Egyptian Ambassador to Tunisia Ahmed Ismail said today that there was low participation of Egyptian expatriates in Tunisia in this week's runoff for the first phase of parliamentary elections.
Ismail said only 38 percent of expats in Tunisia (...)
The votes of Egyptian expatriates began to be counted at the Egyptian embassy in Amman, Jordan Monday, after they voted in runoffs of the first stage of elections.
The Egyptian Ambassador in Jordan, Amr Abol Ata said, once voting ended the vote (...)
The Venice Maltese Steamship arrived at the port of Alexandria from Russia, carrying 31,000 tons of wheat.
The Head of Alexandria Port Authority, Adel Yassin Hamad, said they took all procedures to unload the shipment and perform a food safety (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Supreme Electoral Committee, headed by Judge Abdel Moez Ibrahim, decided to distribute 3,000 more transparent ballot boxes to polling stations whose boxes are full.
The decision came after a massive and unprecedented turnout at (...)
A criminal lab team was transferred to the site of the incident of the gas pipeline explosion in south Sinai today Thursday November 10. The pipeline used to transfer Egyptian natural gas to Israel and Jordon.
Criminal lab experts photographed (...)
RAMALLAH, West Bank: The leaders of Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas will meet in Cairo during the second half of November, according the Nemr Hamad, the political chancellor of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas and Khaled Masaal, (...)
A Turkish company launched its first flights to Egypt from airports in Germany.
Sun Express will fly from German airports to Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurgada, Marsa Allam, and Luxor.
Tourist advisor Mohamed Gamal said 22 weekly flights will be (...)
The Prime Minister of Gaza's now-resigned government Ismail Hanya today met a delegation from the Muslim Brotherhood who congratulated the official on the prisoner swap agreement between Hamas and Israel.
The delegation included Deputy General (...)
Egypt's Grand Mufti, Ali Gomaa, denounced Israeli abuses that violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He called on Muslims to protect Al-Aqsa and stop Israeli violations.
Gomaa asked Palestinian to work, build their country, ignore (...)
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Politics, said though Egypt's January 25 Revolution was praised by people around the globe, recent events have left many worried about the future of (...)
The military prosecutor arrested 28 protestors accused of involvement in clashes outside Maspiro for 15-day investigations Monday.
The prosecutor started its investigations Monday. The official source said the case falls into military courts (...)
A spokesman at the British Museum said museum directors received a request from Egypt to borrow the Rosetta stone for the opening ceremony of Grand Egyptian Museum.
Esmi Wilson said the museum secretary is studying this request, as there are (...)
On occasion of international day for teachers, UNESCO office participated in honoring Egyptian teachers in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Education. The celebration will be held on Wednesday in the ministry's headquarter, sponsored by the (...)
Former Minister of Interior Habib al-Adly requested to undergo cataract surgery at a private hospital, a security source said Tuesday.
The source said the Prison Services Sector had not answered Adly's request and that all legal prosecutions (...)
Germany's foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, will allocate 150 million Euros (U.S. $200 million) to support democracy in Egypt and Tunisia, said Corneilia Pierre, German Minister of State for Foreign Affairs at a speech celebrating the anniversary (...)
The gas flow to homes, power stations, and industrial areas has been stopped, said the General Secretary of North Sinai Governorate Tuesday. A gas station exploded in the “Al-Midan” region southeast of the city of Arish, prompting the gas (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's external debt is at a safe level, as it was evaluated by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga.
At the joint meeting of the World (...)
Ismailia: Fifty-one vessels passed Suez Canal Monday, carrying 2.5 million tons of cargo.
Tarek Hasanien, the Media Director for the Suez Canal Authority, said navigation in the canal is ongoing and secure.
Thirty ships entered the canal from (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr will visit Washington September 17-19, according to the Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Amr Roshdy.
Amr will discuss the situation in the Arab world with senior American officials.
Roshdy said the (...)
There have been anonymous motorcycle riders who threw Molotov bottles towards the villa of Yemeni ambassador Abdel Malek Mansour, former Yemeni representative for the Arab league.
The attack didn't cause any injures to the ambassador or any of (...)
A professor in Human development, Lee Birgeh, and his teamwork in the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, analyzed 200 skeletons of an old species, who lived two million years ago and used fire and stones as tools.
These skeletons were (...)
Two graves were discovered in the Bab al-Hud and al-Warsha districts in the Syrian city of Homs according to a press source.
The first grave contained the remains of three people buried in a garden in “Bab al-Hud,” while the second was in front (...)