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Worker injured in explosion of oxygen cylinder in Cairo
Date: 2017-02-23 16:24:42 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:65 - ID:6577113
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – An oxygen cylinder exploded on Thursday in Cairo's Bulaq Abu el Ela district, injuring a welder. The explosion caused a huge noise, pushing the sappers and civil defense squads to rush to the scene of the incident, Interior ....
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Al Azhar Imam urges Eastern, Western cultures to unite against terrorism
Date: 2017-02-23 16:04:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:6576561
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb on Thursday said both Eastern and Western cultures have to stand side by side against terrorism, poverty and ignorance. The misuse of religion by extremists and terrorists is the reason ....
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Luxor governor receives senior German lawmaker
Date: 2017-02-23 15:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:6576529
LUXOR, Feb 23 (MENA) – Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr received Thursday visiting Vice-President of the German parliament (Bundestag) Johannes Singhammer. During the meeting, they discussed ways of cooperation between Germany and the ....
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Al Azhar, Vatican agree on cooperating to uproot terrorism
Date: 2017-02-23 15:33:54 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:62 - ID:6576501
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar and Vatican agreed to cooperate in uprooting terrorism through stopping financial support and weapons supply to the extremist groups so as to protect the youth from its dangerous thoughts. This came at the end of a ....
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Russia insists on Syrian Kurds' participation in Geneva peace talks
Date: 2017-02-23 15:28:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:6576517
MOSCOW, Feb 23 (MENA) - Russia pushes for inviting Syrian Kurds to participate in the intra-Syrian talks in the Swiss city of Geneva, Russia's envoy to the UN Office in Geneva Alexei Borodavkin said Thursday. "We have always advocated and ....
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Parl't foreign relations committee head: June 30 revolution against extremist ideology
Date: 2017-02-23 15:25:39 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:60 - ID:6575377
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – Head of the Egyptian parliament foreign relations committee Ahmed Said asserted that June 30 revolution was not a revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood but against terrorism and extremism ideology. This came in a speech ....
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Egypt's bourse loses EGP 8 bln
Date: 2017-02-23 15:22:33 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:59 - ID:6575769
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes were all down at the close of Thursday's trading in light of sales made by Egyptian and foreign investors amid news circulated about stamp fees to be charged for each buying or selling ....
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Tayyeb: No place in Al Azhar for any thoughts contrary to its approach, message
Date: 2017-02-23 15:20:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:58 - ID:6575909
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb said that there is no place in Al Azhar for any thoughts that contradict its approach or message. Establishing the moderate ideas is carried out via Al Azhar bodies topped by its ....
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FM to EU official: Egypt working on meeting aspirations of Egyptians in achieving a democratic state
Date: 2017-02-23 15:01:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:6575533
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Thursday the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. During the meeting, Lambrinidis asserted ....
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Sisi stresses need of intensified coordination between Armed Forces, police to ensure Egypt's security
Date: 2017-02-23 14:48:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:6575841
CAIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued directives to continue coordination between the Armed Forces and the police to ensure the country's security and stability. He, meanwhile, underlined the importance of maintaining a ....