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  • Nile water committee reviews trilateral negotiations on Ethiopia's GERD

    Nile water committee reviews trilateral negotiations on Ethiopia's GERD

    Date: 2019-08-21 16:52:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:8071793

    The Supreme Committee for Nile Water (SCNW) convened Wednesday under Prime Minster Moustafa Madbouli. The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati, as well as ....

  • Sisi orders successful implementation of health insurance system

    Sisi orders successful implementation of health insurance system

    Date: 2019-08-21 16:46:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8071783

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has called for implementing the health insurance system precisely and successfully with taking into consideration technical, human and medical sides to ensure the good quality of medical services. This came during a ....

  • Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

    Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests

    Date: 2019-08-20 10:00:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:8069714

    Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The company also said it will ban ads from state-backed media ....

  • Plakiotakis: No formal request by Iranian tanker to dock in Kalamata

    Plakiotakis: No formal request by Iranian tanker to dock in Kalamata

    Date: 2019-08-20 09:54:34 GMT - Greece - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:8069704

    No “formal request” has been made so far to Greek authorities by the Iranian tanker wanted by US authorities to dock at the port of Kalamata, Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis said on Tuesday. The Grace 1, renamed the Adrian Darya 1, was ....

  • Five Palestinian injured by Israeli forces in W.Bank, Al Quds

    Five Palestinian injured by Israeli forces in W.Bank, Al Quds

    Date: 2019-08-20 09:52:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:8069699

    Five Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday when hundreds of settlers stormed the vicinity of Joseph's Tomb near in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The settlers repeatedly stormed Joseph's Tomb and performed ....

  • Egypt's U19 handball team back home

    Egypt's U19 handball team back home

    Date: 2019-08-20 07:33:40 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:5 - ID:8069515

    Egypt's U 19 handball team returned home on Tuesday after winning the World Championship for the first time after defeating Germany 32-28 in the final in Macedonia on Sunday. The win is Egypt's biggest handball achievement since 1993. It is ....

  • Release of Iranian tanker 'unfortunate':  Pompeo

    Release of Iranian tanker 'unfortunate': Pompeo

    Date: 2019-08-20 07:30:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:8069509

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a television interview on Monday that it was unfortunate an Iranian oil tanker detained off Gibraltar had been allowed to leave. “It’s unfortunate that that happened,” Pompeo told Fox News Channel. ....

  • US envoy urges biz efforts to mend ties with Japan

    US envoy urges biz efforts to mend ties with Japan

    Date: 2019-08-20 07:28:35 GMT - south korea - International - SN:3 - ID:8069507

    The top US diplomat in South Korea called on leading local businessmen Tuesday to help repair Seoul's strained ties with Tokyo due to a trade spat, Yonhap news agency reported. US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris made the request at a ....

  • Hadi called for countering fragmentation schemes in Yemen

    Hadi called for countering fragmentation schemes in Yemen

    Date: 2019-08-20 07:23:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8069503

    Yemeni President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called upon all the Yemeni people to stand firm against all fragmentation schemes in Yemen by supporting the state's legitimate government. This came during a Monday meeting under Hadi in presence of the ....

  • PM follows up renovation works of Tahrir, civilization museums

    PM follows up renovation works of Tahrir, civilization museums

    Date: 2019-08-20 06:55:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:8069486

    Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said the government gives priority to developing the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, the surrounding area of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat, and Ayn As-Sirah Lake. Madbouli was speaking on ....

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