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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....