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  • Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying charges delayed to July 9

    Trial of Morsi, MB leaders over spying charges delayed to July 9

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:12:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:804025

    The Cairo Criminal Court decided Sunday to postpone until July 9 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other leading members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood on charges of espionage. Morsi and the 35 other Brotherhood figures ....

  • President Sisi, Awqaf minister discuss new preaching law

    President Sisi, Awqaf minister discuss new preaching law

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:10:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:804023

    President Adel Fattah El SIsi held a meeting Sunday with Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa to discuss a new preaching law. The meeting tackled ways to enforce a law confining preachers from Al-Azhar graduates to take the pulpits of mosques as ....

  • Jordan king warns of impact of Iraqi crisis on region

    Jordan king warns of impact of Iraqi crisis on region

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:09:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:804022

    Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday warned of the impact of the Iraqi crisis on the region, asserting the importance of the unity of Iraq. The king made his comments during his talks with Chairwoman of the US House of Representatives' ....

  • Qatari emir greets Sisi on Ramadan

    Qatari emir greets Sisi on Ramadan

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:08:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:804021

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Sunday a phone call from Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hmad bin Khalifa al-Thani. During the phone call, the Qatari emir greeted Sisi on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. ....

  • Air Defense Forces working around clock - commander

    Air Defense Forces working around clock - commander

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:07:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:804020

    Commander of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces Lieutenant General Abdul-Meneim el-Toras affirmed the vigilance of the forces as one of the main army branches protecting the country's skies. Speaking on the anniversary of the Air Defense Forces, ....

  • Bahraini king phones Sisi to greet him on Ramadan

    Bahraini king phones Sisi to greet him on Ramadan

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:06:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:804017

    Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Sunday a phone call from Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, who greeted him on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Sisi, on his part, thanked the Bahraini king for the ....

  • Awqaf min.: No time limit for Tarawih

    Awqaf min.: No time limit for Tarawih

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:03:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:804015

    Awqaf Minister Mohamad Mokhtar Gomaa Sunday denied orders were given to set a time limit for Tarawih (special night prayer associated with Muslim month Ramadan). "The ministry has not and will never give such orders and all mosques in Egypt are ....

  • Shoukry meets Cambodia top official

    Shoukry meets Cambodia top official

    Date: 2014-06-29 18:01:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:804011

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Sunday with Cambodia Secretary of State at the Foreign Affairs Ministry Ouch Borith, who is currently visiting Cairo. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral ties and ways of boosting them ....

  • Giza governor refuses to extend deadline of pavement projects

    Giza governor refuses to extend deadline of pavement projects

    Date: 2014-06-29 11:44:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:803421

    Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman Saturday dismissed a request by a contracting company to extend the deadline of pavement works it was carrying out in the province from the end of June to end of July. "All non-committed companies will be ....

  • Palestinian PM says occupation main obstacle in face of development

    Palestinian PM says occupation main obstacle in face of development

    Date: 2014-06-29 11:24:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:803361

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah conferred Sunday with the head of the International Monetary Fund mission on the latest economic and political development in Palestine. "Occupation is the main obstacle in face of development in the ....

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