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  • Car bomb explosion hits Iraqi Tuz Khurmatu city

    Car bomb explosion hits Iraqi Tuz Khurmatu city

    Date: 2018-01-27 09:34:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7212743

    A booby-trapped car exploded near the outskirts of Tuz Khurmatu city, with no casualties reported, Vice-Chairman of the Tuz Khurmatu council of Saladin Province Ali al Hussainy said on Saturday. Hussainy told AlSumaria News channel that security ....

  • AU to launch 2018 as Africa anti-corruption year

    AU to launch 2018 as Africa anti-corruption year

    Date: 2018-01-27 09:03:57 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:5 - ID:7212681

    The African Union (AU) during its 30th assembly of heads of state and government in the Ethiopian capital on Sunday, will launch 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption Year, the AU said on its website. This follows the declaration made at their 29th ....

  • Japan, France reaffirm closer defense cooperation

    Japan, France reaffirm closer defense cooperation

    Date: 2018-01-27 08:49:53 GMT - Japan - International - SN:4 - ID:7212659

    Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and his French counterpart Florence Parly reaffirmed on Saturday closer defense cooperation. During their meeting in Tokyo, the Japanese defense minister said France is a "special partner" that shares ....

  • German amb. inaugurates pavilion at Cairo book fair

    German amb. inaugurates pavilion at Cairo book fair

    Date: 2018-01-27 08:44:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7212650

    Julius Georg Luy, the German Ambassador in Cairo, is set to inaugurate his country's pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair on Sunday. The German pavilion will include selected books, including children's books and translated books, ....

  • 9 killed, wounded in US helicopter attack in Ramadi

    9 killed, wounded in US helicopter attack in Ramadi

    Date: 2018-01-27 08:40:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7212638

    A US helicopter has killed three persons and injured six more in Ramadi province of Iraq, a security source said. The US helicopter shelled a number of civilian and police cars that were part of a convoy of director of al Boghdadi district ....

  • Sisi leaves for Ethiopia to attend AU Summit

    Sisi leaves for Ethiopia to attend AU Summit

    Date: 2018-01-27 08:36:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7212628

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi left for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, to take part in meetings of the 30th AU Summit, due to kick off there Sunday. Sisi is scheduled to chair a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on cross-border ....

  • Egypt partakes in FESPO in Zurich

    Egypt partakes in FESPO in Zurich

    Date: 2018-01-26 19:05:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7212203

    Egypt has participated in the international fair FESPO 2018 in Zurich, with hundreds of exhibitors partaking. Cairo is represented in the fair, on January 25-28, by the tourism office in Berlin in coordination with the Egyptian embassy in ....

  • Egypt, Zimbabwe discuss boosting cooperation

    Egypt, Zimbabwe discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2018-01-26 19:04:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:7212210

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Friday with his Zimbabwean counterpart Walter Mzembi boosting cooperation, and coordinating efforts in African issues. On the sidelines of the 30th African Summit in Addis Ababa, Shoukry said that, ....

  • Culture minister inaugurates 49th Cairo International Book Fair

    Culture minister inaugurates 49th Cairo International Book Fair

    Date: 2018-01-26 19:03:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:7212244

    Minister of Culture Enas Abdel Dayem inaugurated on Friday the 49th Cairo International Book Fair. Minister of Communication Yasser el Qadi, Minister of Awqaf Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, and Minister of Military Production Mohamed el Assar were ....

  • Egypt, Ghana FMs discuss bilateral ties, economic cooperation

    Egypt, Ghana FMs discuss bilateral ties, economic cooperation

    Date: 2018-01-26 19:03:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:7212267

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Friday that, Egypt is ready to provide expertise in the field of training to Ghanaian cadres through the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development. The meeting with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Shirley ....

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