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  • Cabinet approves 168-million-dollar soft loan from JICA

    Cabinet approves 168-million-dollar soft loan from JICA

    Date: 2018-04-18 12:38:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7357114

    The cabinet under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved on Wednesday a 168-million-dollar soft loan offered by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to back establishing Japanese schools in Egypt. The loan will be re-paid over 20 years by ....

  • Up to 33 investment disputes settled

    Up to 33 investment disputes settled

    Date: 2018-04-18 11:48:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7356990

    The ministerial committee in charge of settling investment disputes managed to solve 33 cases out of 37 ones referred to it. The committee is formed under the leadership of Minister of Justice Hossam Abdel Rahim and the participation of the ....

  • Egyptian MP, German minister of state discuss boosting cooperation

    Egyptian MP, German minister of state discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2018-04-18 11:24:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7356673

    Head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Tareq Radwan discussed with German Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office means to boost cooperation between both countries. This came during Radwan's visit to the German parliament ....

  • Al Azhar spares no effort to back Libya - Tayyeb

    Al Azhar spares no effort to back Libya - Tayyeb

    Date: 2018-04-18 11:15:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7356915

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb stressed on Wednesday that backing Libya at the current stage is a duty and that Al Azhar spares no effort to stand by the North African country. Tayyeb, during his meeting with Libyan Minister of State for ....

  • 12 EgyptAir, customs employees arrested over bribery charges

    12 EgyptAir, customs employees arrested over bribery charges

    Date: 2018-04-18 10:49:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7356830

    The Administrative Control Authority seized twelve employees at firms affiliated to EgyptAir Holding Company and the Egyptian Customs Authority over charges of bribery and abuse of power. The employees took bribes from owners of pharmacies and ....

  • FM inaugurates Egyptian-funded medical center in Burundi

    FM inaugurates Egyptian-funded medical center in Burundi

    Date: 2018-04-18 10:43:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7356815

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday inaugurated an Egyptian center for kidney dialysis in Burundi. The center is financed by the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development, that is affiliated to the Foreign Ministry, said ministry ....

  • 30 Houthis killed in raids in Taiz: Yemeni sources

    30 Houthis killed in raids in Taiz: Yemeni sources

    Date: 2018-04-18 10:20:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7356742

    Thirty Houthi elements were killed in a series of raids conducted by jets of the Arab coalition targeting Houthi spots in Taiz, Yemeni military sources said on Wednesday. Also, Houthi military vehicles and an ammunition warehouse were destroyed ....

  • US refuses to give details about its desire to send Arab forces to Syria

    US refuses to give details about its desire to send Arab forces to Syria

    Date: 2018-04-18 10:14:57 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:7356721

    US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert refused to talk about any details concerning a US desire to send Arab forces to Syria. About the reconstruction of Syria, Nauert said that the US wants to see other countries contribute to the cost ....

  • Syrian envoy: UN security team visited Syria's Duma

    Syrian envoy: UN security team visited Syria's Duma

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:58:30 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7356695

    Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari, speaking to the Security Council, announced that a UN security team had visited the Syrian city of Duma on Tuesday so that the international chemical weapons investigators could travel to the ....

  • Arab parlt speaker calls for UN inquiry into Israeli crimes against Palestinians

    Arab parlt speaker calls for UN inquiry into Israeli crimes against Palestinians

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:57:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7356691

    Arab Parliament Speaker Meshaal bin Fahm al Salmi called on the UN to send an investigations committee to Israeli prisons to get acquainted with racist Israeli practices and flagrant violations committed against Palestinian prisoners. In a ....

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