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  • OAPP greets Sisi on launching new Suez Canal project

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:32:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:146 - ID:860008

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Organization of Arab Peoples and Parliaments (OAPP) under Abdel Aziz Abdullah greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptians on launching the project of the new Suez Canal. This mega national project is a big ....

  • Ebola outbreak: BA suspends flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia over virus

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:30:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:145 - ID:859988

    LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - British Airways cancelled its flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia, cutting off the only direct flights between Britain and the Ebola-infected area of west Africa, The Telegraph reported. The carrier, which operates a direct ....

  • Association of Egyptians in Austria lauds launching of Suez Canal Corridor

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:29:34 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:859853

    VIENNA, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian association in Austria has lauded the launching of the Suez Canal Corridor, which reflects a successful thinking for the future. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has honored his promise to focus on mega ....

  • Russia hails Egypt role in Gaza truce

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:22:56 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:143 - ID:859984

    MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russia welcomed on Tuesday the Egypt-brokered 72-hour truce between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip. In its statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the importance of making use of the Egyptian initiative in ....

  • Jordan to continue efforts to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza:FM

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:22:06 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:859995

    AMMAN, Aug 5 (MENA) – Jordan will continue efforts and contacts with Arab and world leaders to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza, its Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Tuesday. The Jordanian top diplomat stressed that the perfect solution ....

  • Rural areas need more attention: Nour Party

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:20:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:860012

    CAIRO, Aug. 5 (MENA) - Nour Party head Younes Makhioun has called on the Egyptian government to pay more attention to the poor rural areas nationwide. Makhioun said such areas have been neglected for many years and lack the basic services and ....

  • Palestinian delegation visits injured at Cairo hospital

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:19:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:140 - ID:859983

    CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - A unified Palestinian delegation, now visiting here, paid on Tuesday a visit to injured Palestinians, who are treated at a Cairo hospital. The delegation, headed by Fatah central committee member Azzam al-Ahmed, listened to ....

  • Afghan attack kills US major general, wounds 15

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:16:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:139 - ID:860017

    KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, killing a US two-star general and wounding some 15 people, the ABC News reported. Among the injured are a German brigadier general ....

  • Five MB members arrested over violence charges in Minya

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:14:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:138 - ID:860022

    MINYA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Minya security forces launched a large-scale security campaign to arrest suspects involved in attacking police and public facilities in the wake of the dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood's Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahdha sit-in ....

  • Saudi Arabia pledges 80 mn US dollars to Gaza: amb. in Egypt

    Date: 2014-08-05 16:13:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:860013

    CAIRO, Aug 4 (MENA) – Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Abdel Aziz Al Qattan said on Tuesday that the kingdom pledged 53 million U.S. dollars in aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The aid aims at enabling the organization to buy medications and ....

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