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  • Kerry denies asking Iraq to form national salvation govt

    Kerry denies asking Iraq to form national salvation govt

    Date: 2014-06-26 07:45:02 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:798516

    US Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as groundless statements by Iraqi Foreign Minister Nouri Maliki that he asked him to form a national salvation government. Kerry, as quoted by the BBC, said after a meeting with the NATO here that he ....

  • Interior minister checks on security at Maadi metro station

    Interior minister checks on security at Maadi metro station

    Date: 2014-06-26 07:44:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:798514

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim toured Thakanat El-Maadi metro station on Thursday to inspect security measures, one day after a string of minor blasts went off at four metro stations and a courthouse in Cairo. At least six people suffered ....

  • Sisi's visit launches new era of Egypt-Algeria ties: Spokesman

    Sisi's visit launches new era of Egypt-Algeria ties: Spokesman

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:54:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:798022

    The recent visit of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Algeria launches a new era of a stable and strategic relationship between Egypt and Algeria, said Presidency Spokesman Ihab Badawy. The talks between two countries' leaders took up ....

  • Mahlab says new budget to be finalized soon

    Mahlab says new budget to be finalized soon

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:53:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:798020

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said on Wednesday that the new draft budget will be finalized soon. Cabinet spokesman Hossam al-Qawish said that the new amendments will be presented to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, once he comes back home from ....

  • Ghada Wali: Solidarity Ministry to lead campaign against smoking

    Ghada Wali: Solidarity Ministry to lead campaign against smoking

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:46:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:798006

    Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali would reveal on Thursday the results of a national survey on the problem of drug abuse. The survey, conducted by the national fund for fighting and treating addiction, includes rates of drug addicts, ....

  • Trial of Beltagi, Hegazi on torturing policemen delayed to July 1

    Trial of Beltagi, Hegazi on torturing policemen delayed to July 1

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:44:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:798003

    Cairo Criminal Court decided in its session on Wednesday to postpone until July 1 the trial of Brotherhood leaders Mohamed el-Beltagi and Safwat Hegazi over charges of kidnapping and torturing a policeman and a non-commissioned officer during a ....

  • Mahlab attends signing protocol with Arabia

    Mahlab attends signing protocol with Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:43:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:797995

    Egypt's Housing Ministry signed on Wednesday an agreement with the Saudi Egyptian Construction Company. Upon the deal, the company will increase its capital in the Egyptian market to 243 million dollars. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab attended ....

  • Cairo airport on high alert following 5 metro blasts

    Cairo airport on high alert following 5 metro blasts

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:41:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:797991

    Security measures have been beefed up at Cairo airport Wednesday following the five explosions that rocked Egypt early in the day. Six people were injured in five attacks that targeted four metro stations (Shubra el-kheima, Kobri el-Kobba, ....

  • Upon Sisi's directions, Egypt research centers to train African cadres in developing fisheries

    Upon Sisi's directions, Egypt research centers to train African cadres in developing fisheries

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:40:02 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:797989

    Upon President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directions, Egyptian research centers will be training African cadres in developing fisheries, on which 90 percent of the continent's production of fish depends. Remarks to these effects were made by Deputy ....

  • Businessman Abul Enein donates 250 million pounds for setting up vocational schools

    Businessman Abul Enein donates 250 million pounds for setting up vocational schools

    Date: 2014-06-25 17:35:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:797968

    Egyptian businessman Mohamed Abul Enein on Wednesday said he will donate 250 million pounds to be channeled into setting up vocational schools that serve all Egypt's provincial governorates. The step comes in response to a call by President Abdel ....

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