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Egyptian nominee elected member of UN committee on elimination of discrimination against women
Date: 2014-06-28 07:59:33 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:801643
Egypt's nominee ambassador Naela Gabr, the former assistant foreign minister has been elected as member of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for a fifth term from 2015 to 2018. The elections were held during ....
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Mauritania president announces formation of African force to face crises as of Jan.
Date: 2014-06-28 07:55:37 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:801639
Mauritanian President and the current chairman of the African Union Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced the establishment of an African force for immediate response to crises as of next January. The announcement was made during the final press ....
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Sudan announces Ramadan to start on Sunday
Date: 2014-06-28 07:51:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:801616
Head of the Sudanese Islamic Fiqh Council Essam ben Ahmed al-Bashir has announced that the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will be Sunday June 29. The beginning of the month depends on the first sighting of the crescent ....
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New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia - health ministry
Date: 2014-06-28 07:49:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:801631
The Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday that the number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) rose to 711 people, including 292 deaths. A new case was reported in Bisha, said the ministry in a statement. The ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London show mixed performance
Date: 2014-06-28 07:43:34 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:5 - ID:801622
The Egyptian global depository receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) showed mixed performance at the close of Friday's trading. The GDRs of Orascom Telecom went up by 1.12 percent to 0.90 dollar. The GDRs of the Commercial ....
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Awqaf min. greets Sisi, Egyptians over Ramadan
Date: 2014-06-28 07:38:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:801615
Egypt's Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Egyptians and Arab and Islamic peoples over the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In a press release on Friday, Gomaa urged Egyptians to increase work and ....
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Juncker is wrong person for European commission job, says David Cameron
Date: 2014-06-28 07:34:39 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:801612
British prime minister David Cameron has launched a strong personal attack on Jean-Claude Juncker, declaring that the former prime minister of Luxembourg is the wrong person to lead the European commission, The Guardian reported. As he arrived ....
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Clashes erupt between police, MB's members in Behira
Date: 2014-06-27 14:38:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:801024
Clashes erupted between residents of the city of Kafr el-Dawar in Behira and members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group on Friday. The clashes started when a number of MB supporters organized a rally against the police and set off ....
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AL chief condemns killing of Libyan activist
Date: 2014-06-27 14:06:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:800979
Arab League (AL) chief Nabil El Araby condemned on Friday the killing of Libyan activist Salwa Bugaighis, who was killed at her home on the day of country's election. Bugaighis was stabbed and shot in the head by gunmen who broke into her house ....
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Irrigation Minister inspects projects of High Dam, Aswan Dam, Toshka
Date: 2014-06-27 13:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:800937
Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy and a number of Ministry officials began on Friday a two-day tour of the projects of High Dam, Aswan Dam and Toshka. The Minister makes the tour to inspect the progress of work and get acquainted with the latest ....
