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  • CAPMAS: Inflation rate up 31 percent in 1st half of 2017

    CAPMAS: Inflation rate up 31 percent in 1st half of 2017

    Date: 2017-07-10 09:32:12 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:6890221

    Egypt's inflation rate from January to June 2017 upped 31 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said. In a monthly bulletin a copy of which MENA received, the ....

  • EU steps up humanitarian assistance to Iraq to 211 mn euros

    EU steps up humanitarian assistance to Iraq to 211 mn euros

    Date: 2017-07-10 09:26:27 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6890209

    The European Union (EU) has increased humanitarian assistance to Iraq to reach 211 million euros this year, Sky News reported. High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said Iraqi Armed ....

  • Egyptian FM heads for Côte d’Ivoire to attend OIC ministerial meeting

    Egyptian FM heads for Côte d’Ivoire to attend OIC ministerial meeting

    Date: 2017-07-10 09:20:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6890198

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left Cairo on Monday heading for Côte d’Ivoire to attend the 44th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The CFM meeting - due to open later in the day - ....

  • Trump backtracks on US-Russia cyber unit

    Trump backtracks on US-Russia cyber unit

    Date: 2017-07-10 09:18:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6890193

    US President Donald Trump backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, Alhurra news channel reported Monday. Trump tweeted that he did not think it could happen, only hours after promoting it following his talks with Russian ....

  • 17 wounded in road accident in South Sinai

    17 wounded in road accident in South Sinai

    Date: 2017-07-09 10:18:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:6888665

    Seventeen people were wounded when a tourist bus overturned near Taba in South Sinai late on "Saturday". Wounded were ambulanced to nearby hospitals while reason of the accident was not immediately clear. ....

  • Security director of Gharyan assassinated

    Security director of Gharyan assassinated

    Date: 2017-07-09 09:35:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6888578

    Security director of Gharyan Abdel Razeq el Sadeq Aameesh was assassinated outside his home unidentified gunmen, Libyan field sources said on "Sunday". No body declared responsibility for the assassination, the sources added. ....

  • Abu Dhabi CP meets Libya's military commander Haftar

    Abu Dhabi CP meets Libya's military commander Haftar

    Date: 2017-07-09 08:07:30 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6888433

    Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan stressed his country's support for the Libyan people and their choices and ambitions for a stable and secure life, the state news ....

  • Foreign Ministry follows up finding Egyptian bodies in Libya

    Foreign Ministry follows up finding Egyptian bodies in Libya

    Date: 2017-07-09 07:53:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6888419

    Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid on Saturday said the Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli, currently operates from Cairo, was informed that 19 bodies of Egyptian nationals were found in a Libyan desert area between Tobruk and ....

  • Shoukry meets Abbas on latest Palestinian, regional developments

    Shoukry meets Abbas on latest Palestinian, regional developments

    Date: 2017-07-09 07:51:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6888417

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Saturday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the latest Palestinian and regional developments, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement. Abbas offered condolences over the ....

  • AL chief affirms the importance of adhering to Palestinian, Arab principles

    AL chief affirms the importance of adhering to Palestinian, Arab principles

    Date: 2017-07-09 07:50:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6888415

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Saturday affirmed the importance of adhering to the principles of the Palestinian and Arab stance, whose essence is to abide by the Arab peace initiative without changing its priorities, which ....

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