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Sisi probes in ministerial meeting Dabaa, Sinai projects
Date: 2017-12-13 13:30:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7138797
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting here on Wednesday with Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker and Minister of Finance Amr el Garhi. The electricity minister presented a ....
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Jordan, World Bank sign loan agreement worth $200 million
Date: 2017-12-13 09:10:30 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7137967
Jordan and World Bank signed Tuesday a lenient loan agreement and grant worth $200 million to boost the state budget and finance education reform program in Jordan. Jordanian Planning and International Cooperation Minister Emad Nageb al Fakhoury ....
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Shorbagy qualifies to quarter-finals of squash World Championships in Manchester
Date: 2017-12-13 09:03:49 GMT - United Kingdom - Sport - SN:4 - ID:7137948
World Number 3 champion Mohamed Shorbagy qualified to quarter-finals of squash World Championships in Manchester after defeating world number 10 Rami Ashour. Both players met on eight occasions before; two of them were in the final of the World ....
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2 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli forces over Jerusalem
Date: 2017-12-13 08:51:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7137943
Two Palestinians were killed and 153 others wounded on Tuesday in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Clashes have erupted since Thursday after US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and ....
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Pope Tawadros II to hold weekly sermon Wednesday
Date: 2017-12-13 08:50:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7137929
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese is scheduled to hold his weekly sermon Wednesday. The Pope returned home earlier in the day after undergoing a spinal surgery in Germany. He also visited Austria for a few days ....
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Arab Parliament urges resisting rumors targeting Arab leaders, states
Date: 2017-12-13 08:37:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7137917
The Arab Parliament has called for resisting rumors that target the stances of Arab leaders, states and governments after US President Donald Trump issued a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to ....
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina participates in celebration marking establishment of Alexandria
Date: 2017-12-12 17:07:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:7137488
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Director Mostafa El Feky left Tuesday for Greece, heading a delegation, to participate in a ceremony to be held at an international conference in Athens marking 24 centuries of the establishment of Alexandria City, attended ....
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France rejects any pro-Iran axis in ME
Date: 2017-12-12 17:00:42 GMT - France - International - SN:20 - ID:7137412
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has expressed his country's rejection of any Iranian-led axis in the Middle East, calling on Tehran to pull out pro-Iran militias from Syria. In an interview with France 2 channel Tuesday, he said that ....
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Shelters to be provided to residents of collapsed building -- Governor
Date: 2017-12-12 17:00:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:7137406
Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid said on Tuesday that Cairo City Hall will provide make-shift shelters for the residents of a building that collapsed earlier in the day in Rowd el Farag district, Greater Cairo. He added, at a press conference, ....
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Russia ready to support agreements aimed at resolving Libya issue - Lavrov
Date: 2017-12-12 16:58:26 GMT - Russia - International - SN:18 - ID:7137385
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that Moscow is ready to support agreements aimed at resolving the Libya issue. During his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Libya in the Government of National Accord Mohamed Taher ....