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Senior TE Data official referred to court on graft charges

Date: 2017-02-26 13:21:37 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:47 - ID:6591037

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - A senior TE Data official has been referred to criminal court for allegedly amassing a fortune worth 60 million pounds through illegal means. A probe revealed that Mohamed Samir, a security supervisor of the information ....

Egypt, US press for action to reach political solutions to regional crises

Date: 2017-02-26 12:39:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:6590909

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Egypt and the US have stressed the need to continue working to reach political solutions to the different crises in the Middle East. The two countries are convinced this is the perfect means to end conflicts, spare further ....

Egypt condeoms terrorist attack in Bahrain

Date: 2017-02-26 12:31:33 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:45 - ID:6591021

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Egypt has denounced the recent terrorist attack against a military patrol in the kingdom of Bahrain. The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry asserted in a statement on Sunday Egypt's support for the government and people of ....

Railway authority to carry for free participants in 2nd anniversary of Egyptian victims in Libya

Date: 2017-02-26 12:28:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:6590313

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Railway Authority decided to transport for free Copts who will mark the second anniversary of the 21 Copts beheaded by Daesh in Libya in 2015. A carriage of Tanta/Samalout train was allocated for participants in the Mass ....

45 ships transit Suez Canal

Date: 2017-02-26 12:27:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:43 - ID:6590881

ISMAILIA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Forty-five ships transited the Suez Canal on Sunday, with a total cargo load of 2.6 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 19 vessels carrying around 1.1 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 ....

AL chief urges warring Libyan parties to abide by ceasefire deal in Tripoli

Date: 2017-02-26 12:22:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:6590553

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit Sunday called on warring Libyan parties to comply with the ceasefire agreement reached to stop the armed clashes that erupted last week in Abu Salim district in ....

Diocese of Ismailia opens bank account to receive donations for families displaced from North Sinai

Date: 2017-02-26 12:14:52 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:6590253

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Feb 27 (MENA) - The Diocese of Ismailia of the Coptic Orthodox Church announced opening a bank account to receive donations for the Coptic families who fled the terror in North Sinai. The number of bank account is 1069241 under ....

Egypt, Pakistan probe coop. in communications field

Date: 2017-02-26 12:10:19 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:40 - ID:6590665

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Dr. Mohamed Saeed el Assar met Sunday with a visiting Pakistani delegation to probe means of boosting bilateral cooperation in the field of communications. Assar briefed ....

Libyan special forces confirm killing of 2 soldiers, injuring commander in car bomb blast in Benghazi

Date: 2017-02-26 11:45:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:6590445

TRIPOLI, Feb 26 (MENA) - Two soldiers of the Libyan special forces were killed Sunday, while some others including commander of the troops Mahmoud al Wirfalli were wounded in a car explosion, said head of the media office of the troops Riyad el ....

Palestinian, Iraqi ministers arrive in Cairo for ministerial conference

Date: 2017-02-26 11:41:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6590361

CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Palestine's Minister of Justice Ali Abu Diak arrived here Sunday coming from Jordan to take part in the Arab ministerial conference on terrorism, to be held in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh on February ....