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  • Shoukry to leave for Rwanda Tuesday to attend AU Summit

    Shoukry to leave for Rwanda Tuesday to attend AU Summit

    Date: 2016-07-11 11:37:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:5238957

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will leave to Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday to attend meetings of the 27th round of the African Union (AU) summit to be held there on July 17-18. A meeting of African foreign ministers will take place in the Rwandan ....

  • 46 ships transit Suez Canal

    46 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2016-07-11 11:36:07 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:5238949

    Forty-six ships transited the Suez Canal on Monday with a total cargo of 2.619 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 28 vessels carrying 1.8 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 18 ships carrying 819,000 tons, according to ....

  • Haftar lauds army performance in Ajdabiya

    Haftar lauds army performance in Ajdabiya

    Date: 2016-07-11 10:37:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5238369

    Commander of the Libyan army General Khalifa Haftar has hailed as "brave and courageous" troops fighting Daesh in Ajdabiya. The end of terrorism is very close after its elimination in Benghazi and today in Ajdabiya, Haftar said in statements ....

  • Syrian army kill several Al Nusra Front elements in Daraa al-Balad

    Syrian army kill several Al Nusra Front elements in Daraa al-Balad

    Date: 2016-07-11 10:36:07 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:5238345

    Units of the Syrian army killed a number of Al Nusra Front elements and destroyed two vehicles in Tel Sheikh Hussein, Tulul Al Khalif and Daraa al-Balad. The Syrian news agency (SANA) quoted a military source as saying Monday that the Syrian air ....

  • Arab League worried over developments in South Sudan

    Arab League worried over developments in South Sudan

    Date: 2016-07-11 09:30:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:5237789

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit voiced worry over the clashes that took place in South Sudan between the forces of former rivals President Salva Kiir and vice president Riek Machar near the presidential residence in the capital, Juba, ....

  • US defense minister in Baghdad to discuss fight against Daesh

    US defense minister in Baghdad to discuss fight against Daesh

    Date: 2016-07-11 09:28:34 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:1 - ID:5237769

    US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Monday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the fight against Daesh and plans to recapture of Mosul from the extremist group, Radio Free Europe reported. "What I'll be discussing with Iraqi Prime ....

  • Egypt's mufti: Wednesday marks 1st day of Eidul Fitr

    Egypt's mufti: Wednesday marks 1st day of Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2016-07-04 18:26:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:5209985

    Wednesday will mark the first day of Eidul Fitr (Lesser Bairam), said Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam. "Tuesday is the last day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and Wednesday is the first day of Eidul Fitr," the mufti said in a statement. He ....

  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to visit China

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to visit China

    Date: 2016-07-04 17:59:42 GMT - China - International - SN:9 - ID:5209925

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will visit China on Wednesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Monday. Ban will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and ....

  • Park says any meeting, agreement with N. Korea would be 'fleeting'

    Park says any meeting, agreement with N. Korea would be 'fleeting'

    Date: 2016-07-04 17:53:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:5209893

    South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday said without any change in North Korea's attitude over its nuclear weapons program, any meeting or agreement with the communist state would only be "fleeting", Yonhap news agency reported. During a ....

  • Army chief of staff visits injured officers, soldiers on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Army chief of staff visits injured officers, soldiers on occasion of Eidul Fitr

    Date: 2016-07-04 17:51:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:5209873

    The Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazi on Monday paid a visit to a number of injured officers and soldiers who are being treated in military hospitals. The visit comes on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. "Th heroes of the Armed Forces will ....

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