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  • France renews support for political solution to Libyan crisis - FM

    France renews support for political solution to Libyan crisis - FM

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:26:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6974711

    French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian renewed on Monday his country's support of finding a political solution to the Libyan crisis through holding dialogue with different political partners in the unrest-hit North African nation. At a press ....

  • ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday

    ICRC head starts visit to Palestine, Israel Tuesday

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:26:16 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:6974676

    International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer will embark Tuesday on a three-day visit to Palestine and Israel to assess the humanitarian situation there. Maurer is set to hold high-level meetings with both Palestinian ....

  • Pope Tawadros visits Egyptian consulate in Sydney

    Pope Tawadros visits Egyptian consulate in Sydney

    Date: 2017-09-04 13:25:36 GMT - Australia - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:6974716

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese visited on Monday the Egyptian consulate in Sydney. The pontiff was welcomed by ambassador Youssef Shawki consul of Egypt in Sydney and the consulate members. Pope Tawadros ....

  • Russia warns any misstep in Korean Peninsula area may lead to military outbreak

    Russia warns any misstep in Korean Peninsula area may lead to military outbreak

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:30:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:14 - ID:6974595

    Any missteps in the Korean Peninsula area may lead to a military outbreak, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters. "There should be no room for escalation," he said. "Those who are smarter and stronger should show ....

  • Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 50: Health Ministry

    Death toll among Egyptian pilgrims rises to 50: Health Ministry

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:28:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:6974586

    The Health Ministry said Monday that one more pilgrim died in Saudi Arabia this morning, bringing to 50 the death toll among Egyptian pilgrims. In statements, the head of the medical Hajj mission Dr Ahmed el Ansary said a 67-year-old woman from ....

  • Fire breaks out in Mecca with no casualties -- Civil Defense

    Fire breaks out in Mecca with no casualties -- Civil Defense

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:13:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6974541

    The Saudi Civil Defense Ministry said that a fire broke out in a store in al Moyasem area in Mecca on Monday. In a released statement, the ministry added that the fire took place outside the area where holy rituals of pilgrimage are ....

  • UNSC to hold emergency meeting over North Korea's nuclear test on Monday

    UNSC to hold emergency meeting over North Korea's nuclear test on Monday

    Date: 2017-09-04 12:10:40 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:11 - ID:6974504

    The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold an emergency meeting on Monday in relation to North Korea's latest nuclear test, the US Mission to the United Nations said in a statement on Sunday. The Security Council session is planned to ....

  • Qabil to visit European Commission soon to discuss enhancing economic ties

    Qabil to visit European Commission soon to discuss enhancing economic ties

    Date: 2017-09-04 11:01:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:6974300

    Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil is set to visit the European Commission in Brussels in the near future to discuss means of boosting trade and economic relations between the EU and Egypt. The EU is one of the most important trade partners ....

  • Siis, Putin talk bilateral relations on fringe of BRICS summit

    Siis, Putin talk bilateral relations on fringe of BRICS summit

    Date: 2017-09-04 11:00:39 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:6974323

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of the 9th BRICS summit here on Monday. The two leaders discussed boosting bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual interest. Earlier in ....

  • Sisi: Economic reform measures based on national vision

    Sisi: Economic reform measures based on national vision

    Date: 2017-09-04 10:59:49 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6974341

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Monday that the Egyptian economic reform measures were introduced according to priorities and a sheer national vision. Addressing the BRICS Business Forum, the president added that Egypt has ....

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