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  • Cabinet announces determination to uproot terror

    Cabinet announces determination to uproot terror

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:808683

    The cabinet under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stressed on Wednesday that the criminal acts will not prevent his government from uprooting terrorism in Egypt. He also called upon the cabinet to observe a minute of silence to mourn the police ....

  • Cameron warns Israel to avoid escalation after killing of three teenagers

    Cameron warns Israel to avoid escalation after killing of three teenagers

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:18:57 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:35 - ID:808653

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has cautioned Israel to be careful in its response to the murder of three teenagers and to avoid further escalation in the Middle East, the BBC reported. Addressing the MPs of the House of Commons, Cameron ....

  • Egypt FM orders development of counselor system abroad

    Egypt FM orders development of counselor system abroad

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:16:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:808658

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry issued directives to the counselor sector at the ministry and all the diplomatic missions to develop the counselor system and improve the conditions of the Egyptian community abroad. The minister also decided to ....

  • Netanyahu calls on police to quickly find murderers of Palestinian youth

    Netanyahu calls on police to quickly find murderers of Palestinian youth

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:15:45 GMT - Israel - International - SN:29 - ID:808479

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for law enforcement to work as quickly as possible to find the perpetrators and motives of the "reprehensible" murder of a Palestinian youth, whose body was found in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, ....

  • Court sends Morsi's son to jail over drug charges

    Court sends Morsi's son to jail over drug charges

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:14:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:808671

    Banha Criminal Court sentenced on Wednesday the son of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and his friend to one year in jail over charges of drug possession. Abdullah, Morsi's youngest son, was arrested in March along with a friend in a car with two ....

  • Fatah official says Israel tries to sow dissent among Palestinians

    Fatah official says Israel tries to sow dissent among Palestinians

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:11:15 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:808666

    Fatah Secretary-General in Jordan Najib Qaddoumi has called upon the Palestinian people not to allow Israelis to sow dissent in the country. "Our people [Palestinians] are aware of rumors spread by the Zionist enemy," Qaddoumi said in statements ....

  • OAPP urge Arab countries to face ISIL threats

    OAPP urge Arab countries to face ISIL threats

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:10:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:808665

    The Organization of Arab Parliaments and Peoples (OAPP) has called on Arab countries to stand against threats of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL). "This terrorist group is trying to divide Arab countries, especially Iraq and ....

  • Bourse: Beltone-EFG Hermes offer to be finalized Sunday

    Bourse: Beltone-EFG Hermes offer to be finalized Sunday

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:08:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:39 - ID:808663

    Head of the Egyptian bourse Mohamed Umran said Beltone Financial and billionaire Naguib Sawiris' offer to buy 20 percent of EFG Hermes investment bank at 16 Egyptian pounds ($2.24) per share will be finalized on Sunday. Umran told MENA that the ....

  • Suez canal achieves highest record since opening

    Suez canal achieves highest record since opening

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:07:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:38 - ID:808661

    The Suez Canal has achieved the highest revenue, worth 5.3 billion dollars, since its opening in 1869 in the previous fiscal year 2013/2014, said chairman of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish. In a press release Wednesday, Memish said that ....

  • Interior minister visits policemen wounded in Ittihadiya blasts

    Interior minister visits policemen wounded in Ittihadiya blasts

    Date: 2014-07-02 16:03:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:808656

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Wednesday visited policemen who have been wounded in bomb blasts near Cairo's Ittihadiya presidential palace on Monday. The minister paid tribute to the role and sacrifices of policemen in protecting the ....

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