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  • EgyptAir to suspend flights to Iraq's Arbil until Aug. 16

    EgyptAir to suspend flights to Iraq's Arbil until Aug. 16

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:39:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:869146

    Head of EgyptAir Holding Company Sameh el-Hefni announced that the company's flights to Arbil in Iraq will be suspended until August 16 due to security conditions there. In statements, Hefni said that the EgyptAir flight bound for Baghdad took ....

  • Mahlab chairs economic panel meeting

    Mahlab chairs economic panel meeting

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:38:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:869143

    The economic panel under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab held a meeting Monday to discuss a number of important files, topped by the economic conditions, means to fund the Suez Canal project along with fuel needs. At the beginning of the ....

  • Al Azhar Univ. denies hostels closure

    Al Azhar Univ. denies hostels closure

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:38:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:869142

    Acting Al Azhar University President Mohamad Abdel-Shafy has denied media reports of the university hostels being closed. The administration postponed the admission to the university hostels in Cairo, he said, adding the media center would ....

  • Trial of leading MB members over Banha violence charges postponed till August 19

    Trial of leading MB members over Banha violence charges postponed till August 19

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:37:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:869139

    Banha Criminal Court deferred till August 19 the trial of leading Muslim Brotherhood member Mohsen Radi and eight others over violence charges. The defendants face accusations of rioting, attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons and ....

  • 2 packages void of explosive substances found in Nasr City - ministry

    2 packages void of explosive substances found in Nasr City - ministry

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:869138

    Security forces in Cairo received a notification pertaining to the presence of a strange object in Nasr City at the intersection of Abbas el-Akad and Moustafa el-Nahas streets, according to a security source in the Interior Ministry. Another ....

  • Mubarak retrial adjourned to Wednesday

    Mubarak retrial adjourned to Wednesday

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:35:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:869135

    Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to Wednesday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Alaa and Gamal, runaway businessman Hussein Salem and former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides. The postponement decision ....

  • Ibadi assigned to form new Iraqi government

    Ibadi assigned to form new Iraqi government

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:35:04 GMT - Iraq - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:869133

    Iraqi President Fouad Masoum assigned a leader in Iraq's Islamic Dawa Party Heidar al-Ibadi to form the new government in succession of Nouri al-Maliki. The national reform movement under Ibrahim el-Ga'fari officially announced Monday to ....

  • Azhar faces deviant thought with full force - Grand Imam

    Azhar faces deviant thought with full force - Grand Imam

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:34:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:869132

    Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyeb said Monday Azhar's role does not end at Egypt's borders, for as the world's leading seat of learning on Sunni Islam, it is keen on continuing to offer its services to all Arabs and Muslims around the globe. ....

  • Egypt completely free of Ebola - Health Minister

    Egypt completely free of Ebola - Health Minister

    Date: 2014-08-11 15:33:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:869131

    Health Minister Adel Adawi said Monday that Egypt is completely free of any Ebola-infected or -suspected cases. In a press conference, the minister added that the total number of cases in the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, ....

  • Natural gas line explodes in 10th of Ramadan city

    Natural gas line explodes in 10th of Ramadan city

    Date: 2014-08-11 13:54:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:868935

    The natural gas line in the Tenth of Ramadan city went off on Monday, after the explosion of an explosive device, which caused a loud boom heard by the residents. Also, a limited fire broke out in the line, without causing causalities or ....

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