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  • PM: State budget to be referred to parl’t on Thursday

    PM: State budget to be referred to parl’t on Thursday

    Date: 2018-03-28 19:16:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:7321452

    The cabinet will refer the new state budget to the parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said Wednesday. The new budget bodes well, as it includes major mega projects in housing, sewage, roads, oil, electricity, and health sectors, ....

  • El Tayyeb: Al-Azhar willing to support Pakistan in fighting extremism

    El Tayyeb: Al-Azhar willing to support Pakistan in fighting extremism

    Date: 2018-03-28 19:13:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7321491

    Al-Azhar is willing to provide further support for Pakistan, which exerts considerable efforts to combat extremism and propagate the moderate teachings of Islam, its Grand Imam of Ahmed el Tayyeb asserted on Wednesday. Al-Azhar will increase the ....

  • NEA: Voting extended till 10pm on final day of presidential election

    NEA: Voting extended till 10pm on final day of presidential election

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7321397

    The voting process will be extended till 10pm on the final day of presidential election, head of the National Election Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim said Wednesday. The previous set-time for closing the voting process was planned to be at 9 pm. ....

  • French Embassy in Cairo flies flag at half-mast over Trèbes attack

    French Embassy in Cairo flies flag at half-mast over Trèbes attack

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:09:22 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:24 - ID:7321271

    The French Embassy in Cairo flew its flag at half-mast over Trèbes terror attack, which occurred on Friday in Trèbes city in southern France. The embassy's staff stood a moment of silence, honoring Arnaud Beltrame, the policeman who died after ....

  • PM: Presidential election going smoothly so far

    PM: Presidential election going smoothly so far

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:09:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7321301

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday said the presidential election is going smoothly so far nationwide. Speaking at a press conference, Ismail said bad weather has affected the voter turnout in Alexandria, the New Valley and Assiut ....

  • AL official, Alex. governor probe electoral process

    AL official, Alex. governor probe electoral process

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:08:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:7321350

    Head of the Arab League (AL) delegation to follow up the polls Haifa Abu Ghazala said the AL delegation came to Alexandria to express solidarity with the governorate, which witnessed a terror bombing last week. These remarks came during her ....

  • NEA: Law will apply to any person trying to affect presidential polls

    NEA: Law will apply to any person trying to affect presidential polls

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7321333

    Any person trying to affect results of presidential election will be punished pursuant to law, Spokesman for the National Election Authority (NEA) Mahmoud el Sherif said. Speaking at a press conference, Sherif said laws on presidential election ....

  • Defense min., chief of staff inspect polling stations in Qalyubia, Ismailia

    Defense min., chief of staff inspect polling stations in Qalyubia, Ismailia

    Date: 2018-03-28 18:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7321384

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi inspected on Wednesday a number of polling stations in Qalyubia governorate to check on security conditions and facilitation provided to voters, during the third day of presidential election ....

  • PM thanks Egyptians for keenness on voting in presidential polls

    PM thanks Egyptians for keenness on voting in presidential polls

    Date: 2018-03-28 17:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7321255

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday thanked the Egyptian people for their keenness on casting their ballots in the presidential polls. The premier made the remarks during a visit to the operations room of the cabinet's Information and ....

  • Top Daesh militant arrested in Anbar

    Top Daesh militant arrested in Anbar

    Date: 2018-03-28 12:00:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:7320466

    A top Daesh militant known as "Emir of Desert" was arrested by Iraqi forces, Sky news reported. The man, identified as Saab Abdullah Eissawi, was nabbed with his aide by a special unit of Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) in coordination ....

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