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PM receives report on WMRA's plan to deal with random waste depots
Date: 2018-05-23 18:16:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7413896
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail received on Wednesday a report from the minister of environment on the steps and measures to be taken by the Waste Management Regulatory Authority (WMRA) to deal with random waste depots. The report pointed out that a ....
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Arab League revokes MoU with Guatemala after relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Date: 2018-05-23 18:13:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7413893
The Arab League annulled on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding it signed with Guatemala in 2013 in protest at the relocation of the Guatemalan embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. This action comes in implementation of a decision ....
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Sisi stresses need to offer best services at New Capital, new cities
Date: 2018-05-23 18:11:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7413887
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted the need to offer the best and most developed services at the New Administrative Capital and the new cities that are currently under implementation nationwide. “These cities will provide better services ....
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8-ton oxygen tank explodes at factory in Sharqia's 10 of Ramadan city; no injuries reported
Date: 2018-05-23 17:37:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7413862
An eight-ton oxygen tank exploded Wednesday at a factory in Sharqia's 10 of Ramadan city with no casualties reported, the Interior Ministry's media office said. The explosion caused material damage to the factory's building and led to the ....
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Armed Forces on highest state of preparedness to protect country- minister
Date: 2018-05-23 16:14:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7413796
Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi said Wednesday that the Armed Forces are the highest level of preparedness to fulfill its duty in protecting the country and the national security. Sobhi’s remarks came during Iftar banquets with the officers and ....
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Egyptian artifacts seized in Italy - Antiquities Ministry
Date: 2018-05-23 15:55:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7413775
Antiquities Ministry said that police in Italian city of Naples seized containers holding artifacts that belong to various civilizations, including Egyptian antiquities. In statements on Wednesday, the Head of the Antiquities Repatriation ....
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Ferzli elected as Lebanon's new Deputy House Speaker with majority of 81 votes
Date: 2018-05-23 15:32:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7413740
MP Elie Ferzli has won the Deputy House Speaker post with a majority of 81 votes. Ferzli's rival MP Anis Nassar obtained 32 votes, the Lebanese National News Agency reported on Wednesday. Also, eight blank ballots were counted. Earlier, the ....
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PM presides over meeting on Egypt's lakes, fish production
Date: 2018-05-23 15:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7413721
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired on Wednesday a meeting to probe means of making the utmost use of Egypt's lakes and increasing fish production. During the meeting, Ismail praised a national project for the development of Egypt's lakes, which ....
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Top prosecutor refers 40 defendants to criminal court over human trafficking charges
Date: 2018-05-23 15:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7413715
Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadeq referred on Wednesday 40 defendants to the criminal court. The defendants are accused of forming an organized criminal group, specialized in human trafficking and migrant-smuggling. ....
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PM: Gov't keen on finalizing all stages of Cairo Metro
Date: 2018-05-23 12:44:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7413473
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail expressed the government's keenness on implementing all stages of Cairo Metro that serves 9 million commuters daily. Following a ceremony to mark the launch of the third stage of the third Metro line and the start of ....