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  • 19 dead, 922 injured in eastern Turkey 6.8 earthquake

    19 dead, 922 injured in eastern Turkey 6.8 earthquake

    Date: 2020-01-25 06:24:00 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:10 - ID:8283567

    A 6.8 earthquake in eastern Turkey has claimed at least 19 lives and caused multiple buildings to collapse, trapping many under rubble, Russian channel RT reported on Saturday. The quake was centered in the province of Elazig. The quake struck ....

  • Dozens of Houthis killed, injured in northern Yemen

    Dozens of Houthis killed, injured in northern Yemen

    Date: 2020-01-25 06:18:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:8283563

    Scores of Iranian-backed Houthi militias were killed and injured, including senior leaders, in northern Yemen, Yemeni military sources said on Saturday. Fierce overnight fighting between the Houthi militants and government forces, backed by Arab ....

  • Cairo to be announced Capital of Islamic Culture on Feb. 3

    Cairo to be announced Capital of Islamic Culture on Feb. 3

    Date: 2020-01-25 05:43:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:8283552

    Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said Friday Cairo will be announce "Capital of Islamic Culture 2020" on February 3. Gomaa, Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem, alongside Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled Al Anany will celebrate the ....

  • Cabinet denies importing amounts of natural gas

    Cabinet denies importing amounts of natural gas

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:50:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:8283532

    The Cabinet on Friday dismissed reports circulated on social media claiming that Egypt has imported natural gas to meet domestic shortage. The Cabinet media center said it contacted the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources which denied ....

  • Saudi minister: Iranian regime must change its behavior

    Saudi minister: Iranian regime must change its behavior

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:50:38 GMT - Hungary - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8283531

    Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said it is difficult to engage in a dialogue with Tehran, when the Iranian constitution instructs that the Iranian regime must export the Islamic revolution, Al Arabiya channel reported. ....

  • China deploys military medics to combat coronavirus outbreak

    China deploys military medics to combat coronavirus outbreak

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:49:09 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8283530

    China has deployed its military medics to help to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which claimed 26 lives so far and led to the isolation of millions of people in the country, state media reported on Friday. As many as 40 military medical ....

  • Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with Cuba over FM’s 'inadmissible comments'

    Bolivia suspends diplomatic relations with Cuba over FM’s 'inadmissible comments'

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:47:16 GMT - Bolivia - International - SN:4 - ID:8283529

    Bolivia has suspended its diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Foreign Ministry of Bolivia’s interim government said in a statement on Friday. The suspension was due to "recent inadmissible comments" by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez ....

  • Zamalek hold 0-0 draw against TP Mazembe in CAF Champions League

    Zamalek hold 0-0 draw against TP Mazembe in CAF Champions League

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:43:27 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:3 - ID:8283528

    Egypt’s Zamalek were held to a 0-0 draw against Congolese TP Mazembe in the fifth match of the CAF Champions League group stage at Cairo's Salam Stadium on Friday. Zamalek are now in the second position in Group A with eight points, while TP ....

  • Zambian president hails Sisi's African role

    Zambian president hails Sisi's African role

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:35:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8283527

    CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu lauded on Friday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's role as the chairman of the African Union. Sisi is one of the continent's significant leaders, Lungu told an annual gathering for heads of ....

  • Egypt partakes in UNCCT's advisory board meeting

    Egypt partakes in UNCCT's advisory board meeting

    Date: 2020-01-25 00:30:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8283526

    Egypt's Permanent Mission at the United Nations participated in the 19th meeting of the Advisory Board of the UN Counter-Terrorism Center (UNCCT) at the body's headquarters in New York to review its plan for 2020. The UN secretary-general wished ....

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