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UK to re-open Iran embassy: Hague
Date: 2014-06-17 11:59:54 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:13 - ID:782808
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he intends to re-open Britain's Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, the BBC reported. Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations in recent months. Full ....
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Egyptian expatriates honor Mostafa Kamel for nationalist song
Date: 2014-06-17 11:37:02 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:12 - ID:782767
Egyptian expatriates abroad will organize a ceremony on Thursday honoring the head of the musicians syndicate Mostafa Kamel, the composer and writer of "Teslam el-Ayady" or (bless your hands) song that was broadcast during the June 30 ....
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Anti-brotherhood front welcomes new govt formation
Date: 2014-06-17 11:29:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:782751
The Popular Front Against the Brotherhoodization of Egypt has welcomed the new Cabinet lineup. The new government of Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in earlier Tuesday. In its current shape, the Egyptian government is widely accepted by the people, ....
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New leadership able to protect artifacts: ex-antiquities minister
Date: 2014-06-17 11:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:782744
Former Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim has voiced confidence in the ability of the new leadership to safeguard Egypt's artifacts. In statements on Tuesday, Ibrahim wished successes for the newly-sworn in Antiquities Minister Mamdouh ....
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Mahlab orders formation of committee to probe negligence at Kasr al-Ainy
Date: 2014-06-17 11:24:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:782739
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has ordered that a committee be formed to immediately investigate cases of gross negligence in the different departments of the Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital. Patients are not getting appropriate medical services at the ....
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Work underway to inaugurate Tahrir garage on time
Date: 2014-06-17 11:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:782678
Officials at Cairo city hall are racing against time to have a garage, now being built in the vicinity of Tahrir Square, open by the end of this month as scheduled. Illegal parking will totally be banned on a number of streets overlooking Tahrir ....
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Port Tawfik port to reopen for passengers after 9-year hiatus
Date: 2014-06-17 09:52:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:782471
Director of the Red Sea Ports Authority Hassan Fallah said Tuesday that Jeddah-Suez navigation line will be reopened on Wednesday after a nine-year hiatus. Fallah added that the route will link between the Egypt's Port Tawfik and the Saudi port ....
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Ban appoints Italian Major General Portolano to head UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon
Date: 2014-06-17 08:06:54 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:782181
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Luciano Portolano of Italy as the new head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). “Major General Portolano has had a long and distinguished military career,” stated ....
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Interior minister: Combating hotbeds, solving traffic problems main priorities
Date: 2014-06-17 06:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:782034
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the security bodies' battle in the coming term focuses on combating criminal hotbeds and removing all transgressions on roads to ease traffic. In statements to MENA after taking the constitutional oath, ....
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Israeli warplanes raid the Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-06-17 06:18:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:782024
Israeli warplanes raided different parts of the Gaza Strip at dawn on Tuesday. No casualties were reported. Palestinian sources said one air strike targeted, with at least one rocket, an empty piece of land near the western gate of Asdaa ....
