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  • Public Prosecutor appeals el-Adwa case ruling

    Public Prosecutor appeals el-Adwa case ruling

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:792368

    Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat has appealed the Menya Criminal Court's ruling sentencing more than 180 terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group members to death. The MB's spiritual leader, Mohamad Badie, and the others were sentenced to death ....

  • Kerry meets civil society figures

    Kerry meets civil society figures

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:57:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:792366

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday with a number of civil society figures during his current visit to Egypt. The meeting came after Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the US top diplomat. The civil society figures included ....

  • Shoukry-Kerry talks wrap up

    Shoukry-Kerry talks wrap up

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:56:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:792365

    The two-hour talks between Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his US counterpart John Kerry wrapped up on Sunday at Fairmont Towers Heliopolis. Kerry is scheduled to head for the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis to meet Egypt's President ....

  • Justice ministry exerts efforts to confront sexual assault - official

    Justice ministry exerts efforts to confront sexual assault - official

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:55:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:792361

    The Justice Ministry is trying to confront the sexual harassment's phenomenon which has been spreading in Egypt by issuing strict laws, announced representative of human rights at the Justice Ministry Noha el-Sherbini. El-Sherbini, meanwhile, ....

  • Metro working hours extended to 2 a.m. during Ramadan

    Metro working hours extended to 2 a.m. during Ramadan

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:52:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:792358

    Minister of Transport Hany Dahy directed on Sunday officials of Egyptian Company for Metro Management & Operation to be on alert ahead of the holy month Ramadan. He also urged metro company's leaderships to form an operation room to receive ....

  • Sisi issues presidential decree granting Air Force top graduates Order of Military Merit

    Sisi issues presidential decree granting Air Force top graduates Order of Military Merit

    Date: 2014-06-22 20:49:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:792354

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday issued a presidential decree to grant the top seven graduates the second Class Order of Military Merit. Four students, including one from Bahrain, were granted the 2nd Class Order of Military Merit. ....

  • Shoukry-Kerry talks wrap up

    Shoukry-Kerry talks wrap up

    Date: 2014-06-22 12:54:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:791590

    The two-hour talks between Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his US counterpart John Kerry wrapped up on Sunday at Fairmont Towers Heliopolis. Kerry is scheduled to head for the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis to meet Egypt's President ....

  • Israel allows entry of truckloads of goods to Gaza via Karm Abu Salim crossing

    Israel allows entry of truckloads of goods to Gaza via Karm Abu Salim crossing

    Date: 2014-06-22 12:53:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:791589

    Israeli forces decided on Sunday to allow 390 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the ....

  • Former official warns of impact of media treatment of harassment on tourism

    Former official warns of impact of media treatment of harassment on tourism

    Date: 2014-06-22 12:52:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:791588

    Former assistant foreign minister Mokhlis Kotb has warned against the media treatment of physical and verbal harassment of women in Egypt on incoming tourism. "Such treatment draws a negative image of Egypt abroad and poses a threat to state ....

  • EGX indexes show varied performance

    EGX indexes show varied performance

    Date: 2014-06-22 12:51:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:791587

    The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) indices showed varied performance at the close of trading on Sunday. The market capital lost about 224 million pounds to reach 480.95 billion pounds, amid transactions which hit 798 million pounds. The main ....

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