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  • Making a change in region is much needed - Egypt FM

    Making a change in region is much needed - Egypt FM

    Date: 2018-03-22 14:57:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7309479

    Egypt believes there is a need to make a change in the region to materialize its peoples' aspirations, said Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Thursday. We should try to develop any national state instead of trying to destroy it because such an ....

  • Interior min.: We will firmly face any attempt to disturb electoral process

    Interior min.: We will firmly face any attempt to disturb electoral process

    Date: 2018-03-22 14:26:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7309393

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said that all security bodies will firmly face any attempt to disturb the electoral process or attack important and vital facilities in the country. This came at a meeting via video conference with several of ....

  • FM takes part in Egyptian-Indian business forum

    FM takes part in Egyptian-Indian business forum

    Date: 2018-03-22 13:39:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7309257

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry took part on Thursday in the Egyptian-Indian business forum organized by the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce in cooperation with the Egyptian Trade Office in New Delhi. A big number of businessmen and ....

  • Dollar exchange rate ups at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange rate ups at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2018-03-22 13:30:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7309229

    The US dollar exchange rate went up during morning transactions at major banks on Thursday. The dollar price was stable recording EGP 17.55 for buying and EGP 17.65 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At Banque Misr, the dollar exchange ....

  • Abu Zeid: AL to remain home of all Arabs

    Abu Zeid: AL to remain home of all Arabs

    Date: 2018-03-22 10:22:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7308770

    Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said the Arab League will remain the home of all Arabs who are facing common challenges from the Gulf to the ocean. In a tweet he posted on his Twitter page on Thursday marking the 73rd anniversary of the ....

  • Egypt offers condolences over death of 39 Indians in Iraq

    Egypt offers condolences over death of 39 Indians in Iraq

    Date: 2018-03-22 10:04:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7308732

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed deep condolences over the death of 39 Indian citizens whose remains were found in southwestern Mosul, Iraq, recently. They were killed by the terrorist Daesh group in 2014. A statement released by the ....

  • Tourism min. approves higher Hajj committee recommendations for this year's Hajj season

    Tourism min. approves higher Hajj committee recommendations for this year's Hajj season

    Date: 2018-03-22 07:48:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7308447

    Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat approved on Thursday recommendations submitted by the Higher Committee for Hajj and Umrah to regulate the Hajj offered by tour operators for the 1439 AH pilgrimage season. The tourism minister has assigned head of ....

  • Kremlin: Russia had no reason to make attempt on Skripal’s life

    Kremlin: Russia had no reason to make attempt on Skripal’s life

    Date: 2018-03-22 07:30:53 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:7308413

    Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had no reason to make an attempt on Skripal’s life after handing him over in a spy swap in 2010, Sputnik news reported Thursday. The double agent was sentenced in Russia in 2006 for ....

  • TV presenter Riham Saeed acquitted of child abduction charge

    TV presenter Riham Saeed acquitted of child abduction charge

    Date: 2018-03-22 07:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7308397

    A Cairo criminal court on Wednesday cleared TV presenter Riham Saeed and three others of charges of inciting child abduction and human trafficking. A member of Saeed's program crew was handed down a suspended one-year sentence. Also, the court ....

  • Pope Tawadros urges Egyptians to cast ballots in presidential election

    Pope Tawadros urges Egyptians to cast ballots in presidential election

    Date: 2018-03-21 20:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7308195

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese urged eligible Egyptian voters to cast their ballots in the coming presidential elections, especially after the higher turnout seen from nationals living abroad. The pontiff’s ....

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