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Egyptian amb. to France hails growing momentum in bilateral relations

Date: 2025-07-18 19:54:01 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:63 - ID:11262860

PARIS, July 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Paris and permanent representative at UNESCO Alaa Youssef applauded the growing momentum in Egyptian-French relations, which have recently been crowned with the important visit of French President ....

Hamas: We support ceasefire talks, but ready for prolonged war of attrition

Date: 2025-07-18 19:30:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:11262819

GAZA CITY, July 18 (MENA) - The Palestinian Hamas movement confirmed its full support for the position of the delegation participating in the indirect ceasefire negotiations with the Israeli occupation authorities. In a statement on Friday, Hamas ....

FRA partners with Bayes Business School to quality insurance leaders

Date: 2025-07-18 18:35:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:61 - ID:11262798

CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) – Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Mohamed Farid and Egypt's Ambassador in London Sherif Kamel witnessed the signing of an MoU between the Financial Services Institute (FSI), the training arm of the FRA, and ....

UN envoy urges end to Israeli violations in Syria

Date: 2025-07-18 18:26:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:11262797

DAMASCUS, July 18 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen on Friday renewed calls for an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in Syria. In a post on "X", the envoy stressed the need to preserve civil peace and avoid retaliatory ....

Clashes in Syria’s Suwayda threaten regional security- Erdogan tells Putin

Date: 2025-07-18 18:12:55 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11262787

MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the clashes following Syrian forces’ withdrawal from Suwayda pose a threat to the entire region, Anadolu Agency ....

Egypt's mufti decries Israel’s strike on Holy Family Church in Gaza

Date: 2025-07-18 18:04:19 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:58 - ID:11262753

CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti and Chairman of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Nazir Ayyad condemned Israel’s strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza City as a shameful act that constitutes a blatant ....

‘Decent Life’ team, WFP, FAO officials visit 50 Qena villages

Date: 2025-07-18 17:51:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:57 - ID:11262683

CAIRO, July 18 (MENA) – A team from the Central Unit for the presidential Decent Life Initiative at the Ministry of Local Development went on an extensive field tour of 50 villages in Upper Egypt's Qena Governorate that will be targeted by a ....

Awqaf min. thanks President Sisi for supporting mosques and religious sites

Date: 2025-07-18 17:21:25 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:56 - ID:11262698

KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Osama El-Azhari expressed gratitude to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for his keen interest in Al Al-Bayt mosques and general care for places of worship across Egypt, in line with the New Republic's ....

Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Date: 2025-07-18 16:54:41 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:55 - ID:11262751

VATICAN CITY, July 18 (MENA) - Pope Leo XIV and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Friday, following the military attack by the Israeli army that struck the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, killing three people and ....

UN calls for halt to forcible return of Afghan refugees, asylum-seekers

Date: 2025-07-18 16:41:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:11262710

GENEVA, July 18 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for an immediate halt to the forced return of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, the official website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ....