All News

  • Service : English General
  • Egypt names new ambassador to Lebanon

    Date: 2014-07-31 10:08:01 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:851804

    BEIRUT, July 31 (MENA) - Egypt appointed Mohamed Badr El-Deen Zayed as a new ambassador to Lebanon. Zayed was assistant foreign minister in charge of neighbor affairs and the former ambassador to South Africa. He also served as head of the ....

  • 23,000 tons of garbage removed from Giza streets

    Date: 2014-07-31 10:06:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:851794

    GIZA, July 31 (MENA) - Some 23,000 tons of garbage were removed from Giza streets during Eidul Fitr. Ezzat el-Kharsa, the head of the Giza Cleaning and Beautification Authority, said on Thursday that this large amount of rubbish was collected ....

  • Holders of unlicensed firearms hand over guns to Qalyubia police

    Date: 2014-07-31 09:52:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:851754

    BANHA, July 31 (MENA) – Holders of unlicensed firearms in the Nile Delta province of Qalyubia handed over their guns to police. They handed over 10 machine guns and bullets. Qalyubia police chief Mahmoud Yousri hailed the move comes as part ....

  • Spain evacuates embassy staff from Libya

    Date: 2014-07-31 09:51:24 GMT - Spain - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:851781

    MADRID, July 31 (MENA) - Spain's Foreign Ministry says it is temporarily evacuating its ambassador and most embassy staff from Libya because of the worsening security situation in the capital, Tripoli, ABC news reported. A ministry statement ....

  • Interior minister approves police reshuffle

    Date: 2014-07-31 09:42:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:851743

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has approved a police reshuffle, MENA learned oThursday. In exclusive statements to MENA, Assistant Interior Minister for Media Affairs Abdel Fattah Othman said the movement included 19 ....

  • Referring Palestinian-Israeli issue to ICC is double-edged sword: FM

    Date: 2014-07-31 09:07:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:851713

    RAMALLAH, July 31 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad al-Malki said Wednesday that referring the issue of Palestine-Israel war into the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a double-edged sword. Malki added that referring the ....

  • 8,500 tons of butane gas arrive at Suez harbors

    Date: 2014-07-31 08:45:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:851668

    SUEZ, July 31 (MENA) - Some 8,500 tons of liquefied butane gas arrived at Zaiteyat Port here coming from the Saudi port of Yanbu, Red Sea Ports Authority announced on Wednesday. As many as 33,242 tons of palm oil products were also received from ....

  • 14 passengers deported for not having visa

    Date: 2014-07-31 08:40:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:851699

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) - Fourteen passengers were deported Thursday from Cairo international airport for not having visas. The deportees are from Syria, Indonesia, Morocco, Iraq and Ethiopia. (MENA) MI/SR ....

  • Awqaf minister warns of targeting Islam creed foundations

    Date: 2014-07-31 08:39:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:851700

    CAIRO, July 31 (MENA) – Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa on Thursday warned against targeting foundations of the Islamic creed. "That will serve the interests of terror and extremist groups," the minister said. "Not all people should be involved ....

  • Bolivia declares Israel ‘terrorist state’

    Date: 2014-07-31 08:38:00 GMT - Bolivia - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:851709

    L, July 31 (MENA) - Bolivia has declared Israel to be a “terrorist state” and renounced a visa exemption agreement with the country in protest over the ongoing Israeli military offense in Gaza which already killed more than 1,300 dead and left over ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD