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  • PM approves showcasing 293 artifacts in US museums

    PM approves showcasing 293 artifacts in US museums

    Date: 2018-05-07 16:19:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7388504

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has approved displaying 293 Egyptian antiquities at "Osiris, Egypt's Sunken Mysteries" exhibition at two US museums until April 2019, according to the official gazette on Monday. The artifacts belong to a number of ....

  • Oil minister: Zohr gas field production increased to 1bln cubic meters daily before Ramadan

    Oil minister: Zohr gas field production increased to 1bln cubic meters daily before Ramadan

    Date: 2018-05-07 15:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:7388440

    Minister of Petroleum Tarek el Mollah said Monday Zohr gas field production will rise to 900,000 million cubic meters per day before the fasting month of Ramadan. At a joint press conference with Cypriot Minister of Energy Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, he ....

  • Nasr: Parliament approval of public transport bill propels competitiveness

    Nasr: Parliament approval of public transport bill propels competitiveness

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:59:07 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:7388003

    Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr asserted that the parliament approval of the bill regulating the use of smart buses in public transport will propel competitiveness among Egyptian companies and support the ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for assassinating Iraqi MP candidate

    Daesh claims responsibility for assassinating Iraqi MP candidate

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:46:51 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:13 - ID:7387975

    Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility, for the first time ever, for assassinating an Iraqi MP candidate. Al Arabiya news channel said in a breaking news on Monday, without mentioning further details. Earlier in the day, an MP ....

  • Parliament approves draft law on use of smart buses in public transport

    Parliament approves draft law on use of smart buses in public transport

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:40:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7387954

    The House of Representatives on Monday finally approved a draft law on the use of smart buses in public transport. The new law will allow companies operating smart buses, which provides internet service on the go, to get licenses for a five-year ....

  • Transport minister meets Indian diplomat

    Transport minister meets Indian diplomat

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7387914

    Transport Minister Hisham Arafat discussed on Monday with Indian Ambassador in Cairo Sanjay Bhattacharyya ways of boosting bilateral cooperation in the transport field and the implementation of ongoing joint projects. Arafat said the ministry ....

  • Immigration minister asserts

    Immigration minister asserts "Return to Roots" successful initiative

    Date: 2018-05-07 12:05:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7387847

    Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram asserted that the"Return to Roots" initiative has been successful, noting that its positive reactions abroad were not expected. In press statements on Monday, Makram said the program, ....

  • Sobhi meets with Ugandan min. of veteran affairs

    Sobhi meets with Ugandan min. of veteran affairs

    Date: 2018-05-07 11:59:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7387829

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi met on Monday with visiting Ugandan Minister of State for Defense and Veteran Affairs Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore. The meeting touched on the latest regional and international developments ....

  • Ex-Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking

    Ex-Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking

    Date: 2018-05-07 11:30:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7387725

    Former US judge Timothy Nolan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on human trafficking charges, The Hill reported Monday. Nolan, a 71-year-old former Campbell County District Judge, pleaded guilty to human trafficking and other felony sex ....

  • Boris Johnson warns Trump that abandoning Iran nuclear deal could spark 'dash for a bomb'

    Boris Johnson warns Trump that abandoning Iran nuclear deal could spark 'dash for a bomb'

    Date: 2018-05-07 11:29:21 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:7387718

    British, American and European diplomats are close to agreeing a joint approach to reining in Iran’s territorial ambitions and missile program, according to UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is due to arrive in Washington for last ditch talks ....

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