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  • Telecom Egypt: Technical problem affects DSL internet service in Egypt

    Telecom Egypt: Technical problem affects DSL internet service in Egypt

    Date: 2018-01-02 11:09:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7170381

    Telecom Egypt said there is a technical problem that affects the "Digital Subscriber Line" or DSL internet service in Egypt and some neighboring countries. In a statement on Tuesday on its Facebook page, the company said the internet service will ....

  • Iran's president downplays anti-government protests

    Iran's president downplays anti-government protests

    Date: 2018-01-02 07:22:11 GMT - Iran - International - SN:4 - ID:7170144

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tried to downplay the significance of sometimes violent protests across his country. "Our great nation has witnessed a number of similar incidents in the past and has comfortably dealt with them. This is nothing," ....

  • Alexandria, Dekheila ports reopen after weather improvement

    Alexandria, Dekheila ports reopen after weather improvement

    Date: 2018-01-02 07:11:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7170128

    Alexandria Port Authority decided on Tuesday to reopen Alexandria and Dekheila ports which were closed over the past two days due to bad weather. The closure decision was meant to prevent collision of ships and ensure safety of maritime ....

  • Body of veteran journalist Ibrahim Nafie arrives at Cairo Airport

    Body of veteran journalist Ibrahim Nafie arrives at Cairo Airport

    Date: 2018-01-02 07:00:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7170105

    The body of veteran journalist Ibrahim Nafie arrived on Tuesday at Cairo International Airport from Dubai. Airport authorities finalized the procedures for handing over the body to his family at the Cargo Village. Head of the Journalists' ....

  • US won't repeat Obama mistake on Iran protests - VP

    US won't repeat Obama mistake on Iran protests - VP

    Date: 2018-01-02 06:58:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7170102

    US Vice President Mike Pence vowed in a tweet Monday that the United States would not repeat the mistake of the previous administration when Iranian protesters resisted the regime in Tehran. "As long as Donald Trump is the president and I am vice ....

  • 700 Boko Haram captives have escaped - Nigerian army

    700 Boko Haram captives have escaped - Nigerian army

    Date: 2018-01-01 18:28:03 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:7169867

    More than 700 people held by Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country have escaped captivity, the BBC News quoted the Nigerian army as saying, on Monday. An army spokesperson said, they had fled several islands in Lake Chad, and ....

  • U.S Pence visit to Israel indefinitely postponed

    U.S Pence visit to Israel indefinitely postponed

    Date: 2018-01-01 17:43:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:26 - ID:7169812

    U.S Vice President Mike Pence's planned trip to Israel has been indefinitely delayed beyond January, Times of Israel quoted Israeli Foreign Ministry officials on Monday. Pence was originally scheduled to arrive in the region in late December, but ....

  • President Sisi signs the Youth Organization Regulation Act

    President Sisi signs the Youth Organization Regulation Act

    Date: 2018-01-01 17:42:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7169808

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has approved law No. 218 of the year 2017, that was earlier passed by the House of Representatives, on youth bodies. The act was published in the official gazette on Monday. The fresh law obliges the existing ....

  • External interference in Iran's affairs 'unacceptable' - Russian MFA

    External interference in Iran's affairs 'unacceptable' - Russian MFA

    Date: 2018-01-01 17:09:47 GMT - Russia - International - SN:24 - ID:7169751

    The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that, external interference in the Iran's internal affairs is unacceptable, commenting on the current situation in Tehran, where mass protests have entered its fifth day. In a statement, ....

  • 12 air raids, fierce clashes between regime, opposition in eastern Damascus countryside

    12 air raids, fierce clashes between regime, opposition in eastern Damascus countryside

    Date: 2018-01-01 17:03:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:7169737

    Syrian activists said on Monday that, fierce clashes took place between the Syrian regime and, opposition in eastern Damascus. Up to 12 air strikes were launched by the Syrian air forces on Harasta in Damascus countryside. The clashes took ....

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