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  • 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 ....

  • Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home

    Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:45:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7356668

    Hundreds of Syrian refugees in southeastern Lebanon are preparing to return home. The voluntary return was scheduled to start on Wednesday, with refugees boarding buses that would take them from Lebanon’s Shebaa and Hasbaya to the Syrian border ....

  • Cabinet discusses important economic, political files

    Cabinet discusses important economic, political files

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:42:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7356659

    The Cabinet held its weekly session on Wednesday under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. The meeting is set to discuss several important political, economic and social files including topics related to the quality of services extended to citizens and ....

  • Armed Forces: Emir of terrorist group killed in Central Sinai

    Armed Forces: Emir of terrorist group killed in Central Sinai

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:33:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7356634

    The Armed Forces announced that Emir of the terrorist organization in Central Sinai Nasser Abo Zaqoul was killed. In a statement on Wednesday, the Armed Forces said that forces of the Third Field Army launched security crackdowns in several ....

  • Int'l film festival for documentaries and shorts  wraps up in Ismailia

    Int'l film festival for documentaries and shorts wraps up in Ismailia

    Date: 2018-04-18 09:28:52 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:5 - ID:7356627

    The 20th edition of Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts wrapped up activities late Tuesday. Ismailia Governor Yassin Taher and Security Chief Mohamed Ali Hussein attended the ceremony. Kuwaiti, Spanish, Swiss, ....

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