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  • Togolese president arrives at Saint Catherine

    Date: 2017-02-19 10:42:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:6548733

    EL TOR, Feb 19 (MENA) - Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe arrived at Saint Catherine airport early Sunday to visit the city's tourist attractions. Upon arrival, the president, accompanied by medical teams and some bedouins, climbed Mt. Sinai ....

  • Suez customs official to remand in custody for further 15 days over corruption

    Date: 2017-02-19 10:41:13 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:21 - ID:6548489

    SUEZ, Feb 19 (MENA) - Suez Prosecution decided to remand in custody a Port Said customs official for further 15 days over corruption charges. The director of Port Said Customs Legal Affairs Department is accused of taking a 100,000-pound bribe ....

  • Egypt FM arrives in Tunis to attend Libya neighbors meeting

    Date: 2017-02-19 10:36:51 GMT - Tunisia - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:20 - ID:6548721

    TUNIS, Feb 19 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived here on Sunday to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of Libya's neighbors, namely Tunisia and Algeria. The meeting aims at holding consultations on the Libyan file and ....

  • S.Sudan presidential spokesman: National dialogue session to kick off in March

    Date: 2017-02-19 10:19:24 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:6548217

    JUBA, Feb 19 (MENA) - South Sudan Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the first session for national dialogue in South Sudan will kick off in March. Interviewed by MENA, Ateny, who is also the press secretary for South Sudan President ....

  • Islamophobia observatory lauds Merkel statement on Islam

    Date: 2017-02-19 09:53:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:6548269

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory of Dar al Ifta lauded statements by German Chancellor Angela Merkel where she asserted that Islam is not a source for terror. At the same time, Merkel urged all the Islamic states to ....

  • Sudan's relations with Egypt strategic - official

    Date: 2017-02-19 09:42:27 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:6548189

    KHARTOUM, Feb 19 (MENA) - A ruling party official stressed that Sudan's relations with neighboring Egypt are strategic and there are common interests between the two countries. Contacts with Egypt are going on to address any problem that might ....

  • Education min. discusses important educational files with ministry's officials

    Date: 2017-02-19 09:28:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:6548169

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Education Tareq Shawqi held separate meetings with the ministry's leaderships to discuss some important educational files. In a statement Sunday, the ministry said that Shawqi conferred with Head of Public ....

  • Trade minister leaves for Paris

    Date: 2017-02-19 09:17:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:6548161

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Tareq Qabil left here on Sunday for Paris on a visit during which he will meet with a number of senior French officials and heads of some leading French companies. The minister will give a ....

  • Egyptian FM heads for Tunisia to attend Libya neighbors meeting

    Date: 2017-02-19 09:10:07 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:14 - ID:6548125

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Sunday for Tunis to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of Libya's neighbors, namely Tunisia and Algeria. The meeting aims at holding consultations on the Libyan file and ....

  • 27 killed, injured in shelling in northeastern Damascus

    Date: 2017-02-19 08:56:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6547997

    LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that nine people were killed in a rocket shelling by regime forces on opposition sites in northeastern Damascus. Also, 15 people were injured in the shelling, US-based channel ....

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