 heading south west over the Black Sea from Crimea, the UK Defense Ministry said on its website on Friday. It's the second time in a week that RAF jets, on NATO’s Air Policing mission, ....
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Late UN chief Annan to be buried in Ghana on Sept 13: President
Date: 2018-08-24 22:13:57 GMT - Ghana - International - SN:14 - ID:7546177
Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the New York Times quoted the West African nation's president as saying on Friday. Nana Akufo-Addo told a delegation of Annan's ....
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US imposes sanctions on 3 Daesh recruiters
Date: 2018-08-24 21:06:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:7546152
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on three men from Southeast Asia who it says were recruiters for Daesh terrorist group and appeared in a beheading video for the militant group, The Daily Mail reported. The action freezes their ....
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Trump says Pompeo won't go to North Korea
Date: 2018-08-24 20:31:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:7546134
US President Donald Trump on Friday nixed plans for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea to hold a next round of denuclearization talks, citing insufficient progress on the issue, CNN reported. "I have asked Secretary of ....
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Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia's new PM
Date: 2018-08-24 18:12:20 GMT - Australia - International - SN:11 - ID:7546065
Treasurer Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Australia's prime minister to replace Malcolm Turnbull after a Liberal Party coup. Sky News channel carried the news on Friday without giving further details. ....