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  • FM meets American Chamber of Commerce delegation

    FM meets American Chamber of Commerce delegation

    Date: 2014-07-06 11:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:813839

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri met Sunday a delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce. The meeting took up the outcome of the delegation's recent visit of the US, which included meetings with US decision-makers in the US administration and ....

  • Defense min.: Army to continue facing challenges to national security

    Defense min.: Army to continue facing challenges to national security

    Date: 2014-07-06 10:44:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:813788

    Egypt's Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi asserted on Sunday that the Armed Forces will continue to face challenges targeting national security. This came during his meeting with a number of military leaderships and soldiers of the Western Military ....

  • Cairo governor bans any demolishing in archaeological areas

    Cairo governor bans any demolishing in archaeological areas

    Date: 2014-07-06 10:20:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:813731

    Cairo Governor Galal Saeed issued on Sunday firm orders banning the demolishing of any building in Egypt's archaeological areas unless he personally approved the move. He also urged the heads of the four districts to notify him of any plan to set ....

  • Egypt condemns terroist attacks against civilians in Nigeria

    Egypt condemns terroist attacks against civilians in Nigeria

    Date: 2014-07-06 09:55:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:813663

    Egypt condemned on Sunday the latest terrorist attacks by Boko Haram militants against civilians in Nigeria that left scores of innocent people dead. Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Ati expressed the Egyptian government's condolences to the ....

  • Israel re-opens Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Israel re-opens Karam Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-07-06 09:39:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:813631

    Israeli authorities re-opened Karam Abu Salem crossing Sunday after the week. Israel allowed 170 trucks loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors and aid supplies. ....

  • Wall collapse kills 11 workers in Southern India

    Wall collapse kills 11 workers in Southern India

    Date: 2014-07-06 08:33:36 GMT - India - International - SN:6 - ID:813507

    Eleven construction workers were killed Sunday after the boundary wall of a warehouse collapsed in southern India in the country's latest building disaster, ABC News reported. The laborers had built lean-tos and shacks near the wall that came ....

  • US investments in Egypt 17 bln dollars: USAID

    US investments in Egypt 17 bln dollars: USAID

    Date: 2014-07-06 08:14:13 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:813481

    The volume of US investments in Egypt is estimated at 17 billion dollars, US Agency for International Development (USAID) said in a statement. The US is now the biggest commercial partner to Egypt, the agency added. Diversity in trade and ....

  • 13 killed in new attacks in Kenya's coastal region - Red Cross

    13 killed in new attacks in Kenya's coastal region - Red Cross

    Date: 2014-07-06 07:49:19 GMT - Kenya - International - SN:4 - ID:813455

    At least 13 people have been killed in new attacks in Kenya's coastal county of Lamu, the same area where some 60 people were massacred last month, the Voice of Russia quoted the Kenyan Red Cross as saying on Sunday. The organization said nine ....

  • NK says rocket launches are 'sovereign right'

    NK says rocket launches are 'sovereign right'

    Date: 2014-07-06 07:44:22 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:3 - ID:813448

    North Korea on Sunday again defended its recent short-range rocket launches, saying it is exercising its sovereign rights, Yonhap reported. The communist nation test-fired two projectiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, one day before Chinese ....

  • Palestinian protesters, Israeli forces clash in West Bank, 1948 areas

    Palestinian protesters, Israeli forces clash in West Bank, 1948 areas

    Date: 2014-07-06 07:42:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:813446

    The abduction and suspected revenge killing of an Arab youth has continued to spark clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in several districts of West Bank and 1948 areas, leaving at least 18 injured and dozens ....

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