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  • Counselor Gamal Nada elected State Council head

    Counselor Gamal Nada elected State Council head

    Date: 2014-06-21 18:53:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:790518

    The general assembly of the State Council counselors elected with an overwhelming majority Counselor Gamal Nada as head of the council on Saturday. Nada got 99.8 percent of the votes with a turnout of 92.6 percent of the members. ....

  • Sisi receives phone call from Australian PM

    Sisi receives phone call from Australian PM

    Date: 2014-06-21 18:50:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:790515

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Saturday a phone call from Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott who greeted him on assuming the president's post. In his phone call, the Australian premier said his country is willing to bolster ....

  • President Sisi grants order of excellence to top graduates of Police Academy

    President Sisi grants order of excellence to top graduates of Police Academy

    Date: 2014-06-21 18:49:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:790514

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday issued a republican decree to grant the Order of Excellence to top graduates of the Police Academy. The honored graduates include two students from Palestine. ....

  • Kerry to pay 1st visit Egypt on Sunday since Sisi's inauguration

    Kerry to pay 1st visit Egypt on Sunday since Sisi's inauguration

    Date: 2014-06-21 18:47:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:790512

    US Secretary of State John Kerry will pay an official visit to Cairo on Sunday and meet with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. This is the first visit by Kerry and any US senior official to Egypt since Sisi's inauguration. Foreign ....

  • Egypt's ambassador to Lebanon condemns Dahr Al-Baydar bombing

    Egypt's ambassador to Lebanon condemns Dahr Al-Baydar bombing

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:52:47 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:789764

    Egyptian Ambassador in Beirut Ashraf Hamdy on Saturday condemned the bombing of Dahr Baydar which targeted Lebanese security forces checkpoint. In statements to MENA, Hamdy praised the efforts exerted by the Lebanese security forces and army in ....

  • US downgradesThailand and Qatar for abysmal human trafficking records

    US downgradesThailand and Qatar for abysmal human trafficking records

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:51:03 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:31 - ID:789760

    The US has signaled its mounting concern over modern-day slavery in Thailand and Qatar after it downgraded both countries on its human trafficking watch-list following revelations of appalling maltreatment of migrant workers. Thailand was ....

  • President Sisi sends greatings to Egyptian community in Sudan on Ramadan advent

    President Sisi sends greatings to Egyptian community in Sudan on Ramadan advent

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:29:46 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:789720

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday sent a cable of greetings to the Egyptian community in Sudan on the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. According to the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum, Sisi expressed his best wishes to the ....

  • Maximum alert ahead of fasting month in Al-Wadi Al-Jadid, Gharbiya

    Maximum alert ahead of fasting month in Al-Wadi Al-Jadid, Gharbiya

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:789718

    Governor of Al-Wadi Al-Jadid Major General Mahmoud Ashmawi said a state of alert has been raised in all vital facilities ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan to insure the availability of foodstuffs on markets. In statements to MENA, the ....

  • Sisi attends graduation ceremony of 51st batch of military technical academy

    Sisi attends graduation ceremony of 51st batch of military technical academy

    Date: 2014-06-21 10:18:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:789539

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attended the graduation ceremony of the 51st batch of the military technical academy on Saturday. Attending the ceremony were also former president Adly Mansour, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Defense Minister Sedki ....

  • Sadrist Movement ready to protect Shiite sites

    Sadrist Movement ready to protect Shiite sites

    Date: 2014-06-21 09:59:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:789672

    The Sadrist Movement staged Saturday a parade and a huge rally in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad to show force for defending Shiite site. Followers of the Sadrist Movement came from different places in Iraq in response to their leader Muqtada ....

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