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17 Daaesh members killed and injured in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-20 11:57:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:882938
Seventeen members of the Daaesh group were killed in Iraq and others injured in a suicide bombing carried out by the group in the western Iraqi area of Ramadi on Wednesday. The Iraqi news agency quoted a security official as saying that two ....
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Obama, Putin invited to Erdogan's inauguration ceremony
Date: 2014-08-20 11:50:01 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:41 - ID:882899
Turkey's President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend his inauguration ceremony on August 28. According to Milliyet newspaper, this year's ceremony will be different as ....
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Court postpones to Monday trial of Morsi and 14 others
Date: 2014-08-20 11:48:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:882897
Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday postponed to Monday the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 14 other defendants of leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood over charges of killing and instigating murder of protesters at Ittihadiya ....
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PM: Power outage problem will start easing up as of Sunday
Date: 2014-08-20 11:47:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:882891
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on Wednesday said that the power outage problem will start easing up as of Sunday. At a press conference, he added that a plan has been drawn up for upgrading the capacity of 54 power plants nationwide to meet ....
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ERTU head: Committee to be formed to outline regulations of National Council for Media
Date: 2014-08-20 11:32:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:882838
Head of the Egyptian Radio and TV Union (ERTU) Essam el-Amir on Wednesday said that names of a 50-member committee will be announced to outline regulations governing the National Council for Media. In statements to MENA, Amir, who doubles as ....
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Azhar university staffers protest over bonus decrease
Date: 2014-08-20 11:24:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:882816
Al Azhar University staffers staged on Wednesday a protest over a 50 percent decrease of their monthly bonus and the delayed payment of their salaries. The workers raised banners denouncing such a move towards them alone while bonuses of staffers ....
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Sokary gold mine pumps EGP 20bl into Egypt's economy: Official
Date: 2014-08-20 11:19:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:882793
The al-Sokary gold mine has injected EGP 20 billion into the domestic economy over the past three years, said Esmat al-Rajhi, the mine's Public Relations and Media Director. The mine utilized the latest mining technology which conforms to the ....
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Adly acquitted of profiteering charges
Date: 2014-08-20 10:53:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:882728
Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday said that former interior minister Habib el-Adly was found innocent during his retrial in June this year over accusations of profiteering and money laundering. Adly was accused of capitalizing on his senior post ....
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Israeli ministers and MKs urge Netanyahu to pound Hamas
Date: 2014-08-20 10:51:53 GMT - Israel - International - SN:34 - ID:882718
Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to respond to Hamas breaking the cease-fire by retaliating with great force, The Jerusalem Post reported. Ministers and members of the ....
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Societal participation in drawing out Egypt's cultural policy urged
Date: 2014-08-20 10:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:33 - ID:882713
Egypt's culture minister underlined on Wednesday the importance of having the entire society take part in drawing out the country's cultural policy. Dr Gaber Asfour made the remarks during two meetings with members of the Supreme Council of ....
