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  • 20 convoys to head for new Suez Canal project as of next week - min.

    20 convoys to head for new Suez Canal project as of next week - min.

    Date: 2014-08-25 13:01:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:890590

    Egypt's manpower minister said on Monday that 20 convoys will head for the new Suez Canal project as of next week to meet the needs of workers in the project. Nahed el-Ashri gave the remarks while chairing the first meeting of the permanent ....

  • Egypt party calls for economic boycott of Qatar, Turkey

    Egypt party calls for economic boycott of Qatar, Turkey

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:59:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:890587

    Egypt's Reform and Development Party called on Arab nations to economically boycott Qatar and Turkey after President Abdel Fatah El Sisi unveiled their plots together with the Muslim Brotherhood to brainwash the Egyptian elite through websites that ....

  • Egyptian Radio supports Darul Iftaa over Daesh term campaign

    Egyptian Radio supports Darul Iftaa over Daesh term campaign

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:50:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:890556

    Head of the Egyptian Radio Abdel Rahman Rashad said on Monday that the Egyptian Radio supporting an initiative by Darul Iftaa (House of Religious Opinion) to launch an international campaign for not using the term Islamic State in reference to ....

  • Iran lauds France as latecomer to collective anti-terror efforts

    Iran lauds France as latecomer to collective anti-terror efforts

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:44:39 GMT - Iran - International - SN:56 - ID:890531

    Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian welcomed Monday Paris' decision to cooperate with Iran in quelling anti-security moves in Iraq. Yet he lamented the decision was made rather "late". "The decision by Paris and certain ....

  • Woman killed, scores injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza

    Woman killed, scores injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:40:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:889784

    A Palestinian woman was killed and scores injured in series of Israeli attacks Monday in different areas in Gaza. Also two mosques and a number of houses were destroyed during the attack, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said. The ....

  • 3 ISIL militants killed in Iraq's Anbar: Report

    3 ISIL militants killed in Iraq's Anbar: Report

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:38:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:890509

    At least three militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed in clashes with Iraqi troops in western Anbar province, Iraq's state news agency reported. Two vehicles used by ISIL militants were destroyed, the agency ....

  • Egypt's mufti urges international cooperation to combat terrorism

    Egypt's mufti urges international cooperation to combat terrorism

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:14:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:890443

    Egypt's Mufti Sheikh Shawki Alam called for international cooperation at all levels so as to combat terrorism and terrorist groups. Thanks to Al-Azhar, Egypt did not witness extremism except at the 20th century, Alam noted. In press statements ....

  • Palestinian factions say shelled Erez crossing north Gaza

    Palestinian factions say shelled Erez crossing north Gaza

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:13:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:890439

    Palestinian factions claimed responsibility for shelling the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. The announcement was made by Ezzeddin al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas movement, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Saraya ....

  • Morsi Ittihadiya trial postponed to October 11

    Morsi Ittihadiya trial postponed to October 11

    Date: 2014-08-25 12:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:890404

    Cairo Criminal Court decided on Monday to postpone till October 11 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in the case of Ittihadiya Palace. They face charges of killing and ....

  • Tourism ministry spares no effort to promote tourism - min.

    Tourism ministry spares no effort to promote tourism - min.

    Date: 2014-08-25 11:59:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:51 - ID:890400

    Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou stressed on Monday that the ministry exerts utmost efforts to bring tourism back to what it has been before the 25 January revolution. All state bodies are working hard to promote tourism, the minister said at a ....

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