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  • OIC chief expresses serious concern at mounting insecurity in Mali

    OIC chief expresses serious concern at mounting insecurity in Mali

    Date: 2018-01-31 16:54:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7221051

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef al Othaimeen has expressed serious concern over the spate of terrorist attacks and growing insecurity in Mali. Othaimeen denounced the separate cowardly attacks on January ....

  • German FM meets Netanyahu after talks canceled last year

    German FM meets Netanyahu after talks canceled last year

    Date: 2018-01-31 16:46:32 GMT - Israel - International - SN:13 - ID:7221042

    German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem after talks were canceled last year when the diplomat met with an Israeli whistle-blower group critical of the military. Standing alongside Netanyahu, ....

  • 16 hot air balloon flights take off in Luxor

    16 hot air balloon flights take off in Luxor

    Date: 2018-01-31 13:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7220411

    Sixteen hot air balloon flights took off in Luxor Wednesday, carrying 306 tourists of various nationalities. The flights resumed after a two-day halt due to bad weather and low visibility. ....

  • Immigration ministry keen on supporting rights of expatriates - minister

    Immigration ministry keen on supporting rights of expatriates - minister

    Date: 2018-01-31 12:52:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7220326

    Minister of State for Immigration Nabila Makram Wednesday stressed the ministry's keenness on supporting the rights of Egyptians abroad and following up national issues, mainly fruitful cooperation with all the Egyptian unions abroad that help ....

  • Dollar price stable at major banks

    Dollar price stable at major banks

    Date: 2018-01-31 12:01:25 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:10 - ID:7220287

    The US dollar exchange rate was relatively stable during morning transactions at major banks on Wednesday. The dollar price reached EGP 17.63 for buying and 17.73 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt, Banque Du Caire and Al Ahli Bank of ....

  • Mufti of Egypt calls on Quran radios to focus on coexistence values

    Mufti of Egypt calls on Quran radios to focus on coexistence values

    Date: 2018-01-31 11:48:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7220173

    Mufti of Egypt Dr Shawqi Allam called on directors of Quran radios in the Islamic world to focus on values of coexistence as stipulated by Islam and to highlight the true image of Islam in terms of tolerance and moderation. This came during a ....

  • Ghani vows revenge on terror groups over recent brutal attacks

    Ghani vows revenge on terror groups over recent brutal attacks

    Date: 2018-01-31 09:30:34 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:7219788

    President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has promised to use all types of force to take revenge for the brutal killings of the ordinary people by terrorist groups, Khaama Press reported Wednesday. Speaking to worshipers in Wazi Mohammad Akbar Khan mosque, ....

  • Sisi to give green light for Zohr field to produce natural gas

    Sisi to give green light for Zohr field to produce natural gas

    Date: 2018-01-31 09:14:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7219728

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will on Wednesday give the green light for producing natural gas from Zohr field, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said. On Saturday, Minister of Petroleum Tarek El Molla said the importation of liquefied gas will ....

  • IMF director says decision to liberalize exchange rate good for Egyptian economy

    IMF director says decision to liberalize exchange rate good for Egyptian economy

    Date: 2018-01-31 08:17:36 GMT - Morocco - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7219604

    Egypt has made a hard decision to liberalize the exchange rate, but it sure did the trick of increasing the country's reserves of foreign currency, says Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ....

  • Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

    Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open

    Date: 2018-01-31 08:05:28 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7219578

    US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open, CNN reported. Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former President Barack Obama, who had ....

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