Egypt
- Service : English
- Category : Egypt
-
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
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
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
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 ....
-
Interior Ministry: Police conscript injured during attempt to steal CIB bank at Sabteya
Date: 2016-09-28 07:42:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5673465
A police conscript was injured when unknown person tried to storm CIB bank at Cairo's district of Sabteya, said a reliable source at Interior Ministry's media center. In a statement released late Tuesday, the source said an unknown person tried ....
-
MB bid to stage public transport strike in Cairo thwarted
Date: 2016-09-28 06:53:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5673241
A Muslim Brotherhood bid to incite workers at the Public Transport Authority to stage a strike in Cairo has been foiled. MB elements, who work at the authority, tried to recruit other employees to disrupt the traffic movement to pressure the ....
-
Azhar imam heads for Manama
Date: 2016-09-27 10:18:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5668149
Grand Imam of Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb headed for Manama on Tuesday on the first leg of a foreign tour that will also take him to Switzerland. In a statement, the Azhar Sheikhdom said Tayyeb, the chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders (MCE), ....
-
PM orders formation of emergency room to deal with rain, floods
Date: 2016-09-26 07:42:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:5660889
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has ordered the formation of a central emergency room to deal immediately with the consequences of rains and floods starting October 15. The room will be connected with other operations rooms in the governorates to ....
-
Egyptian diplomat urges US, Russia to set aside disagreements for Syria
Date: 2016-09-26 07:40:30 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5660861
Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations Amr Abul Atta expressed regret that the US-Russia brokered agreement under the International Syria Support Group has not materialized on the ground, calling on the two countries to set political differences ....
-
New Egyptian amb. submits copy of credentials to Chinese Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-09-24 08:04:59 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:5650005
New Egyptian Ambassador here Osama el Magdoub submitted a copy of his credentials to Deputy Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhang Yiming. An official reception will be held soon during which Magdoub and ....