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  • PM: IMF officials assert Egypt on right track

    PM: IMF officials assert Egypt on right track

    Date: 2018-05-06 20:22:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7386969

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday described his meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton as "fruitful". In statements, the premier noted that the IMF and other international funding ....

  • Prime minister mulls oil, health projects

    Prime minister mulls oil, health projects

    Date: 2018-05-06 20:19:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7386968

    Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met Sunday with Petroleum Minister Tarek al-Mala and Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eldin Rady on the sidelines of the high-level conference co-organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Egypt ....

  • Two children injured in shooting northwestern London

    Two children injured in shooting northwestern London

    Date: 2018-05-06 20:06:46 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:7386964

    The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that two boys were shot within minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon in Harrow, north-west London, Daily Star newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for Metropolitan Police said: "Police are investigating two ....

  • Italian study proves no rooms exist behind tomb of King Tut

    Italian study proves no rooms exist behind tomb of King Tut

    Date: 2018-05-06 19:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7386960

    A study conducted by the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy has proved that no rooms exist behind the walls of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Luxor. The head of the Italian research team will review the outcome of the study at a lecture ....

  • Egypt calls for adopting comprehensive military strategy to face terrorism

    Egypt calls for adopting comprehensive military strategy to face terrorism

    Date: 2018-05-06 18:03:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7386848

    Egypt stressed the importance of adopting a comprehensive military, intellectual and developmental strategy to confront all terrorist organisations. This came during Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Multilateral Affairs and International ....

  • Tunisia holds 1st local polls since 2011 revolution

    Tunisia holds 1st local polls since 2011 revolution

    Date: 2018-05-06 17:39:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7386819

    The first local elections in Tunisia since the 2011 revolution kicked off on Sunday. Around 5.5 million citizens are eligible to vote in the polls, which are supervised by an independent electoral commission. Representatives in 350 municipalities ....

  • Iraqi airstrike against Daesh in Syria

    Iraqi airstrike against Daesh in Syria

    Date: 2018-05-06 16:28:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7386735

    The Iraqi air force launched an airstrike against Daesh terrorists in Syria, the premier's office said in a statement on Sunday. The air raid was carried out under orders of Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider ....

  • Lebanese voters head to the polls in first parliamentary elections in nine years

    Lebanese voters head to the polls in first parliamentary elections in nine years

    Date: 2018-05-06 13:44:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7386354

    Lebanese voters started flocking on polling stations Sunday morning to choose their new parliament after nine years of prolonged political gridlock and three vote postponements. More than 3.6 million people are eligible to vote in the one-day ....

  • Abul Gheit: Joint Arab action foiled Israel's nomination to UNSC

    Abul Gheit: Joint Arab action foiled Israel's nomination to UNSC

    Date: 2018-05-06 13:06:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7386235

    Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said joint Arab action prodded Israel into withdrawing its nomination for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat. Abul Gheit said the UN General Assembly was planned to vote on UNSC ....

  • Ex-Tagamoa leader Mohi-eddin dies at 95

    Ex-Tagamoa leader Mohi-eddin dies at 95

    Date: 2018-05-06 11:27:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7385930

    Founder of Tagamoa party Khaled Mohi-eddin died on Sunday at the age of 95. His party mourned in a statement the death of "the knight of democracy and struggler." Mohi-eddin was a member of the 1952 revolution leadership. He was born in 1922 ....

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