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  • 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 ....

  • Lebanon prevents Egyptian sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim from entering its territories

    Lebanon prevents Egyptian sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim from entering its territories

    Date: 2018-04-20 16:51:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7361020

    A security source said Cairo airport police were notified that Egyptian sociologist and Chairman of Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies Saad Eddin Ibrahim was deported by Lebanon to Egypt. Upon questioning Ibrahim, he explained that he ....

  • Investment minister meets U.S. investors in Washington

    Investment minister meets U.S. investors in Washington

    Date: 2018-04-20 16:32:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7360991

    Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr met during her participation in the annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank in Washington DC, with representatives pf a number of major U.S. companies that seek to invest in ....

  • President Sisi happy with Cairo-Ain Sokhna road development

    President Sisi happy with Cairo-Ain Sokhna road development

    Date: 2018-04-20 15:58:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7360906

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected on Friday new facilities established on the Cairo-Ain Sokhna road. The president said on Facebook he is very happy over the development of the highway. ....

  • Romania's president dispels rumors of embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

    Romania's president dispels rumors of embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-04-20 13:17:39 GMT - Romania - International - SN:10 - ID:7360675

    Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has said that his country will not be moving its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until after a final peace accord is signed between the Israelis and the Palestinians, Ynetnews reported. A statement ....

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