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  • FM, African Group coordinate support for Khattab's nomination for UNESCO chief

    FM, African Group coordinate support for Khattab's nomination for UNESCO chief

    Date: 2017-10-06 13:54:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7026591

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Friday with the permanent delegates who are members of the African Group at the UNESCO Executive Board upon an initiative from Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat. The meeting was ....

  • 2,030 passengers arrive at Safaga, Nuweiba ports

    2,030 passengers arrive at Safaga, Nuweiba ports

    Date: 2017-10-06 12:25:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7026376

    Safaga Port received on Friday two vessels carrying 720 passengers, 80 trucks and eight cars, spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority Malak Youssef said. The port received on Thursday four ships, carrying 1,033 passengers, 93 trucks and 24 ....

  • French FM: WE look forward to Sisi's visit to France

    French FM: WE look forward to Sisi's visit to France

    Date: 2017-10-06 11:32:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7026358

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday held a session of talks in Paris with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on means of boosting bilateral relations along with regional files of common concern. In press statements, Foreign Ministry ....

  • Talabani's body flown back to home city Sulaimaniya for burial

    Talabani's body flown back to home city Sulaimaniya for burial

    Date: 2017-10-06 11:21:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7026322

    The body of ex-Iraqi president Jalal Talabani arrived on Friday in Sulaimaniya, his home city in northern Iraq, from Germany where he died on Tuesday at age 84, live footage on Iraqi state TV showed. The Iraqi Airways plane transporting ....

  • Tourism min. returns from Vatican

    Tourism min. returns from Vatican

    Date: 2017-10-06 11:07:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7026288

    Minister of Tourism Yahia Rashid on Thursday night returned from Rome after his three-day visit to Vatican city in which he met with Vatican Pope Francis who on Wednesday blessed the Holy Family journey in Egypt as an official Christian ....

  • Nasr, Tunisian amb. tackle preparations for Egyptian-Tunisian High Committee

    Nasr, Tunisian amb. tackle preparations for Egyptian-Tunisian High Committee

    Date: 2017-10-06 09:21:26 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:7026121

    Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr discussed with Tunisian Ambassador to Egypt Nejib Mnif preparations for the 16th session of the Egyptian-Tunisian High Joint Committee, set to be held in November in Cairo under the ....

  • Iraqi forces kill suicide bomber before attacking military outpost

    Iraqi forces kill suicide bomber before attacking military outpost

    Date: 2017-10-06 08:47:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7026042

    Anbar Operations Commander Mahmoud al Falahi said on Friday that a suicide bomber affiliated to Daesh terrorist group was killed before attacking a military outpost in western Ramada city. Falahi noted that the suicide bomber was wearing an ....

  • Putin accepts King Salman’s invitation to visit Saudi Arabia

    Putin accepts King Salman’s invitation to visit Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2017-10-06 08:46:25 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:7026036

    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Thursday invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to pay a visit to Saudi Arabia. Putin, who visited Riyadh in February 2007, has accepted the invitation, Russia Today reported. The Russian ....

  • Trump suggests meeting with military leaders may be 'calm before the storm'

    Trump suggests meeting with military leaders may be 'calm before the storm'

    Date: 2017-10-06 08:43:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:7026032

    US President Donald Trump cryptically suggested Thursday that a meeting with senior military leaders was "the calm before the storm." "Maybe it's the calm before the storm," the president said after the White House called reporters out for a ....

  • Shoukry meets with French counterpart in Paris

    Shoukry meets with French counterpart in Paris

    Date: 2017-10-06 08:42:21 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7026029

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks on Friday with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris. The two sides discussed bilateral relations along with the recent developments in the Middle East, especially the situation in ....

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