English webnews
- Service : English
-
Abbas urges Security Council emergency meeting
Date: 2014-07-21 08:02:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:837874
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the latest developments in Gaza following the Israeli ground invasion in the strip. Abbas stresses that Security ....
-
Cameron urges Putin to allow site access
Date: 2014-07-21 07:52:51 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:837860
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been urged by Prime Minister David Cameron to allow access to the crash site of flight MH17. In a phone call between the two leaders, the PM called on the Russian president to intervene so the victims' bodies ....
-
Netherlands Embassy in Cairo receives condolence on Flight MH 17 victims
Date: 2014-07-21 07:42:33 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:1 - ID:837842
The Netherlands Embassy in Cairo said it will receive condolences on Monday and Tuesday for the country's victims who were on the board of MH 17 Malaysian airliner which dropped down on July 17 in eastern Ukraine. In a statement, the embassy ....
-
Britain condemns terror attack in Egypt
Date: 2014-07-20 17:35:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:837378
The British government has slammed a terror attack that targeted a border checkpoint near el-Farafra oasis of the New Valley province on Saturday, leaving 21 soldiers dead. "I strongly condemn the appalling terrorist attack on a border guard ....
-
Sisi leads military funeral for border guard martyrs
Date: 2014-07-20 17:33:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:837374
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi led the military funeral that was held for 22 border guards who have been killed in an attack on a border post in the New Valley province. The funeral was attended by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Defense Minister ....
-
Humanitarian truce ended in Gaza's Shujayea
Date: 2014-07-20 17:32:47 GMT - Israel - International - SN:41 - ID:837373
The Israeli military says a "humanitarian truce" in the Gaza neighborhood of Shujayea ended, Israel Radio reported. Fighting resumed in Shujayea after the truce was agreed to allow the evacuation of wounded from the area, where dozens had been ....
-
Egypt summons Turkish charge d'affaires over Erdogan's remarks
Date: 2014-07-20 17:30:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:837368
Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Turkish charge d’affaires here over remarks made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Badr Abdel Atty, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, said that the decision was made by Foreign Minister ....
-
PM to represent Egypt in US-Africa summit
Date: 2014-07-20 17:29:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:837366
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab will represent Egypt in the US-Africa Leaders Summit, slated for August 4 and 5 in Washington. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will not attend the event, presidential spokesman Ehab Badawy said. ....
-
Damietta on high alert
Date: 2014-07-20 17:28:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:837365
Damietta security directorate declared a high security alert at all police sites and intensified checkpoints in anticipation of any terror attacks. Damietta security chief Abu Bakr el-Hadidi extended extended condolences to the Armed Forces over ....
-
Sisi discusses project to reclaim 4 mn feddans
Date: 2014-07-20 14:50:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:837096
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi chaired a meeting to probe a project targeting the reclamation of four million feddans. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Planning Minister Ashraf el-Arabi, Housing Minister Mostafa Kamal, ....