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  • Shoukry to meet Portuguese counterpart later Monday

    Shoukry to meet Portuguese counterpart later Monday

    Date: 2016-06-13 06:22:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:5087593

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is set to meet with his visiting Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva later Monday. The two top diplomats will hold a joint press conference after the meeting, the Foreign Ministry said. Talks are likely ....

  • Syrian army foils Daesh attack in Rif Damascus

    Syrian army foils Daesh attack in Rif Damascus

    Date: 2016-06-12 11:15:21 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:5083361

    The Syrian army has foiled a Daesh attack on an army outpost in Rif Damascus. According to Syria's state news agency, a number of militants were killed and injured while seven of their vehicles were destroyed in the clashes. The other ....

  • Israel arrests 9 Palestinians in West Bank

    Israel arrests 9 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2016-06-12 10:30:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:5082921

    Israeli forces arrested on Saturday evening nine Palestinians in several provinces in the West Bank. In a press release on Sunday, the Palestinian prisoners' club said the forces arrested three Palestinians in al Quds, four others in Hebron, one ....

  • UK Muslim officer receives MBE from Prince Charles

    UK Muslim officer receives MBE from Prince Charles

    Date: 2016-06-12 09:36:24 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:8 - ID:5082553

    British Captain Naveed Muhammad received an MBE from Prince Charles for his work with ethnic minorities, The Daily Mail reported. Capt Muhammad, 47, of the Royal Signals, Army Reserve, who was born in Kenya but now lives in Birmingham, has been ....

  • Awqaf minister heads for Morocco

    Awqaf minister heads for Morocco

    Date: 2016-06-12 08:48:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:5082257

    Awqaf Minister Mokhtar Gomaa left here on Sunday for Morocco on a two-day visit to meet with Moroccan Awqaf and Islamic affairs officials. The visit comes at an official invitation from Moroccan Awqaf Minister Ahmed Tawfiq via the Egyptian ....

  • Mahala marketplace fire under control

    Mahala marketplace fire under control

    Date: 2016-06-12 08:09:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:5082053

    Civil defense teams managed to put out a massive fire that broke out at Tahya Misr marketplace that has been selling foodstuffs at affordable price. The fire, that broke out during Suhoor, a pre-dawn meal eaten by Muslims before fasting in ....

  • UN envoy: Murder of 12 prisoners must be investigated

    UN envoy: Murder of 12 prisoners must be investigated

    Date: 2016-06-12 07:56:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:5082009

    UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said circumstances of the murder of 12 prisoners released by the Libyan authorities must be investigated promptly and with transparency. Kobler briefly tweeted the remarks as he expressed shock and dismay over the ....

  • 10 Syrians killed in unidentified shelling in Aleppo -- activists

    10 Syrians killed in unidentified shelling in Aleppo -- activists

    Date: 2016-06-12 07:56:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:5082005

    A total of 10 civilians from the same family were killed while 9 others injured when unidentified forces shelled Hodhod village in Aleppo, Sky News quoted Syrian activists as saying on Sunday. The shelling also reached Doabak village near Manbij ....

  • Zamalek defeats El Shorta 3/2

    Zamalek defeats El Shorta 3/2

    Date: 2016-06-12 07:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:3 - ID:5081921

    Al Zamalek defeated Ittihad El-Shorta 3/2 on Saturday, bringing its score to 66 points and sending El Shorta to the second division. The three goals of Zamalek were scored by Mohamed Ibrahim, Bassem Morsi (penalty) and Mostafa Fathi. The win ....

  • Sisi orders gov't to achieve more control on prices

    Sisi orders gov't to achieve more control on prices

    Date: 2016-06-12 07:03:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:5081853

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has ordered the government to achieve more control on prices to take into consideration the suffering of the limited income people and needy social categories. The president's remarks were made during the Egyptian ....

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