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  • Egyptian tourism min. to visit Russia once Moscow resumes flights to Egypt

    Egyptian tourism min. to visit Russia once Moscow resumes flights to Egypt

    Date: 2017-03-09 09:52:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:6661421

    Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said he will visit Russia once Moscow decides to resume flights to Egypt. In an interview with the Russian news agency Sputnik, Rashed said Egypt respects the Russian decision. Once Russia decides to resume ....

  • Sisi approves Japanese loan to fund Borg el Arab airport expansion

    Sisi approves Japanese loan to fund Borg el Arab airport expansion

    Date: 2017-03-09 09:50:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6661405

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree approving a Japanese loan offered to the Egyptian government to fund the expansion of Borg El Arab International Airport. The 18.2-billion-yen loan, offered by the Japan International Cooperation ....

  • Sisi delegates defense min. to lay wreath at Armed Forces martyrs memorial

    Sisi delegates defense min. to lay wreath at Armed Forces martyrs memorial

    Date: 2017-03-09 09:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6661061

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated Thursday Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi to lay down a wreath of flowers at the Armed Forces martyrs memorial in Cairo's Nasr City. The action falls within the framework of Egypt's celebration of the Veteran ....

  • US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria

    US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria

    Date: 2017-03-09 09:05:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6660877

    The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help defeat Daesh in Raqa, the capital of their supposed caliphate, a US official said as quoted by CNN. The official said troops from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit ....

  • 712 tourists visit Saint Catherine, Dahab over past 24 hours

    712 tourists visit Saint Catherine, Dahab over past 24 hours

    Date: 2017-03-09 08:15:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6660417

    As many as 712 tourists of different nationalities visited South Sinai cities of Saint Catherine and Dahab over the past 24 hours. Of all, 229 tourists from the US, Germany, India and Indonesia visited Saint Catherine city, said head of Saint ....

  • Daesh leader Abu bakr Baghdadi flees Mosul

    Daesh leader Abu bakr Baghdadi flees Mosul

    Date: 2017-03-09 07:55:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6660237

    Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reportedly alive but flushed from his stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul, a Pentagon official said. The Iraqi native is said to have abandoned his diehard fanatics who have been battling Iraqi forces for ....

  • 30 people killed across Syria Wednesday - Local committees

    30 people killed across Syria Wednesday - Local committees

    Date: 2017-03-09 07:52:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6660213

    About 30 people were killed in shelling and clashes across Syria over the past 24 hours, the Syrian local coordination committees said on Thursday. The opposition committees said the death toll included five children and five women, according to ....

  • UNSC condemns North Korea missile launches

    UNSC condemns North Korea missile launches

    Date: 2017-03-08 07:36:02 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:6652845

    The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches and expressed concern over the country's increasingly destabilizing behavior and defiance of the 15-member body, al-Hurra TV reported. Pyongyang ....

  • Blast hits military hospital in Kabul

    Blast hits military hospital in Kabul

    Date: 2017-03-08 07:34:25 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:1 - ID:6652833

    The sound of an explosion was heard in Kabul city early Wednesday after a group of insurgents launched an attack on the main military hospital, Khaama Press news agency reported. The incident took place in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar ....

  • Lieberman to visit US to meet Trump administration officials

    Lieberman to visit US to meet Trump administration officials

    Date: 2017-03-07 09:58:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6647317

    Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman boarded a flight to the United States on Monday night for a meeting with officials in the Donald Trump administration. The defense chief is scheduled to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence, his ....

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