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Saudi FM: Egypt, KSA spare no effort to halt Israeli aggression on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-13 06:25:21 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:871358
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Tuesday that Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were doing their best to stop the Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. The Saudi minister made the remarks following an extraordinary ....
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Obama calls for calm after black man gunned down
Date: 2014-08-13 06:20:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:871353
US President Barack Obama has appealed for calm in Ferguson, Missouri, after the shooting of a black teenager by police sparked two nights of violence, the BBC reported. He described the death on Saturday of Michael Brown as heartbreaking and ....
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ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-13 06:16:40 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:4 - ID:871349
An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said in a statement on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths in the country to three. "The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Commission ....
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Remarks were not an attack, Hillary Clinton tells Obama
Date: 2014-08-13 06:08:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:871337
Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Obama on Tuesday to assure him that comments she made in a recent interview with The Atlantic were not intended “to attack him, his policies or his leadership,” according to a statement released by Clinton’s ....
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Explosion heard in Alex. caused by fall of glass bottle: police chief
Date: 2014-08-13 05:43:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:871312
Alexandria police chief said on Tuesday that an explosion heard in Dekhaila neighborhood was caused by the fall of a glass bottle. A 19 year old man was playing with the bottle he found earlier and it fell on the ground to break and injure his ....
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Cairo street vendors to be relocated in Torgoman park: Governor
Date: 2014-08-13 05:39:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:871309
Cairo Governor Galal el-Saeed said on Tuesday that street vendors would be relocated in Torgoman parking lot in downtown Cairo within 10 days. "The parking lot accommodates 1,750 peddlers who will be moved in two phases," he said. Earlier, ....
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Yacht tourism to be promoted in Egypt -- ministry
Date: 2014-08-12 17:24:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:45 - ID:871003
The Finance Ministry approved on Tuesday a request by the Tourism Ministry to support the yacht and houseboat tourism in Egypt. Upon the approval, the foreign yachts will be allowed to tour the state shores for a fixed time limit, read a ....
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No political activities at universities: Min.
Date: 2014-08-12 17:24:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:871001
Minister of Higher Education Ahmad Abdel Khalek has said political activities and partisan action had no room at universities. He added Tuesday that political activity could disrupt the academic progress. The minister said securing the ....
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Hariri has no settlement to presidential election issue - official
Date: 2014-08-12 17:10:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:870989
A Future Movement official said on Tuesday that former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had no settlement to the issue of presidential election in Lebanon. Rached Fayed said the coming days would bear good news concerning the Lebanese ....
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Putin, Sisi agree to enhance military cooperation
Date: 2014-08-12 16:44:00 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:870813
President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to establish relations between Cairo and the customs union, which includes, besides Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Egypt and Russia have agreed to ....