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Higher education ministry denies banning gender mix at universities
Date: 2018-08-12 18:52:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7530661
The Higher Education Ministry on Sunday denied reports circulated on social media and several website about issuing a decision to ban mix between the two genders at Egyptian universities at the start of the 2018-2019 academic year. In a ....
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Cairo church suicide bomber identified, 6 planners arrested
Date: 2018-08-12 18:24:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7530641
The Interior Ministry said Sunday six terrorists were arrested on charges of plotting several terrorist attacks, including Saturday's foiled terror attack on a church in Cairo. In a statement, the ministry identified the terrorist who was ....
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11 award-winning films among El Gouna Film Festival 2018 lineup
Date: 2018-08-12 18:22:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7530639
The second edition of El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) is making a powerful statement by picking some remarkable films that were acclaimed and awarded at top class festivals like Cannes Film Festival and the Berlinale. The selection, finalised till ....
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Foreign Ministry praises youth role in country's future
Date: 2018-08-12 18:06:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7530620
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid has shed light on the role of youths in in the future of the country. In Tweet on Sunday on the occasion of "international youth day", Abu Zeid said "Since President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced 2016 as ....
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Monk in custody for 4 days pending investigations into killing of bishop
Date: 2018-08-12 18:04:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7530616
Alexandria prosecution office decided to detain Monk Faltaous el Makary for four days pending investigations into the killing of Bishop of the Monastery of Saint Macarius Anba Ebafanous, in collaboration with others. During his questioning, ....
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Court refers death papers of 3 defendants in Ansar el Sharia Brigades case to Mufti
Date: 2018-08-12 18:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7530613
Cairo Criminal Court referred papers of three defendants indicted in Ansar el Sharia Brigades violence case to Egypt's Mufti before sentencing them to death. They face charges of murdering 12 policemen, attempted murder of 10 others, including ....
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Sisi arrives in Sohag to open governorate's national museum
Date: 2018-08-12 17:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7530608
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived Sunday afternoon in Sohag to open the governorate's national museum. Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani and state's top officials received the president upon arrival. ....
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Health Ministry: Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 7
Date: 2018-08-12 17:42:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7530595
The Health Ministry has announced the death of an Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to seven. A 70-year-old man, identified as Mohamed Fekry Ismail, from Alexandria, died as a result of a sharp ....
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17 killed, injured in raid to arrest Jordan blast perpetrators
Date: 2018-08-11 21:19:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7529285
A policeman was killed and 16 others were injured on Sunday in a security raid to arrest suspects in a terrorist blast that occurred in Jordan yesterday. The raid targeted the perpetrators at a building in Naqab Al Dabour district in northern ....
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Dar Al-Iftaa announces Sunday 1st day of Dhul Hijjah
Date: 2018-08-11 20:48:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7529259
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta announced Saturday that the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah will start on Sunday. The announcement was made by Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam after Saudi Arabia said Arafat Day will be on Monday, August 20. Eid al-Adha will fall ....
