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Japanese amb. to leave Cairo Monday after end of tenure
Date: 2018-08-18 22:01:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7539591
CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Japan's Ambassador in Cairo Takehiro Kagawa is due to leave Egypt on Monday after the end of his diplomatic tenure. In a statement on Saturday, Kagawa said that he will never forget his four-year term, at which he served as ....
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Head of official Hajj mission hails conditions of camps of Egyptian pilgrims
Date: 2018-08-18 21:59:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7539590
Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Head of the official Egyptian Hajj mission Omar Marwan hailed the situation of the camps of the Egyptian pilgrims. These remarks came on Saturday during Marwan's inspection tour at the tents of the ....
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Sisi condoles Kofi Annan's death
Date: 2018-08-18 21:53:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7539587
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday condoled the death of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In a cable of condolence to UN chief Antonio Guterres, Sisi said Annan had made rich and fruitful efforts to achieve the UN goals and ....
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Prosecutor general orders to interrogate EgyptAir plane hijacker
Date: 2018-08-18 21:25:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7539573
Prosecutor General Nabil Sadeq on Saturday ordered to refer Seif Eddin Mostafa, who hijacked an Egyptian plane in March 2017, to prosecution to interrogate him after his extradition from Cyprus to Egypt. Mostafa hijacked an EgyptAir flight with a ....
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Tighten traffic plan developed to secure Eid celebrations
Date: 2018-08-18 21:07:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7539562
Traffic departments of the Interior Ministry are put on high alert in preparation for Eid al- Adha. Service patrols will be deployed on all roads and public squares, while radars will be installed on all highways from and to Cairo to record any ....
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Egyptian amb. asserts Cairo's keenness on boosting ties with Jakarta
Date: 2018-08-18 21:06:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7539509
Egyptian Ambassador to Indonesia Amr Maawad asserted on Saturday Egypt’s keenness on fostering the ties with Indonesia at all levels. This came during his participation in a celebration held at the Indonesian presidential palace on the occasion ....
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Palestinian president: Popular resistance should be way forward
Date: 2018-08-18 18:37:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7539476
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said during the closing session of the 29th meeting of the Palestinian Central Council held on Friday in Ramallah and was aired on Palestine TV on Saturday that popular resistance should be the only means of ....
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US embassy in Beirut: We support Lebanese army as sole defender of country
Date: 2018-08-18 18:35:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7539473
The US embassy in Beirut said that the US government is committed to the Lebanese-American partnership and supports the Lebanese army as sole defender of the country, Lebanese news agency reported. In a press release Saturday by the embassy, it ....
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Arab Coalition destroys SAM 6 air defense system of Houthi militia in Sanaa
Date: 2018-08-18 18:30:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7539466
The Arab Coalition that supports the legitimate Yemeni national government said that it had destroyed a SAM 6 air defense system of Houthi militias in Sanaa. Indiscriminate use of air defense systems threatens air navigation and relief, ....
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Egypt faces major challenges in current phase -- minister
Date: 2018-08-18 18:24:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7539464
Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Sharaawy said that Egypt faces major challenges in the current phase. During his meeting with Governor of Beni Suef Sherif Habib, at the beginning of his visit to the governorate, Sharaawy underlined the ....