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  • PM: Gov't keen on finalizing all stages of Cairo Metro

    Date: 2018-05-23 11:27:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7413141

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail expressed the government's keenness on implementing all stages of Cairo Metro that serves 9 million commuters daily. Following a ceremony to mark the launch of the third stage of the third Metro ....

  • Pullout of Iranian forces, Hezbollah units from Syria out of question - Damascus

    Date: 2018-05-23 11:17:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7412948

    DAMASCUS, May 23 (MENA) - The withdrawal of Iranian forces and units of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah from Syria is not on the discussion agenda, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told Sputnik. "This topic is not even on the agenda ....

  • Egypt, Ivory Coast keen on furthering cooperation: Ivorian amb. to MENA

    Date: 2018-05-23 11:12:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:29 - ID:7412946

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Ivorian Ambassador to Egypt Eugène Allou Allou asserted that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara are keen on furthering cooperation between their countries. In statements to MENA, Allou ....

  • NAT: 3rd phase of Cairo Metro Line 3 costs 1.53 billion euros

    Date: 2018-05-23 11:00:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7412935

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - The third phase of Cairo Metro Line 3 from Ataba to Boulaq Dakror will cost 1.53 billion euros and will serve 3 million commuters daily. In statements on Tuesday, Chairman of the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) Tareq ....

  • US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman docks at Souda, Crete

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:57:59 GMT - Greece - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7413175

    ATHENS, May 23 (MENA) - A massive US aircraft carrier — the USS Harry S. Truman — has arrived at an American naval base in Souda Bay, Crete where it will remain until May 28, the Greek Reported reported Wednesday. The $45 billion (€38 billion) ....

  • UAE Armed Forces destroy two Houthi militias' boats in Red Sea

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:56:09 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7413106

    ABU DHABI, May 23 (MENA) - The UAE Armed Forces, as part of the Arab Coalition Forces on Wednesday destroyed two boats of the Iranian-backed Houthi militias in international waters as they were threatening one of the commercial oil tankers in the ....

  • Transport minister: Metro ticket prices cover operation costs only

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:54:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7413087

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat said the latest increase of Metro ticket prices aimed at covering the operation cost only and not the investment one, noting that the cost of restructure and development of the first metro ....

  • More than 40 countries take part in Argonaut international exercise

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:44:54 GMT - Cyprus - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:7412950

    NICOSIA, May 23 (MENA) - Over 40 countries are taking part in or are observing the international maritime search & rescue exercise "Argonaut 2018" which takes place in Larnaca, 23 and 24 of May, Cyprus News Agency reported. “Argonaut’s scenario ....

  • Prosecutor general refers 4 railway workers to criminal court over Beheira trains collision

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:34:22 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:21 - ID:7412940

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq referred on Wednesday four workers in the Egyptian Railway Authority to urgent criminal trial on charges of causing a collision between two trains in Beheira where seven people were killed ....

  • 3rd stage of 3rd Metro Line to save state over EGP 2 bn - min.

    Date: 2018-05-23 10:23:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7412934

    CAIRO, May 23 (MENA0 - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said the third stage of the third Greater Cairo Metro Line will save the state 2 to 2.2 billion pounds as it will save fuel and reduce pollution. The third metro line cost is estimated at ....

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