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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....