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  • Sisi witnesses closing session of WYF in Sharm El Sheikh

    Sisi witnesses closing session of WYF in Sharm El Sheikh

    Date: 2019-12-18 00:31:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8234183

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday witnessed the closing session of the third edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF). The current edition of the WYF, which kicked off Saturday in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, discussed a ....

  • Security source denies hunger strike at Qanater prison

    Security source denies hunger strike at Qanater prison

    Date: 2019-12-18 00:30:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8234182

    A security source denied on Tuesday media reports that 10 inmates at the Qanater women's prison went on a hunger strike. The source categorically dismissed these reports as "baseless." The prisoners, according to the reports, claimed that ....

  • US assistant state secretary visits Cairo

    US assistant state secretary visits Cairo

    Date: 2019-12-18 00:27:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8234181

    US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker started Tuesday a visit to Egypt, the US Embassy in Cairo said. Schenker, during his four-day visit, will meet with a number of senior Egyptian officials to mull bilateral ....

  • Emir of Kuwait issues decree to form new government

    Emir of Kuwait issues decree to form new government

    Date: 2019-12-17 09:54:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8233156

    Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Tuesday issued an Emiri decree approving the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Under the decree the line-up of the new government is as ....

  • Egypt's first lady greets mother of young Egyptian cancer fighter

    Egypt's first lady greets mother of young Egyptian cancer fighter

    Date: 2019-12-17 09:53:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:8233153

    Entissar El Sisi, spouse of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted Monday Zein Youssef's mother, for her invaluable efforts to support him in his fight against cancer. "Zein Youssef's remarks during the opening ceremony of the 2019 World Youth ....

  • We will continue to address Turkish provocations with cautiousness: Cyprus

    We will continue to address Turkish provocations with cautiousness: Cyprus

    Date: 2019-12-17 08:52:45 GMT - Cyprus - International - SN:3 - ID:8233014

    Cypriot Defense Minister Savvas Angelides said that Cyprus will continue to address the Turkish provocations in the exclusive economic zone with cautiousness, adding that responding to these provocations in the same way that Ankara behaves, would be ....

  • Israeli occupation forces demolish house in Jerusalem

    Israeli occupation forces demolish house in Jerusalem

    Date: 2019-12-17 07:55:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8232947

    Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation forces demolished on Tuesday a section of a Palestinian house in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya under the pretext that it was built without a permit, Wafa News Agency reported. Raed Abu ....

  • FM spox criticizes Libyan Presidential Council for its anti-Egypt statement

    FM spox criticizes Libyan Presidential Council for its anti-Egypt statement

    Date: 2019-12-17 06:12:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:8232830

    Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Hafez scorned the Libyan Presidential Council, criticizing an anti-Egypt statement that it issued on Monday. In a tweet he made tonight, Hafez said he wonders what the council stands for and about the ....

  • PM issues decision to form committee to simplify customs release procedures

    PM issues decision to form committee to simplify customs release procedures

    Date: 2019-12-16 00:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:8231263

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madoubli on Sunday issued a decision on the establishment of one or more permanent joint committee at every customs port to simplify customs release procedures. The premier said these committees shall have one ....

  • Dollar exchange rate down at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange rate down at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2019-12-16 00:05:23 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:8231262

    The US dollar exchange rate fell back during Sunday's transactions at Egypt's major banks. The dollar value has dropped by more than EGP 1.75 pounds since the start of 2019. At the National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr, the dollar rate ....

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