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  • Nour Sherbini reaches final of Saudi squash tournament

    Nour Sherbini reaches final of Saudi squash tournament

    Date: 2018-01-11 18:33:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Sport - SN:33 - ID:7186473

    Egypt’s Nour el Sherbini qualified for the final of the Saudi Women's Masters squash tournament on Thursday. Sherbini reached the final after defeating Nouran Gohar, ranked fourth, 3-1. She will face either Raneem El Weleily, ranked third, or ....

  • Media council chief praises Egyptian-Omani relations

    Media council chief praises Egyptian-Omani relations

    Date: 2018-01-11 18:32:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:7186465

    Chairm of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation Makram Mohamed Ahmed praised on Thursday the Egyptian-Omani relations as deeply-rooted. Meeting Omani Ambassador to Egypt Ali bin Ahmed, Makram especially lauded the role of Oman as a state on ....

  • Egypt, India hold 2nd meeting of joint working group on counter terrorism

    Egypt, India hold 2nd meeting of joint working group on counter terrorism

    Date: 2018-01-11 18:32:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7186444

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted Thursday the second meeting of the Egyptian-Indian Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism. Relative ministries and security agencies of both countries participated in the meeting. The participants reviewed ....

  • US attorney general Sessions announces Hezbollah financing and narcoterrorism team

    US attorney general Sessions announces Hezbollah financing and narcoterrorism team

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:42:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:30 - ID:7186347

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team (HFNT), a group of experienced international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering prosecutors. HFNT ....

  • FM highlights importance of Egyptian-African ties

    FM highlights importance of Egyptian-African ties

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:41:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:7186315

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the importance Egypt's foreign policy attaches to developing and strengthening relations with African countries. This comes during his meeting with the youth diplomats, saying some of them should pay ....

  • Flights between Moscow, Cairo may start in mid-February: Russian min.

    Flights between Moscow, Cairo may start in mid-February: Russian min.

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:41:22 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:7186310

    Regular flights between Moscow and Cairo may start in mid-February, TASS news agency quoted Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov as saying. "As I said, it will take about a month and a half after the signing of the decree to open the air ....

  • Iran's Maryam Rajavi: Iranian clerical regime stands on shaky ground

    Iran's Maryam Rajavi: Iranian clerical regime stands on shaky ground

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:41:03 GMT - France - International - SN:27 - ID:7186287

    Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian opposition leader and President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) tweeted on Thursday that the wave of protests hitting Iran since late December send a cogent message, indicating that the clerical ....

  • Finance ministry auctions EGP 14.5 bln T-bills

    Finance ministry auctions EGP 14.5 bln T-bills

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:40:08 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:26 - ID:7186274

    The Ministry of Finance auctioned on Thursday treasury bills at a total value of EGP 14.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said it sold EGP 6.75 billion of 182-day bonds with average interest rate hitting 18.6 percent. The yield ....

  • Gov’t reviews measures on delivery of imported wheat

    Gov’t reviews measures on delivery of imported wheat

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:39:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7186245

    Acting Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli presided Thursday over a meeting on reviewing the measures on the delivery and transport of imported wheat in the coming six months. The meeting was attended by the ministers of supply, agriculture and ....

  • Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi missile on Najran

    Saudi air defense intercepts Houthi missile on Najran

    Date: 2018-01-11 17:35:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7186194

    Saudi air defenses intercepted Thursday a ballistic missile launched by Houthi militias on the southwestern Saudi city of Najran, located near the border with Yemen. Al-Arabiya television which carried the news gave no further details. ....

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