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  • Egypt's Mufti says Daesh should not be called

    Egypt's Mufti says Daesh should not be called "Islamic State"

    Date: 2016-10-04 07:09:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5706421

    Egypt’s Mufti Shawki Allam on Monday rejected referring to the Daesh terrorist group as "the Islamic State group," stressing that terrorist acts should not be attributed to Islam. "Daesh is not a state, but they are terrorists who displaced ....

  • EgyptAir says no employees investigated so far over Manhattan bag

    EgyptAir says no employees investigated so far over Manhattan bag

    Date: 2016-10-03 08:15:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5700789

    EgyptAir said it has not received any comments from the US authorities over reports that two EgyptAir in-flight security employees opened a bag on a Manhattan street that was later reported to contain a bomb. All EgyptAir employees, especially ....

  • Court to examine SLA appeal against Tiran and Sanafir islands ruling Saturday

    Court to examine SLA appeal against Tiran and Sanafir islands ruling Saturday

    Date: 2016-10-01 12:55:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5692389

    Egypt’s Administrative Court has set next Saturday as a date to examine an appeal filed by the State Lawsuits Authority against a recent court ruling about the invalidity of the Tiran and Sanafir islands transfer agreement. In the appeal, the ....

  • Sisi, CBE governor review financial, monetary reforms

    Sisi, CBE governor review financial, monetary reforms

    Date: 2016-10-01 12:42:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5692313

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi convened on Saturday with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tareq Amer. Amer posted the president on the outcome of his talks in Germany on means of promoting financial cooperation between the two countries in ....

  • Naval forces arrest 12 on board trawler carrying illegal drugs

    Naval forces arrest 12 on board trawler carrying illegal drugs

    Date: 2016-09-29 15:56:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5684065

    Maritime forces on Thursday managed to arrest 12 persons on board a fishing boat, carrying amounts of illegal drugs near Sidi Barrani town. The naval troops also rescued a tourist on board a boat in Red Sea Governorate after he had severely ....

  • Irrigation minister probes with new Dutch Amb. in Cairo vistas of joint cooperation

    Irrigation minister probes with new Dutch Amb. in Cairo vistas of joint cooperation

    Date: 2016-09-29 14:00:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5683289

    Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atti on Thursday met with the newly-appoined Dutch Ambassador to Egypt Laurens Westhoff. The meeting was held at the behest at the Dutch diplomat and aimed at probing ways of promoting ....

  • Azhar imam greets Sisi on new Islamic year

    Azhar imam greets Sisi on new Islamic year

    Date: 2016-09-29 13:58:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5683261

    Grand Imam of Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb on Thursday greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian people s well as leaders and governments of the Arab and Muslim worlds on the new Hijri (Islamic) year, which falls on Sunday. Tayyeb urged ....

  • French trade minister heads for Cairo

    French trade minister heads for Cairo

    Date: 2016-09-29 12:38:51 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5682453

    French Minister of State for Foreign Trade Matthias Fekl headed for Cairo on Thursday to meet a host of Egyptian officials. During his visit, Fekl will meet with Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil and Housing Minister Mostafa Kamal ....

  • Awqaf min. praises relations between Egypt, Indonesia

    Awqaf min. praises relations between Egypt, Indonesia

    Date: 2016-09-28 07:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5673529

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa stressed on Tuesday the depth of relations between Egypt and Indonesia. Delivering a speech at the Indonesian Embassy in Cairo on the occasion of Indonesia's Independence Day, Gomaa called for boosting ....

  • Shimon Peres, former Israeli president, dies aged 93

    Shimon Peres, former Israeli president, dies aged 93

    Date: 2016-09-28 07:45:01 GMT - Israel - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:5673493

    The former Israeli PM and president Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday, the BBC reported. His son Chemi led tributes to "one of the founding ....

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