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  • Chief of Staff back home after Japan visit

    Chief of Staff back home after Japan visit

    Date: 2017-08-25 15:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6961430

    Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Hegazy returned home on Friday after an official visit to Japan. He held talks during his stay in Japan with the Japanese minister of defense and other senior army commanders on means of boosting ....

  • Trump underlines keenness on upgrading relations with Egypt

    Trump underlines keenness on upgrading relations with Egypt

    Date: 2017-08-25 10:07:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6961228

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday evening a phone call from US President Donald Trump during which the US president underlined the strength of bilateral relations. Trump also expressed his keenness on upgrading relations between ....

  • British Minister for Middle East Affairs concludes Egypt visit

    British Minister for Middle East Affairs concludes Egypt visit

    Date: 2017-08-25 10:05:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6961227

    British Minister of State for the Middle East Affairs Alistair Burt left back home on Friday wrapping up a two-day visit to Egypt. During his visit, Burt met with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar. Both ....

  • Marsa Alam airport police foils attempt to smuggle 12kg of jewellery 

    Marsa Alam airport police foils attempt to smuggle 12kg of jewellery 

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:6960578

    Marsa Alam airport police foiled an attempt to smuggle 12 kilograms of gold and silver jewellery without paying needed customs duties. Police received information that the owner of a jewellery company is planning to smuggle large amount of gold ....

  • Head of parliament defense committee regrets US decision to cut Egypt aid

    Head of parliament defense committee regrets US decision to cut Egypt aid

    Date: 2017-08-24 17:28:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:6960599

    Head of the Defense and National Security Committee at the parliament Kamal Amer expressed on Thursday regret over the US Congress's decision to cut part of the US assistance to Egypt. He said the decision is a misjudgment of the nature of the ....

  • Sisi directs National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy

    Sisi directs National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy

    Date: 2017-08-24 16:21:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:6960513

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday directed the National Terrorism-Combat Council to set its strategy, according to presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef. Presiding over the council’s first meeting, Sisi highlighted the importance of the ....

  • Wali meets WFP delegation

    Wali meets WFP delegation

    Date: 2017-08-24 10:26:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6959626

    Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali met on Thursday with a visiting delegation of the World Food Programme (WFP). They probed aspects of cooperation between the ministry and the UN program in light of Egypt's 2030 sustainable development ....

  • Three days off for private sector workers on Eidul Adha - min.

    Three days off for private sector workers on Eidul Adha - min.

    Date: 2017-08-24 09:08:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6959420

    Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan said on Thursday private sector workers will have a three-day paid vacation on Eidul Adha in line with the labor law. The vacation will be from next Thursday to Saturday, the minister said. If there is a ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 6 - Health ministry

    Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 6 - Health ministry

    Date: 2017-08-24 09:02:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6959408

    The Health Ministry announced on Thursday that the death of an Egyptian pilgrim, taking the number of Egyptian pilgrims who died in Saudi Arabia to six. An 82-year-old woman, named Galila Hassanein from Giza governorate, died of a cardiac arrest ....

  • 102 prisoners to be pardoned on revolution anniversary

    102 prisoners to be pardoned on revolution anniversary

    Date: 2017-08-23 13:07:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:6958127

    As many as 102 prisoners will be pardoned in line with a presidential decree issued to mark the anniversary of the July 23 revolution, Another 109 inmates will be released on parole. ....

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