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  • Daesh group announces successor to al-Baghdadi

    Daesh group announces successor to al-Baghdadi

    Date: 2019-10-31 23:33:02 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:8169647

    Daesh group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a US raid in Syria. In its audio release by the Daesh central media arm, al-Furqan Foundation, a new spokesman for Daesh ....

  • Lebanese president: New gov't to be chosen by expertise rather than political affiliation

    Lebanese president: New gov't to be chosen by expertise rather than political affiliation

    Date: 2019-10-31 23:27:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8169646

    Lebanese President Michel Aoun pledged on Thursday to form a new government in which ministers would be chosen by expertise rather than political affiliation, after the resignation of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri following weeks of nationwide ....

  • Abu Dhabi crown prince, US  secretary of treasury confer on bilateral ties

    Abu Dhabi crown prince, US secretary of treasury confer on bilateral ties

    Date: 2019-10-31 23:26:11 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8169645

    Abu Dhabi Crow Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan conferred with US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin on means to boost bilateral ties for the interest of both countries in the financial, investment and trade fields. The meeting took ....

  • Finance min.: Egypt keen on enhancing Africa's economic integration efforts

    Finance min.: Egypt keen on enhancing Africa's economic integration efforts

    Date: 2019-10-31 23:25:41 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:5 - ID:8169644

    Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said Egypt, since its African Union presidency, attaches importance to enhancing inter-African economic merging and setting up strong economic partnership with advanced states in a bid to achieve overall development of ....

  • UAE troops return after successful liberation, stabilization of Aden

    UAE troops return after successful liberation, stabilization of Aden

    Date: 2019-10-31 00:10:33 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:8168221

    UAE Armed Forces have announced the return of their troops from Aden in Yemen after having successfully accomplished their role in liberating and stabilizing the governorate, state news agency WAM reported Wednesday. UAE troops have transferred ....

  • Giza zoo fire left no casualties: official

    Giza zoo fire left no casualties: official

    Date: 2019-10-31 00:09:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:8168220

    The fire that brook out at Giza Zoo earlier on Wednesday was caused by an electrical short circuit, head of the Public Zoos Central Administration Mohamed Ragae said. There were no casualties, Ragae told MENA, adding that the fire only affected a ....

  • ACA chief: Egypt-France ties developing in anti-corruption field

    ACA chief: Egypt-France ties developing in anti-corruption field

    Date: 2019-10-31 00:08:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8168219

    Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority (ACA) Sherif Seif Eddin emphasized on Wednesday that Egypt-France relations are witnessing remarkable development, particularly in anti-corruption field thanks to shared visions on issues of common ....

  • Economic growth rate in Q1 of FY 2019/2020 reached 5.6 - minister

    Economic growth rate in Q1 of FY 2019/2020 reached 5.6 - minister

    Date: 2019-10-31 00:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:1 - ID:8168218

    Minister of Planning Dr Hala el Saeed Wednesday said the economic growth rate remained stable during the first quarter of this fiscal year, reaching 5.6%. During a cabinet meeting held here under Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouli to review ....

  • Interior min.: 13 terrorists killed in shoot-out with security forces in El Arish

    Interior min.: 13 terrorists killed in shoot-out with security forces in El Arish

    Date: 2019-10-29 10:34:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:8165753

    Thirteen terrorists were killed in a shoot-out with security forces in El Arish on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry has announced. Security forces attacked a group of terrorists taking refuge inside a deserted house on a farm in Al Hoos district, ....

  • Baghdadi’s body disposed of at sea by US military: Pentagon source

    Baghdadi’s body disposed of at sea by US military: Pentagon source

    Date: 2019-10-29 08:53:29 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:8165515

    The body of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was disposed of at sea by the US military after he killed himself during the weekend raid on his Syrian hideout, Al Arabiya quoted Pentagon sources as having said Tuesday. “The disposal of his ....

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