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Pope Francis to visit Bangladesh and Myanmar in November
Date: 2017-08-28 12:18:55 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:7 - ID:6965852
Pope Francis will travel to Myanmar and Bangladesh this year for a landmark visit that is likely to focus international attention on the plight of the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority. Greg Burke, Director of the Holy See Press Office, made the ....
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Finance Ministry brings down customs dollar exchange rate to EGP 16
Date: 2017-08-28 12:18:17 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:6 - ID:6965746
The Finance Ministry decided on Monday to inch down the customs dollar exchange rate at EGP 16. This is the second consecutive reduction of the customs dollar after it has been fixed for four months. The customs dollar is the price by which ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians in WB
Date: 2017-08-28 11:10:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6965521
Israeli forces arrested 11 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said. In a statement, the club said the occupation forces arrested four citizens from Ramallah and Al Bireh, three from ....
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Head of hajj mission visits sick Egyptian pilgrims
Date: 2017-08-28 10:50:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6965498
Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli Monday visited sick Egyptian pilgrims who are receiving treatment at Saudi hospitals. Madbouli, who heads the Egyptian hajj mission, called for providing all medical services for the patients until they ....
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5 foreigners deported from Egypt for security reasons
Date: 2017-08-28 10:50:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6965473
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar ordered the deportation of five foreigners for security reasons. The five deportees are carrying Syrian, German, French, American and Chinese nationality. The interior minister assigned the passport and ....
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India pulls back forces from Doklam, China says
Date: 2017-08-28 10:31:49 GMT - China - International - SN:2 - ID:6965406
India has pulled back all border personnel and equipment from the border standoff site at Doklam as of Monday afternoon, according to an official statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Disengagement has started at the Dolam plateau on the ....
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2 killed, 6 wounded in car bombing in eastern Baghdad
Date: 2017-08-28 10:30:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6965377
Two people were killed and six others wounded in car blast in eastern Baghdad on Monday, an Iraqi police source said. The death toll is likely to increase, he added. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a manhunt for the ....
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Kuwait's defense min. probes with British counterpart joint coop
Date: 2017-08-27 16:45:06 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6964643
Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Khaled al Hamad al Sabah discussed Sunday with British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon and his accompanying delegation joint cooperation . The meeting took up issues of common ....
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Egypt, Germany sign cooperation agreement on migration
Date: 2017-08-27 16:44:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:6964731
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel signed Sunday a cooperation agreement between both countries on migration . Shoukry arrived earlier Sunday in German capital Berlin where he held talks with Gabriel on ....
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33 train stations developed at cost of EGP686 mln -- minister
Date: 2017-08-27 14:13:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:6964502
As many as 33 train stations have been developed at a total cost of EGP 686 million, said Transport Minister Hisham Arafat on Sunday. Addressing a meeting with developers participating in the project, Arafat said the third and the fourth phases ....
