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  • Jordan welcomes Egypt PM's Wednesday visit

    Jordan welcomes Egypt PM's Wednesday visit

    Date: 2015-05-25 11:07:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2660061

    Jordan welcomed on Monday the projected visit of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, due Wednesday, and the convocation of Egyptian-Jordanian higher committee meetings during the visit. Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohamed Moamani told ....

  • Iraqi forces start military operation in direction of Ramadi in Anbar

    Iraqi forces start military operation in direction of Ramadi in Anbar

    Date: 2015-05-25 11:06:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2658873

    Iraqi forces started Monday the second phase of a military operation in Tikrit in Salaheldin in the direction of Ramadi in Anbar to free it from Daesh. The Iraqi army shelled Daesh hideouts killing eight terrorists in Salaheldin. Joint Iraqi ....

  • Consortium of Russian companies seeking to establish silos, mills, logistics centers in Egypt

    Consortium of Russian companies seeking to establish silos, mills, logistics centers in Egypt

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:50:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:2659929

    Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy conferred Monday with a consortium of giant Russian companies seeking to establish silos to store wheat and grains. The consortium also wants to establish logistics centers to store grains, fruits, vegetables and ....

  • Islamic forum on tolerance kicks off in Cairo

    Islamic forum on tolerance kicks off in Cairo

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2659881

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam, Youths and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz and Culture Minister Abdel Wahed el Nabawy opened the first conference of the tolerance and modesty forum on Monday. The one-day event ....

  • Electricity Ministry committed to maintaining power prices -- official

    Electricity Ministry committed to maintaining power prices -- official

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:2659793

    The Electricity Ministry is committed to maintaining the power prices of last year, a senior official has assured. Cairo is keen on alleviating the burden off citizens' shoulders, said Engineer Sabah Mashali, the first undersecretary at the ....

  • Afghan official says suicide truck bombing kills 1, wounds 40 in volatile southern province

    Afghan official says suicide truck bombing kills 1, wounds 40 in volatile southern province

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:36:20 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:2658885

    An Afghan official says a suicide truck bombing has killed one person and wounded more than 40 in the capital of the southern province of Zabul, Fox News reported. Mirwais Noorzai, Zabul's police chief, said Monday that the attack took place at ....

  • Egypt's ambassador: Berlin gets ready to welcome Sisi

    Egypt's ambassador: Berlin gets ready to welcome Sisi

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:12:49 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2658305

    Egypt's Ambassador in Berlin Mohammad Hegazi said Berlin is getting ready to welcome President Abdel Fattah El Sisi during his visit to Germany which is one of the most important foreign trips for the Egyptian leader. In statements to MENA, ....

  • Tourism minister embarks on European tour

    Tourism minister embarks on European tour

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:11:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:2659469

    Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy left Cairo Monday morning for Britain, his first leg of a European tour taking him also to Germany and Russia. The tour is meant to get firsthand information about demands of big travel exporters in those countries, ....

  • 160,777 tourists transferred via Red Sea ports during tourism season

    160,777 tourists transferred via Red Sea ports during tourism season

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:10:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:2659457

    Spokesman of the Red Sea Ports Authority Abdel Rahim Mostafa said that the ports of the authority transferred 160,777 tourists during the past tourist season via shuttle trips. As many as 80,901 tourists were received and 79,876 tourists left the ....

  • 4 killed, wounded in bomb blast in Zawya city

    4 killed, wounded in bomb blast in Zawya city

    Date: 2015-05-25 10:08:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2659441

    Two brothers were killed and as like wounded in a bomb blast in Al Zawya city west of the Libyan capital. The four brothers found a grenade inside their house that soon blew up in their face, a security source in the city said. The two wounded ....

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