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Netanyahu says coming visit to Washington to boost US-Israel relations
Date: 2017-02-13 18:41:56 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:6516981
GAZA CITY, Feb 13 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he plans to boost US-Israeli diplomatic relations during his coming visit to Washington, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported. He added that his meeting ....
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Bahraini PM, Turkish president discuss bilateral cooperation
Date: 2017-02-13 18:39:41 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:6516953
MANAMA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Monday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, who is currently paying a visit to Manana within a Gulf tour, The two sides discussed ways to boost bilateral ....
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Social Solidarity min.: 37% of Egypt's population under 17 years old, 21% of them below poverty line
Date: 2017-02-13 18:37:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:6514785
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly congratulated United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) on its 70th anniversary. In a speech on Monday, Waly said that the population of Egypt reached 92 million in which 37 percent are ....
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Dar Al Ifta hails UN chief stance over Islamophobia phenomenon
Date: 2017-02-13 18:34:46 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:6517041
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) – Egyptian Dar Al Ifta's Islamophobia Watch hailed the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s statements concerning spread of Islamophobia in the world and its relation with terrorism. In a press release, the ....
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Attempt to smuggle huge amounts of liquor into Egypt thwarted in Port Said
Date: 2017-02-13 18:33:47 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:74 - ID:6517013
PORT SAID, Egypt, Feb 13 (MENA) – Port Said Ports police on Monday thwarted an attempt to smuggle a huge amount of liquor from Hungary into the country. Police acted upon a tip-off that an import and export company would import a 40-foot ....
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Pope Tawadros II receives contract of building 1st Egyptian church in Togo
Date: 2017-02-13 18:32:24 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:6517021
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said on Monday that Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe handed him the contract of building the first Egyptian Church in Togo. The pope said the move comes ....
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Social Solidarity min. denies loss of funds of pensions invested in Egyptian bourse
Date: 2017-02-13 18:31:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:72 - ID:6516993
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) – Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Waly denied claims saying that the funds of pensions invested in the Egyptian stock exchange were lost. This came during her response to a motion of information in a parliament’s public ....
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Erdogan slams Israel's settlement policy
Date: 2017-02-13 16:28:24 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:6516941
ANKARA, Feb 13 (MENA) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday condemned Israel's decision to ramp up settlements in the West Bank as an "absolute provocation". Israel announced plans last month for 3,000 more settlement homes in the West ....
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IDSC denies rats devoured EGP 1 bln-tax files
Date: 2017-02-13 16:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:70 - ID:6516109
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) has denied reports claiming that rats devoured tax files estimated at EGP 1 billion. In a statement, the IDSC said it made contacts with the Finance Ministry, ....
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IDSC denies halting construction in new administrative capital
Date: 2017-02-13 16:26:27 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:69 - ID:6515921
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) – The Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) denied on Monday news claiming that the construction of the new administrative capital stopped due to failing to reach an agreement with the Chinese ....
