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  • Houthis looted $6bn last year -- Foreign Ministry

    Houthis looted $6bn last year -- Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2018-07-06 12:32:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7476196

    The Yemeni Foreign Ministry revealed that Houthi militias have looted about six billion dollars over the past year. This is the total value of revenues that Houthi militias got from various Yemeni state institutions, including taxes, customs and ....

  • MP to MENA: Press, media draft bills to save national institutions

    MP to MENA: Press, media draft bills to save national institutions

    Date: 2018-07-06 12:03:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7476125

    The draft bills regulating media and national press were deemed a profound shift that saved the national press and media institutions, Chairman of the Parliamentarian Committee of Culture and Information Osama Heikal said Thursday. Interviewed ....

  • Cypriot FM: Egypt pillar of stability, key partner in anti-terrorism fight

    Cypriot FM: Egypt pillar of stability, key partner in anti-terrorism fight

    Date: 2018-07-06 11:59:20 GMT - Cyprus - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7476117

    Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said that Egypt and Cyprus have common vision towards the Middle East. The Cypriot foreign minister highlighted Egypt's role and constructive efforts aimed at resolving conflicts and overcoming ....

  • Shoukry invites Austrian companies to invest in Egypt's mega projects

    Shoukry invites Austrian companies to invest in Egypt's mega projects

    Date: 2018-07-06 10:56:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7475983

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Friday called on Austrian companies to direct investments to Egypt's mega national projects, especially the SCZone development corridor and the new administrative capital. The foreign minister made the remarks ....

  • Trump to be met by protests during UK visit - paper

    Trump to be met by protests during UK visit - paper

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:45:55 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:4 - ID:7475889

    Campaign groups and trade unions have organised a schedule of protests to follow US President Donald Trump on his visit to the UK next week, including a six meter angry baby balloon that will fly over Westminster from Parliament Square, The Guardian ....

  • Houthi militias reject UN proposal to withdraw from Yemen's al Hodeidah

    Houthi militias reject UN proposal to withdraw from Yemen's al Hodeidah

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:13:48 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7475829

    Houthi militias refused Thursday a UN proposal to withdraw from the Yemeni city of al Hodeidah and its ports and hand over its administration to the UN, Al Arabiya Al Hadath news reported. The militias proposed that the city and its port would be ....

  • Pope Tawadros heads to Italy to attend prayer for peace in Middle East

    Pope Tawadros heads to Italy to attend prayer for peace in Middle East

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:07:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7475822

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese left here on Friday heading to the Italian city of Bari on top of a church delegation. The pontiff will participate Saturday in ecumenical prayer for peace in the Middle East that ....

  • Trump announces resignation of environment chief over scandals

    Trump announces resignation of environment chief over scandals

    Date: 2018-07-06 08:15:38 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7475750

    US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the departure of his environment chief, Scott Pruitt, who faced ever-growing scandals over his spending and conduct in office, CBS announced. “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the ....

  • Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia discuss arrangements for establishing tripartite fund

    Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia discuss arrangements for establishing tripartite fund

    Date: 2018-07-05 21:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7475529

    High-level delegations from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia held meetings to discuss the arrangements for establishing a tripartite fund for financing development and investment projects, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced in a statement on ....

  • AL denies Saudi Arabia banned Syrians from performing Hajj

    AL denies Saudi Arabia banned Syrians from performing Hajj

    Date: 2018-07-05 19:45:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7475470

    The Arab League denied on Thursday claims that Saudi Arabia has banned Syrians from performing Hajj (Greater Pilgrimage) this year. In a press release, Spokesman of the Arab League Secretary-General Mahmoud Afifi said that Saudi Arabia is ....

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