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  • Antiquities minister meets USAID mission director in Egypt

    Antiquities minister meets USAID mission director in Egypt

    Date: 2014-06-11 15:23:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:32 - ID:773061

    Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim received here Wednesday USAID's mission director in Egypt Mary Ott and her accompanying delegation. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting cooperation between the ministry and the ....

  • Interior minister meets Bar Association chief

    Interior minister meets Bar Association chief

    Date: 2014-06-11 15:12:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:773036

    Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim met on Wednesday with chief of the Bar Association Sameh Ashour to discuss fostering the good relationship between the police and lawyers. Talks also covered ways to have channels of communication constantly open ....

  • Deputy FM receives US State Department officials

    Deputy FM receives US State Department officials

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:772907

    Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Louza had talks on Wednesday with US State Department's Counselor Thomas Shannon and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State David Throne. The American officials expressed their congratulations ....

  • Sisi's visit to sexual assault victim at hospital sends strong signal to society -- spokesman

    Sisi's visit to sexual assault victim at hospital sends strong signal to society -- spokesman

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:48:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:772904

    This morning's visit by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to hospital where the victim of a sexual assault is receiving treatment in order to get a first-hand understanding of her condition sends a strong signal that the state will do everything in its ....

  • Trucks movement between Egypt, Libya through Salloum crossing

    Trucks movement between Egypt, Libya through Salloum crossing "normal" - Matrouh security chief

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:772853

    The Egyptian truck movement is normal on the road between Egypt and Libya via Salloum crossing, said Matrouh security chief El-Anani Hamouda. In statements Wednesday, Hamouda said that the trucks, carrying goods on both directions between Egypt ....

  • Ramadan to start on June 29

    Ramadan to start on June 29

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:22:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:772837

    The first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan will take place this year on June 29 based on astronomical calculations, said head of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics on Wednesday. The crescent moon’s low ....

  • Hague: international protocol on sexual violence in conflict to be launched

    Hague: international protocol on sexual violence in conflict to be launched

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:05:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:26 - ID:772792

    British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that a London summit on ending sexual violence during war will witness the launch of a new international protocol for documenting and investigating sexual violence in conflict. The event - the largest ....

  • Prosecutors to investigate hospital refusal to receive Tahrir sexually-harassed woman

    Prosecutors to investigate hospital refusal to receive Tahrir sexually-harassed woman

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:02:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:772775

    Egypt's Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered on Wednesday to launch a probe into claims that some Cairo's hospitals refused to receive the woman who was sexually assaulted by a mob in Tahrir Square during celebrations marking the President ....

  • Sisi assigns Mahlab to form ministerial committee against sexual assault

    Sisi assigns Mahlab to form ministerial committee against sexual assault

    Date: 2014-06-11 13:01:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:772766

    Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi assigned Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Wednesday to form a ministerial committee, grouping Al-Azhar and the Church, to get acquainted with the reasons behind the rising sexual assault phenomenon, said ....

  • Mahlab busy following up work of caretaker government, making consulations to form new one

    Mahlab busy following up work of caretaker government, making consulations to form new one

    Date: 2014-06-11 11:48:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:772595

    An informed governmental source said the caretaker government is carrying out its duties until the announcement of a new government under Ibrahim Mahlab. The source told MENA that caretaker Prime Minister Mahlab, who has recently been assigned by ....

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