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  • PM: Gov't working on addressing overpopulation, other issues

    PM: Gov't working on addressing overpopulation, other issues

    Date: 2018-04-21 20:51:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7362755

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said although all indicators assert that the government's performance in all fields is very good, the government is still dealing with a number of challenges including overpopulation and rationalization of water ....

  • Prosecutor General orders to block Blue Whale game websites

    Prosecutor General orders to block Blue Whale game websites

    Date: 2018-04-21 20:49:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7362754

    Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadek on Saturday ordered the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) to take all measures required to block websites that allow the installment of the internet suicide game Blue Whale. "This game is ....

  • PM inspects train station, hospitals in Port Said

    PM inspects train station, hospitals in Port Said

    Date: 2018-04-21 16:59:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7362512

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, accompanied by the health and local development ministers and governor of Port Said, inspected the development of the Port Said train station. The development is part of a project that includes 12 stations at a total ....

  • 7 hospitals to enter service in Ismailia before end of 2018

    7 hospitals to enter service in Ismailia before end of 2018

    Date: 2018-04-21 15:22:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7362348

    Seven hospitals will enter service in Ismailia governorate before the end of the year, a medical source said on Saturday. On the sidelines of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail's tour of the governorate, the source underlined that Abu Khalifa emergency ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry HQ evacuated over bomb threat

    Russian Foreign Ministry HQ evacuated over bomb threat

    Date: 2018-04-20 20:03:40 GMT - Russia - International - SN:19 - ID:7361224

    Employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry are being evacuated from the building in the center of Moscow after an anonymous phone call alleging a threat of explosion, Sputnik News reported on Thursday. "After an anonymous bomb threat in the ....

  • Sudanese president relieves foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position

    Sudanese president relieves foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position

    Date: 2018-04-20 19:56:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7361219

    Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir issued a presidential decree on Thursday to sack Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position. Ibrahim Ghandour was born in 1953. He has been the Foreign Minister of Sudan since June 9, 2015. Ghandour is ....

  • Second Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza

    Second Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza

    Date: 2018-04-20 19:53:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7361215

    A second Palestinian young man was shot and killed by Israeli forces as they attacked non-violent protests of the Great March of Return at the border of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Ahmad Rashad Athamneh, 24, was killed when the ....

  • Egypt's economic reform program made progress: IMF official

    Egypt's economic reform program made progress: IMF official

    Date: 2018-04-20 19:40:07 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:16 - ID:7361206

    Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour said the Egyptian government's economic reform program has made progress and measures taken by Cairo were successful. During a press ....

  • Bibliotheca Alexandrina, UN to cooperate on SDGs in Egypt

    Bibliotheca Alexandrina, UN to cooperate on SDGs in Egypt

    Date: 2018-04-20 18:20:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7361139

    The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is going into a partnership with the UN for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Egypt, the library’s director Mostafa el Feki said Friday. With participation of the Planning Ministry, the partnership ....

  • Culture min. receives music award in Germany

    Culture min. receives music award in Germany

    Date: 2018-04-20 17:18:50 GMT - Germany - Culture - SN:14 - ID:7361049

    Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem and Egyptian oud player Basem Darwish have received the German Jazz Award in a big concert attended by a galaxy of Arab and German musicians. Egypt's Ambassador to Germany Badr Abdel Atti and members of the ....

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