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US forces strike ISIS militants in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-08 15:35:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:25 - ID:864717
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said that US forces have struck Islamic militant targets in Iraq, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Two F/A-18 aircraft dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery piece near Arbil, ....
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Palestinian delegation to stay in Cairo until fulfilling demands- al-Ahmad
Date: 2014-08-08 15:34:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:864715
Head of the Palestinian delegation to Cairo Azzam al-Ahmad said Friday the delegation informed Egypt that it would not leave Cairo until reaching achieving a final compromise to ensure Palestinian rights will be restored. Earlier, Egypt's ....
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Foreign Ministry follows up evacuation of Egyptians from Tunisia
Date: 2014-08-08 14:13:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:864607
Efforts to bring back home Egyptians stranded in Tunisia are in full swing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Aati said Friday. Consulate staffers in Tunisia are working around the clock to remove any obstacles facing Egyptians there, the ....
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Interior min. attends funeral held for Dabaa attack victims
Date: 2014-08-08 14:12:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:864601
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Friday led a funeral for a police officer and a conscript killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Dabaa. Funerals were also held for three other conscripts who died in the attack in the cities of Matrouh, ....
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Suez vital facilities to be excluded from power cuts - Min.
Date: 2014-08-08 14:07:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:864588
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker has excluded some vital facilities in Suez from power cuts. In a letter to Suez Governor el-Araby el-Sorory Friday, the minister said the excluded facilities include ports, industrial zones, water plants, ....
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Min. briefs Sisi on water resources management plan
Date: 2014-08-08 13:39:50 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:864541
Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi has briefed President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the ministry's plan to manage water resources during the coming period. In a statement Friday, the Irrigation Ministry said the proposed plan tackles ways to make ....
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Sisi to meet visual media representatives Saturday
Date: 2014-08-08 13:21:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:864505
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is set to meet with representatives of the visual media Saturday, presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said Friday. ....
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Awqaf min. praises launch of Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-08 13:19:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:864500
Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has praised the launch of the New Suez Canal project. "The Suez Canal project is a hope sent by Allah to realize comprehensive development in Egypt," Gomaa said in Friday's sermon. He called on all ....
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2 new bridges to be established in Benha at cost of EGP 80 million - Governor
Date: 2014-08-08 12:13:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:17 - ID:864391
Qalyubia Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher said Friday two new bridges are scheduled to be established in Benha to solve the traffic crisis inside the city's entrances. In statements, he added that the projects will be carried out the Engineering ....
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Sisi inspects location of New Suez Canal
Date: 2014-08-08 12:12:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:864388
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi inspected digging operations of the New Suez Canal early Friday. Presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said Sisi met workers and listened to explanation about their work. Sisi also asked if they were facing any ....