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  • Armed Forces: 32 takfiris killed, 21 targets destroyed in North, Central Sinai

    Armed Forces: 32 takfiris killed, 21 targets destroyed in North, Central Sinai

    Date: 2018-06-21 08:57:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7452743

    The General Command of the Armed Forces announced that 32 takfiris were killed and 21 targets were destroyed in North and Central Sinai. The Armed Forces said Thursday in its 24th statement on the outcome of the operation that was launched on ....

  • EU adopts package to Lebanon to help it cope with refugees

    EU adopts package to Lebanon to help it cope with refugees

    Date: 2018-06-20 19:46:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7452391

    The European Union has adopted a support package to Lebanon of 165 million euros ($191 million) to help the country cope with hosting Syrian refugees, The New York Times reported. In a statement released Wednesday to mark World Refugee Day, the ....

  • House speaker: Egypt first regional barrier against terrorism, illegal migration

    House speaker: Egypt first regional barrier against terrorism, illegal migration

    Date: 2018-06-20 19:36:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7452379

    House of Speakers Ali Abdel Aal said Wednesday that Egypt was the first barrier against terrorism, extremism, and illegal migration. Speaking to members of a group of Egypt's friends in the European Parliament, Abdel Aal urged them to persuade EU ....

  • European leaders to attend emergency 'mini-summit' on migration

    European leaders to attend emergency 'mini-summit' on migration

    Date: 2018-06-20 19:31:42 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:12 - ID:7452376

    European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is convening an informal “mini-summit” on migration and asylum this Sunday that could determine the future of Germany’s coalition government, The Guardian reported Wednesday. In a tweet, Juncker ....

  • Antiquities min. assigns SCA secretary general to receive smuggled artifacts from Italy

    Antiquities min. assigns SCA secretary general to receive smuggled artifacts from Italy

    Date: 2018-06-20 18:42:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7452329

    Antiquities Minister Khaled el Annai assigned on Wednesday Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Mostafa Waziry to head for Italy within a few days to receive the Egyptian artifacts, which have been recently seized there. ....

  • Three shows to be performed by Cairo Opera Ballet Company in Italy

    Three shows to be performed by Cairo Opera Ballet Company in Italy

    Date: 2018-06-20 18:05:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:10 - ID:7452282

    Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem approved the dispatch of an artistic delegation grouping 27 dancers representing the Cairo Opera Ballet Company to the Italian capital Rome in order to participate in an Egyptian cultural exhibition on June ....

  • 14 doctors, employees in Kafr el Sheikh probed over dereliction of duty

    14 doctors, employees in Kafr el Sheikh probed over dereliction of duty

    Date: 2018-06-20 16:32:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7452194

    Up to 14 doctors and employees at a health unit in Kafr el Sheikh were referred to investigations for absence from work. A report was prepared by the Desouk municipality's inspection and follow-up department on that score to take an appropriate ....

  • Russia concerned over Israel’s strikes against Gaza Strip - diplomat

    Russia concerned over Israel’s strikes against Gaza Strip - diplomat

    Date: 2018-06-20 16:06:33 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7452156

    Moscow is concerned over the Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip and calls on all parties to hold a large-scale dialogue, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters. "Moscow is concerned over the new wave of violence ....

  • UNRWA commissioner-general never decided to curtail services offered to refugees

    UNRWA commissioner-general never decided to curtail services offered to refugees

    Date: 2018-06-20 15:52:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7452135

    Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl have not decided until the moment to curtail services offered for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees, Media Adviser Adnan Abu Hasna said on ....

  • EGX shows mixed performance

    EGX shows mixed performance

    Date: 2018-06-20 15:15:51 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:7452069

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of Wednesday's trading, amid purchase operations by Arab and local institutions and investment funds, while sales prevailed in transactions of foreign investors. The market ....

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