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Presidential decree amending status of Martyrs Fund

Date: 2024-12-29 13:49:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:11008743

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Sunday issued decree no. 597 of 2024 amending presidential decree no. 231 of 2021 classifying martyrs and victims compensation fund for military, terrorist and security operations a ....

Israeli occupation might stay in Lebanon past 60-day deal, officials say

Date: 2024-12-29 13:34:49 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:11008657

GAZA CITY, Dec 29 (MENA) - Due to the slower-than-expected deployment of the Lebanese army to southern Lebanon, the Israeli occupation withdrawal from the country is also going slower than initially planned, reported, The Jerusalem Post Sunday ....

Egypt condemns Israel's systematic targeting of Gaza's health infrastructure

Date: 2024-12-29 13:20:04 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:26 - ID:11008688

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Egypt has vehemently condemned the systematic targeting of Israeli occupation of the health infrastructure in the Gaza strip, the latest of which was the targeting and evacuating Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip, ....

Interior min. greets President Sisi on new year

Date: 2024-12-29 12:54:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:11008655

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Minister of Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq sent a cable of greetings Sunday to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on the occasion of the New Year. In the cable, the interior minister extended heartfelt greetings, praying to Allah ....

As hopes rise for Gaza cease-fire, conditions there have worsened: New York Times

Date: 2024-12-29 12:13:07 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:11008659

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) - Since Israel launched its invasion of Gaza 14 months ago, military bombardments have turned cities into rubble-filled wastelands and 90 percent of the population of about 2.1 million has been displaced at least once. Winter ....

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza

Date: 2024-12-29 12:12:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:11008605

GAZA CITY, Dec 29 (MENA) - At least eoght Palestinians were killed and others were injured Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting Al-Wafa Hospital in central Gaza City, according to Wafa news agency. Local sources reported that Israeli ....

House debates draft criminal procedures law

Date: 2024-12-29 12:11:06 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:22 - ID:11008527

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - The House of Representatives, in its plenary session under Chairman Hanafy el-Gebaly Sunday, started debating the articles of the draft of the new Criminal Procedure Law prepared by a subcommittee emanating from the ....

FM affirms Egypt's support to Anna-Lindh Foundation

Date: 2024-12-29 11:25:40 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:21 - ID:11008535

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty Sunday voiced Egypt's support to efforts of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures and its role in promoting ....

AfDB announces $150M loan to boost Mauritanian mining

Date: 2024-12-29 11:23:49 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:20 - ID:11008609

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 29 (MENA) - Pan-African finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted Mauritania’s national mining corporation Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) a $150 million senior loan facility, according to ....

Egypt expresses condolences to South Korea over plane crash victims

Date: 2024-12-29 10:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:11008576

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Egypt expressed on Sunday deep condolences to friendly South Korea over the victims of Jeju Air plane that crashed while landing at Muan International Airport on Sunday, leaving dozens dead and wounded. In a statement, the ....