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  • EgyptAir to launch 17 flights to bring home Umrah performers

    Date: 2018-06-11 17:55:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:7440346

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - EgyptAir, the country's national carrier, will increase on Tuesday its flights to Saudi Arabia to bring home Egyptian Umrah performers, reportedly more than 45,000. The company will launch 17 flights as of 03:30 a.m ....

  • Pharaohs training under heavy rains in Gronzy

    Date: 2018-06-11 17:15:50 GMT - Chechnya - Sports - SN:80 - ID:7440360

    GRONZY, June 11 (MENA) - Under heavy rains, Egypt's national football team held a training session one hour ahead of Iftar (fast-breaking). The holy fasting month of Ramadan will end Thursday, a day before the Pharaohs meet the La Celeste. The ....

  • FM, UN envoy probe finding political solution to Syrian crisis

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:45:58 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:79 - ID:7440281

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed Monday with visiting United Nations special envoy to Syria Steffan di Mistura the latest developments in the violence-hit country and finding political solution to the Syrian ....

  • Iraqi police arrest 4 Daesh terrorists in Baghdad

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:43:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:7440283

    BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) - Iraqi Federal Police arrested four Daesh terrorists during a security operation in Baghdad, a police official said on Monday. Abu Adnan and Abu Murtada were among the nabbed terrorists, the Iraqi Federal Police chief ....

  • Quran memorization award for persons with special needs tripled upon presidential directive

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:40:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:7440275

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - Upon the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Minister of Awqaf Mokhtar Gomaa upped the value of the award given to the first winner of a Quran memorization contest held for persons with special needs. Sisi gave ....

  • Palestine condemns participation of Indonesian scholars in Jerusalem forum

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:30:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:7440284

    RAMALLAH, June 11 (MEN) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday condemned the participation of an Indonesian scholar delegation, representing Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) organization, in the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in ....

  • Sisi signs decree on Ras Fanar area development

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:09:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:75 - ID:7440280

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday signed Law No 31/2018 authorizing the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to contract with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to explore oil and develop Ras ....

  • Sisi pardons some convicts on Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:06:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:7440279

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree No. 260/2018 to pardon some convicts on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. The decision was published in the Gazette out Monday. (MENA) Y Y E/S R E ....

  • Parl't postpones debates on end-of-service gratuity for national press institutions employees

    Date: 2018-06-11 16:05:09 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:73 - ID:7440183

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) - The House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal decided on Monday to put off debates on a motion submitted by MP Moustafa Bakri to add a new article to the National Press Authority (NPA) bill as regards the end-of-service ....

  • New massacre by US-led coalition leaves 18 dead in Hasaka countryside

    Date: 2018-06-11 15:56:13 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:7440173

    DAMASCUS, June 11 (MENA) - The warplanes of the US-led international coalition raided a school in the village of Khoibra in the southeast of Al Shaddadah, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) quoted local sources on Monday. The coalition raid ....

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