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Top prosecutor refers 40 defendants to criminal court over human trafficking charges
Date: 2018-05-23 16:36:19 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:60 - ID:7413653
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq referred on Wednesday 40 defendants to the criminal court. The defendants are accused of forming an organized criminal group, specialized in human trafficking and migrant-smuggling. ....
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PM, irrigation min review studies for upgrading subterranean water databases
Date: 2018-05-23 16:34:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:7413728
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday met Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati to review several files in the water and irrigation domains. During the meeting, Abdel Ati updated the premier on ....
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Sisi stresses need to offer best services at New Capital, new cities
Date: 2018-05-23 16:29:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:7413692
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted the need to offer the best and most developed services at the New Administrative Capital and the new cities that are currently under implementation nationwide. “These cities will ....
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Sisi receives Jordanian King at Cairo airport
Date: 2018-05-23 16:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:64 - ID:7413774
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Wednesday Jordanian King Abdullah II upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport. Earlier in the day, the Jordanian monarch embarked on a 24-hour visit to Egypt. Both ....
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Erekat demands Swiss minister explains, apologizes for statements on Palestine refugees
Date: 2018-05-23 15:53:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7413624
RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), demanded on Wednesday from the Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to explain statements he made on the UN refugee ....
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Egypt, Russia ink Russian industrial zone agreement in SCC
Date: 2018-05-23 15:52:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:62 - ID:7413657
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - The Egyptian government on Wednesday signed an agreement with Russia to establish a Russian industrial zone in Suez Canal Corridor (SCC). The agreement was signed by Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil and his ....
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Armed Forces on highest state of preparedness to protect country- minister
Date: 2018-05-23 15:35:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:7413601
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) – Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi said Wednesday that the Armed Forces are the highest level of preparedness to fulfill its duty in protecting the country and the national security. Sobhi’s remarks came during Iftar banquets ....
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Palestine joins Chemical Weapons Convention
Date: 2018-05-23 14:59:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7413607
RAMALLAH, May 23 (MENA) - The State of Palestine deposited on May 17 its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ....
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Parts of building dating back to Greco-Roman period unearthed in Gharbia
Date: 2018-05-23 14:53:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:58 - ID:7413482
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed on Wednesday parts of an ancient building that dates back to the Greco-Roman period in Gharbia governorate. In statements, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector Ayman ....
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Kuwait's deputy FM, US official mull efforts of global coalition against Daesh
Date: 2018-05-23 14:45:19 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7413605
KUWAIT CITY, May 23 (MENA) - Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al Jarallah met on Wednesday with US presidential envoy for the global coalition against Daesh Brett McGurk, and his accompanying delegation who are currently visiting ....