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Cabinet discusses work progress in Grand Egyptian Museum
Date: 2018-05-27 16:51:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:7419107
The cabinet held on Sunday a meeting under Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to follow up the work progress in the Grand Egyptian Museum. The meeting was attended by the ministers of investment and international cooperation and antiquities, besides ....
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Interior min.: Current phase requires strenuous efforts to maintain security
Date: 2018-05-27 16:49:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7419105
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar stressed on Sunday that the current phase entails exerting utmost efforts and making sacrifices to maintain stability and security and preserve achievements. This remark came during the meeting Abdel Ghaffar ....
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SCPUD reviews plan to upgrade Maspero area
Date: 2018-05-27 16:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7419071
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, and the Supreme Council for Planning and Urban Development (SCPUD) reviewed on Sunday a plan to upgrade the Maspero area by removing shanty towns around it. The plan is also meant to improve the living conditions of ....
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Saudi king receives GCC secretary general
Date: 2018-05-27 14:13:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7418637
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud received at al Salam Palace in Jeddah Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Abdullatif bin Rashid al Zayani. They reviewed a number of issues on the Gulf arena, according to ....
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Palestinian killed during Israeli shelling on Gaza Strip
Date: 2018-05-27 14:02:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7418888
A Palestinian young man succumbed Sunday to injuries he sustained during the Israeli shelling on east Rafah, south Gaza Strip, that took place in the morning. The young man is 25-year-old Nassim Marwan el Amor, said the Health Ministry in the ....
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Sisi, Macron discuss partnership on phone
Date: 2018-05-27 14:00:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7418881
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received a telephone call from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Sunday to discuss means to enhance an existing partnership between their countries. The two leaders also talked about attempts to restore ....
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Grand Egyptian museum receives 116 artifacts from Horemheb tomb in Saqqara
Date: 2018-05-27 12:52:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7418737
The Grand Egyptian Museum received 116 artifacts from Saqqara archaeological site to be put on display during its planned partial inauguration at the end of the current year. In press statements, general supervisor of the museum Tarek Tawfiq said ....
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Bourse indexes show mixed performance
Date: 2018-05-27 12:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:7418685
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes showed mixed performance at the close of trading on Sunday amid purchases by foreign institutions and investment funds besides selling operations by Arab and Egyptians individuals. The market capital lost EGP ....
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Former Mossad chief: Israel is no superpower
Date: 2018-05-27 12:00:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:7418617
Former Israeli Mossad Chief Shabtai Shavit said Israel is no superpower and “we cannot be the second country” in the world to use a nuclear weapon [following the US during World War II], stressing an Israeli preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear ....
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Egypt's Mufti accuses extremists of spreading misconceptions about Islam
Date: 2018-05-27 11:40:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7418556
Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam has criticized extremists who try to spread misinformation about Islam in the society. In his daily Ramadan sermon, Allam accused those extremists of misunderstanding the religion and seeking to force people to follow ....