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  • Parl't speaker urges expats to show true image of Egypt

    Parl't speaker urges expats to show true image of Egypt

    Date: 2018-02-03 08:42:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7224793

    Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal hailed on Friday the role of Egyptian expatriates abroad as "ambassadors for their homeland". Addressing a meeting with members of the Egyptian community in Geneva, Abdel Aaal said that ....

  • Death toll from Turkey's Afrin operation rises to 115

    Death toll from Turkey's Afrin operation rises to 115

    Date: 2018-02-03 08:41:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7224792

    The death toll from the Turkish military operation in Syria's Afrin city has risen to 115; of them 11 Turkish soldiers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Saturday. Kurdish militants have countered two attacks by Turkish troops ....

  • France opens rape inquiry of Tariq Ramadan

    France opens rape inquiry of Tariq Ramadan

    Date: 2018-02-02 16:54:39 GMT - France - International - SN:16 - ID:7224292

    French authorities said the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, Tariq Ramadan, is being investigated for allegedly raping two women and could be detained in long-term custody pending further investigation, ABC News reported. A judicial official said the ....

  • Sisi inspects Galala mountain project, hails efforts exerted to finalize mega projects

    Sisi inspects Galala mountain project, hails efforts exerted to finalize mega projects

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7224156

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inspected early Friday El Galala mountain project, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement on Friday. During his tour, President Sisi was briefed on progress made to implement this development ....

  • Russia to resume flights to Egypt in second half of February - transport min.

    Russia to resume flights to Egypt in second half of February - transport min.

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:27:34 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7224147

    Russia will resume direct flights to Cairo in the second half of February, said Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov. Sputnik news agency quoted the minister as saying in statements on Friday that Egyptian-Russian talks on resuming flights ....

  • Military spokesman: Cross-border tunnel, 12 explosive charges destroyed in N. Sinai

    Military spokesman: Cross-border tunnel, 12 explosive charges destroyed in N. Sinai

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7224076

    The law enforcement forces of the Second Field Army, in cooperation with the Air Forces, managed to arrest a large number of persons suspected of backing takfiri elements and destroy the entrance to a cross-border tunnel in North Sinai. In a ....

  • President Sisi to head for Oman Sunday - presidential spokesman

    President Sisi to head for Oman Sunday - presidential spokesman

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:26:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7224035

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will leave on Sunday for Oman on his first official visit to Muscat, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement on Friday. During his stay in Muscat, President Sisi will have talks with Sultan Qaboos bin ....

  • Housing min., Sir Yacoub probe establishing world healing center in New Aswan

    Housing min., Sir Yacoub probe establishing world healing center in New Aswan

    Date: 2018-02-02 15:01:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7223861

    Minister of Housing Moustafa Madbouli met on Friday with renowned Egyptian cardiac surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub to finalize procedures needed to allocate a piece of land for a world health center and a hospital for cardiac surgery. Located in New ....

  • S. Korean president to hold summit with Japanese PM in PyeongChang

    S. Korean president to hold summit with Japanese PM in PyeongChang

    Date: 2018-02-02 12:53:02 GMT - south korea - International - SN:10 - ID:7223780

    The South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday that President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a summit in PyeongChang, the alpine town that will host the upcoming Winter Olympics. Abe will fly to South Korea through ....

  • Scores of Houthis killed, wounded in clashes with national army in Al Jawf

    Scores of Houthis killed, wounded in clashes with national army in Al Jawf

    Date: 2018-02-02 12:51:55 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7223761

    Scores of Houthi militants were killed and wounded during clashes with Yemen's legitimate forces in the northern Yemeni province of Al Jawf, said Colonel Abdullah al-Ashraf, a spokesman for the national army in Al Jawf. Clashes in the south of Al ....

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