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  • Diplomat: Egypt capable of supporting Sahel, Sahara gathering in economic, security domains

    Diplomat: Egypt capable of supporting Sahel, Sahara gathering in economic, security domains

    Date: 2016-03-21 10:17:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4554705

    Ambassador Mohammad Hegazi, former assistant foreign minister for African affairs, asserted that the Fifth Meeting of the Sahel and Sahara Gathering, set to kick off Tuesday in Sharm El Sheikh, comes at a time when security in Africa faces ....

  • Tunis: Military forces storm house in Ben Gardane district

    Tunis: Military forces storm house in Ben Gardane district

    Date: 2016-03-21 09:12:10 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4554153

    Special units of the Tunisian National Guard backed by military troops on Monday stormed a house where a terrorist element was hiding in El Sayah district in Ben Gardane border city. The troops found a dead body inside the house after several ....

  • Supply min. agrees with exchange companies on fixing daily dollar exchange rate

    Supply min. agrees with exchange companies on fixing daily dollar exchange rate

    Date: 2016-03-21 09:10:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:4554125

    Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khalid Hanafi had a meeting Monday with the head and members of the general division of exchange firms at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) to set a fixed dollar exchange rate on a daily ....

  • Israel carries out limited incursion into northern Gaza Strip

    Israel carries out limited incursion into northern Gaza Strip

    Date: 2016-03-21 07:59:42 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4553701

    Israeli occupation forces on Monday carried out a limited incursion into Beit Hanoun town in northern Gaza Strip. Local sources said seven bulldozers backed by military vehicles pushed deep some 70 meters into the farmlands in Beit Hanoun and ....

  • Palestinians allowed to visit Gaza prisoners in Israel's Eshel jail

    Palestinians allowed to visit Gaza prisoners in Israel's Eshel jail

    Date: 2016-03-21 07:38:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4553605

    Israeli occupation forces allowed on Monday tens of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to visit their family members in Eshel Prison in southern Israel. In press statements, spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Suhair ....

  • Interior Ministry: El Safa checkpoint attackers will be severely punished

    Interior Ministry: El Safa checkpoint attackers will be severely punished

    Date: 2016-03-21 07:37:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4553593

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar held a meeting with a number of his aides and security commanders to discuss means of beefing up security measures in North Sinai in the wake of the terrorist attack on El Safa checkpoint in South Arish ....

  • Palestinian president condoles Russian counterpart over death of FlyDubai jet victims

    Palestinian president condoles Russian counterpart over death of FlyDubai jet victims

    Date: 2016-03-20 12:03:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4548581

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and his Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over the death of victims of FlyDubai jet crash. The incident, which took place Saturday, left dozens of ....

  • Settlers storm Aqsa mosque anew

    Settlers storm Aqsa mosque anew

    Date: 2016-03-20 11:03:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4547973

    Extremist settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque Sunday guarded by Israeli forces. A group of Palestinian women, who have not been allowed into the mosque for seven months now, staged a sit-in outside the gates of the mosque in a protest against ....

  • Int'l cooperation min. flies to Riyadh for Egyptian-Saudi council meeting

    Int'l cooperation min. flies to Riyadh for Egyptian-Saudi council meeting

    Date: 2016-03-20 10:04:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4547493

    Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr left here Sunday heading for Riyadh to participate in the 5th meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi Coordination Council due today in Riyadh. On the sidelines of the meeting, three agreements will be inked ....

  • Iran's foreign minister condemns Istanbul suicide bombing

    Iran's foreign minister condemns Istanbul suicide bombing

    Date: 2016-03-20 08:57:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:4546869

    Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif joined his Turkish hosts in Istanbul on Saturday in condemning a suicide bombing by suspected Kurdish militants in a main shopping district that killed five people, IRNA news agency reported. Zarif, on ....

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