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  • Govt attaches importance to providing jobs for youths - minister

    Govt attaches importance to providing jobs for youths - minister

    Date: 2014-07-14 17:36:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:827254

    The government attaches great importance to provide jobs for youths, Manpower and Immigration Minister Nahed Ashri has said. During her meeting with a host of general mangers' council on Monday, Ashri said that the government works to create ....

  • Iftaa House says minimum Zakat worth 8 pounds per person

    Iftaa House says minimum Zakat worth 8 pounds per person

    Date: 2014-07-14 11:50:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:826607

    The Egyptian Iftaa House has set at a minimum of 8 pounds the value of Zakat al-Fitr per individual for this year. Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam said Monday the value of the Zakat was estimated in coordination with the Islamic Research Academy, ....

  • Lieberman: Ending Gaza operation now will only mean more fighting in future

    Lieberman: Ending Gaza operation now will only mean more fighting in future

    Date: 2014-07-14 11:15:52 GMT - Israel - International - SN:44 - ID:826527

    Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday said that Israel must press on with its military operation in the Gaza Strip, or it will find itself in the same situation in the near future, Ynet reported. "If this operation ends now, it is ....

  • Hamas says it operated drones over Israel

    Hamas says it operated drones over Israel

    Date: 2014-07-14 11:14:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:826422

    The Hamas military wing said on Monday it operated drones over Israel shortly after the Israeli army announced that it shot down one unmanned aircraft. "A number of drones were operated over the Jewish entity," Ezzedine Qassam Brigades said in a ....

  • Arab League urges swift world action to halt Israeli aggression

    Arab League urges swift world action to halt Israeli aggression

    Date: 2014-07-14 11:12:33 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:826519

    The Arab League said on Monday swift steps should be taken to bring to an immediate halt the fight and protect the Palestinian people from the current Israeli aggression. In a report about the Israeli assault, the pan-Arab body warned against ....

  • Two fires put out in Qalyubia

    Two fires put out in Qalyubia

    Date: 2014-07-14 10:58:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:826491

    Two fires were extinguished in two cities in Qalyubia, north of Cairo, on Monday. The flames broke out at a factory in Obour City and a house in Shubra where firefighters managed to put out them. No casualties were reported. ....

  • 163 defendants from Bani Helal, Daboudia referred to criminal court over massacre in Aswan

    163 defendants from Bani Helal, Daboudia referred to criminal court over massacre in Aswan

    Date: 2014-07-14 10:57:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:826485

    Prosecutor General Hisham Barrakat ordered the referral of the 163 defendants from Arab clan Bani Helal and the Nubian tribe Daboudia in Aswan over charges of mass murder, which took place in Aswan last April and left 25 killed and 44 ....

  • Ibrahim orders plan to secure corridor revised

    Ibrahim orders plan to secure corridor revised

    Date: 2014-07-14 10:55:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:826479

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has ordered that a plan to secure the July 26 Corridor be revised. Ibrahim wants security measures to be beefed up along the corridor for the safety of citizens. He made the directive Monday as he inspected ....

  • Laila Iskandar: Consultions under way with slum residents for development

    Laila Iskandar: Consultions under way with slum residents for development

    Date: 2014-07-14 10:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:826454

    Minister of State for Urban Development and Slum Areas Dr Laila Iskandar asserted that the ministry is keen on consulting the slum residents and listening to their views on the state's plans for development after a budget worth EGP 500 million was ....

  • Number of Palestinian detainees in WB rises to 1,071 - Palestinian Prisoners Club

    Number of Palestinian detainees in WB rises to 1,071 - Palestinian Prisoners Club

    Date: 2014-07-14 10:38:28 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:826434

    The Israeli forces arrested 57 Palestinians from various provinces of the West Bank (WB) on Sunday and Monday. The detainees include 11 members of the legislative council and 26 inhabitants of Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prisoners Club said ....

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