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Sisi arrives in Suez Canal Authority club
Date: 2014-08-05 08:20:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:858857
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived Tuesday in Suez Canal Authority club in Ismailia province to attend the ceremony of launching the Suez Canal Axis Development Project. The project will start through three main development centers: the ....
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72-hour Gaza ceasfire begins
Date: 2014-08-05 06:36:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:858697
A 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt has gone into effect in Gaza and Israel at 8 a.m (Gaza local time). Before the truce, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza City and on southern and central parts of the Palestinian territory. Also, a ....
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FM visits Tunisia airport to reassure Egyptians ahead of their return home
Date: 2014-08-05 06:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:858664
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri on Monday visited Tunisia's Djerba airport to reassure to Egyptian nationals, who arrived from Libya, ahead of their return to Cairo. Shoukri met with a number of Egyptians, who are due to return home after ....
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UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over detention of British national
Date: 2014-08-05 06:00:45 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:858661
Chargé d’Affaires at the Ethiopian Embassy in the UK Demeke Atnafu was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to meet the UK’s Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds. Simmonds expressed deep concern that the Ethiopian authorities had not allowed ....
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Giza orphanage manager in custody for 4 days over children torture
Date: 2014-08-05 05:28:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:858620
Prosecutors on Monday ordered an orphanage manager in Giza to be placed in custody for four days pending investigations into charges of beating and torturing children in his care. Osama Mohamed Othman faces charges of beating, using cruelty and ....
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James Brady, White House press secretary under Reagan, dies
Date: 2014-08-05 05:23:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:858618
James Brady, the former White House press secretary who was badly wounded in the assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan and later became an advocate for gun control, has died. He was 73. His family announced Brady's death in a ....
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Hamas agrees on Egypt's 72-hour Gaza ceasefire call
Date: 2014-08-05 05:19:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:858617
Hamas has agreed on Egypt's call for a 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that starts on Tuesday morning, member of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo Ezzat al-Rashq said. Hamas accepted the Egyptian call that includes starting indirect ....
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Sisi, Al chief discuss situations in Gaza, Libya, Syria
Date: 2014-08-04 16:59:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:858247
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting on Monday with Arab League Chief Nabil el-Arabi during which they discussed various Arab issues, including the situation in Gaza, Syria, Libya and Iraq. Presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said the ....
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Arab League backs Lebanon against terrorism
Date: 2014-08-04 16:11:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:858169
The Arab League strongly supports efforts by the Lebanese army to fight terrorist and Takfiri groups in the eastern city of Arsal, Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said. Arabi also extended condolences to the country over the death of Lebanese ....
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Egypt FM meets Tunisia interior minister on stranded Egyptians
Date: 2014-08-04 16:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:858167
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met during his visit to Tunisia with Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou. The meeting was attended by senior Tunisian officials including the counselor of the Tunisian prime minister, the deputy ....
