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  • Defense minister praises ties with Greece

    Defense minister praises ties with Greece

    Date: 2016-03-15 13:13:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4516145

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqy Sobhy has highlighted the depth of Egyptian-Greek relations. In a meeting with a Greek military delegation led by the Chief of Joint Staff of the armed forces Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, Sobhy ....

  • Tayyeb to issue book on peace soon

    Tayyeb to issue book on peace soon

    Date: 2016-03-15 13:11:19 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4516101

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb will issue soon a book entitled "Search for Peace" on means of enhancing global peace and saving humanity. During a visit on Tuesday to the Berlin Catholic Church, Tayyeb underlined the importance of ....

  • CBE to sell 1.5 bn dollar in exceptional auction Wednesday to cover importation operations

    CBE to sell 1.5 bn dollar in exceptional auction Wednesday to cover importation operations

    Date: 2016-03-15 12:14:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:4515473

    Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tarek Amer said the bank will sell dlrs 1.5 billion dollars in a new exceptional auction at a price of 8.85 LE per dollar on Wednesday. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, Amer said the new auction aims ....

  • Iran condemns Daesh chemical attack near Kirkuk

    Iran condemns Daesh chemical attack near Kirkuk

    Date: 2016-03-15 11:30:55 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:4514881

    Iran has strongly denounced the recent chemical attack by the Daesh terrorist group which left hundreds of people wounded in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, Press TV reported. On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi ....

  • 55 vessels cross Suez Canal

    55 vessels cross Suez Canal

    Date: 2016-03-15 11:28:31 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:4514865

    Fifty-five ships transited the Suez Canal on Tuesday, with a total cargo of 2.4 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 31 vessels carrying 1.3 million tons, while the north-bound convoy included 24 ships carrying 1.1 million tons, ....

  • Daesh commander Omar Shishani dead, says Pentagon

    Daesh commander Omar Shishani dead, says Pentagon

    Date: 2016-03-15 07:21:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:4512821

    A senior commander of Daesh militant group is dead, the Pentagon has confirmed. Defense officials said Omar Shishani died from injuries sustained in a recent US air strike in north-eastern Syria. Earlier reports had suggested Shishani, a ....

  • Palestine obtains PCA membership

    Palestine obtains PCA membership

    Date: 2016-03-15 07:18:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4512805

    Palestine has been approved as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Palestinian foreign ministry was quoted by the state news agency WAFA as saying on Monday. Following contacts with main players, majority of the court's members ....

  • Arab coalition warplanes shell houthis positions in Ma'reb, Jawaf

    Arab coalition warplanes shell houthis positions in Ma'reb, Jawaf

    Date: 2016-03-15 07:04:20 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:4512713

    Arab coalition warplanes on Tuesday shelled positions of militias of houthis and former Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh in Mareb and Jawaf governorates. In Ma'reb, the Arab warjets shelled Serwah city in western Ma'reb on the road leading to ....

  • Transport Ministry: Sokhna harbor reopened, Sharm El Sheikh harbor still closed

    Transport Ministry: Sokhna harbor reopened, Sharm El Sheikh harbor still closed

    Date: 2016-03-15 07:01:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4512685

    Transport Ministry on Tuesday announced that Al Ain Al Sokhna Airport in Suez was reopened after improvement in weather conditions and stability of wind speed. In a statement released on Tuesday, the ministry said Sharm El Sheikh harbor is still ....

  • Kremlin warns Syria talks sides against making

    Kremlin warns Syria talks sides against making "unfounded ultimatums"

    Date: 2016-03-14 13:22:04 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:4508825

    Russia believes it is important that no side in the Syria peace talks resuming in Geneva on Monday should derail negotiations by putting forward unfounded ultimatums, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Without doubt it is important right now ....

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