Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Egypt
Egypt shootout kills 3 ‘militants behind anti-copt attacks’
:: Egypt’s interior ministry said on Thursday a policeman and three militants suspected of involvement in deadly attacks against the country’s Coptic Christian minority were killed in a shootout. Police had arrested one member of the cell who led them
ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian police
:: ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a patrol car on Wednesday that killed four Egyptian policemen in North Sinai, the militant group’s AMAQ news agency said on Thursday. Authorities in Arish, the capital of North Sinai province,
Dubai and Egypt establish a joint development company in the Suez Canal Zone
:: DP World, a leading enabler of global trade, announced Wednesday the establishment of a joint development company with the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone in Egypt. The new venture will develop projects in the Suez Canal
Four policemen killed in attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
:: Four Egyptian policeman were killed on Wednesday when gunmen fired at a patrol car in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported. Authorities in Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, were on the hunt for
Policeman killed in clash with terrorists in Egypt
:: An Egyptian policeman was killed on Tuesday in a clash with suspected terrorists in the southern province of Qena, security sources said. Police had raided mountainous areas after receiving information that militants loyal to Islamic State were hiding there,
Egypt transfers Red Sea knife attacker to mental hospital
:: Egypt’s top national security prosecutor has ordered the transfer of an Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death at a Red Sea resort in July to a mental hospital for psychiatric evaluation, state news agency MENA said
Egypt expects several IPOs before year-end
:: Egypt expects to see three to five initial public offerings before the end of this year, the Vice Chairman of the country’s stock exchange said. In an interview with Reuters, Mohsen Adel said that over the next few years,
Egypt tells UN Security Council: Qatar is involved in financing terrorism
:: Egypt’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Amr Abul Atta responded to Qatar’s statement in which it accused Cairo of misusing its chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee for political purposes and settling old feuds. Egypt responded with an
Egypt’s Awqaf minister rejects Qatar’s call to internationalize Saudi holy sites
:: Egyptian Minister of Awqaf (Religious Endowments), Mohamed Mokhtar Jumaa, rejected on Saturday Qatar’s request to internationalize Saudi Arabia’s holy sites Senior scholars from the Cairo-based Al-Azhar, the world’s leading institution on Sunni Islam, have also rejected these calls. Saudi
Emaar Misr considers investment project in Egypt’s al-Alamein
:: Egypt’s investment and housing ministers met Egyptian property developer Emaar Misr on Saturday to discuss future investments by prominent Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar, the investment ministry said. Alabbar founded and has led Emaar Properties of Dubai, Emaar Misr’s parent
Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny to receive historic hand and foot print in LA
:: Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny will become the first Arab star in history to cement is hands and feet at the Chinese Theater in Los Angles, reported Enigma Magazine. Tamer Hosny’s historic hand and foot print ceremony will be followed
Egyptian plane lands safely in Medina after smoke alert
:: An Egyptian plane landed safely, shortly after taking off from Medina Airport in Saudi Arabia because of smoke reported in the pilot cabin. The General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a press statement that the air control unit
Two killed, three wounded in Egypt attack near Luxor
:: A policeman and a civilian were killed and three people wounded in an attack late on Thursday on a patrol in Esna, south of Luxor, the Interior Ministry said. The police patrol had stopped a vehicle and when stopped,
How Omar Sharif landed Lawrence of Arabia role instead of Rushdy Abaza
:: Many yarns are still being spun for the Don Juan of Egyptian cinema, Rushdy Abaza, who would be celebrating his 96th birthday this week but none more intriguing than this. According to Egyptian makeup artist, Mohammed Ashoub, Abaza was
Information ministers from Anti-Terror Quartet countries discuss Qatar crisis
:: The information ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt met here on Thursday to discuss the Qatar crisis, which has raised tensions in the region. The ministers of the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ) countries discussed the importance of
Egypt’s ‘Light and Hope’ orchestra of blind girls flies to China
:: An orchestra of 34 Egyptian blind girls has departed to China this week on a mission to spread “light and hope” through music, a news report has revealed. The orchestra – known in Arabic as “Al-Nour Wal Amal” –
King Salman to host 1,000 families of Egyptian martyrs in performing Hajj
:: A thousand families of Egyptian security forces who have lost their lives defending their homeland will be performing Hajj this year as guests of King Salman, the Saudi ambassador to Cairo said on Monday. Ambassador Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan
Egyptian driver gets five years in prison for sexually harassing woman
:: An Egyptian driver has been handed a five-year-imprisonment for sexually harassing a woman as she walked down a street in Cairo, a court announced on Sunday. A year ago, the story of the brave Hind Abdel Sattar had been
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