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  • Lebanese PM meets UK, German ambassadors

    Lebanese PM meets UK, German ambassadors

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:25:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7114223

    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met here Tuesday with Hugo Shorter, the British Ambassador in Beirut, to discuss the latest local and regional developments. The meeting also took up bilateral relations. Hariri also met with German ....

  • EGX gains EGP 15.6 bln, benchmark rises 2.23 pct

    EGX gains EGP 15.6 bln, benchmark rises 2.23 pct

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:13 - ID:7114188

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indexes went up collectively at the close of Tuesday's trading, amid purchase operations in transactions of foreign institutions and investment funds. The purchases were pushed up by optimism about the Central Bank of ....

  • Sudan, Czech discuss bilateral environmental cooperation

    Sudan, Czech discuss bilateral environmental cooperation

    Date: 2017-11-28 15:07:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7114154

    Sudanese Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Urban Development Hassan Abdul Qadir Hilal discussed Tuesday with a Czech delegation fields of cooperation between the two countries, regarding the environment. In a press statement, the ....

  • Madbouly, Schneider Electric officials review water desalination cooperation

    Madbouly, Schneider Electric officials review water desalination cooperation

    Date: 2017-11-28 14:57:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:7114113

    Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Moustafa Madbouly held a meeting Tuesday with officials from Schneider Electric company on cooperation in water desalination sector. Madbouly said the ministry has a five-year plan aiming at ....

  • Lavrov concerned over growing tensions in Gulf region

    Lavrov concerned over growing tensions in Gulf region

    Date: 2017-11-28 14:54:07 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:7114035

    Moscow is concerned over the rising tensions in the Gulf area, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying. Addressing a meeting of the Russian International Affairs Council on Tuesday, Lavrov said the rising ....

  • Delayed EgyptAir flight to take off from New York

    Delayed EgyptAir flight to take off from New York

    Date: 2017-11-28 09:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7113400

    Delayed EgyptAir flight from New York to Cairo will resume its journey, the company said. The flight was deferred for several hours after the EgyptAir plane bound to Cairo clipped wings with a Virgin Atlantic plane on the runway of John F. ....

  • Dollar exchange rate inches up at Egypt's banks

    Dollar exchange rate inches up at Egypt's banks

    Date: 2017-11-28 09:38:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:8 - ID:7113393

    The exchange rate of the US dollar slightly went up at the five major banks in Egypt on Tuesday. The dollar stood at EGP 17.65 for buying and 17.75 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, Banque du Caire and Arab African ....

  • FM heads for Côte d'Ivoire to participate in AU-EU summit

    FM heads for Côte d'Ivoire to participate in AU-EU summit

    Date: 2017-11-28 08:32:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7113240

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Tuesday morning, heading for Côte d'Ivoire to take part in the fifth African Union - European Union (AU-EU) summit scheduled to kick off in Abidjan on Wednesday. This year’s summit will be held under ....

  • UK ambassador affirms support for Egypt in uprooting terrorism

    UK ambassador affirms support for Egypt in uprooting terrorism

    Date: 2017-11-28 08:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7113209

    UK Ambassador in Cairo John Casson said Monday his country supports Egypt in its war against terrorism. "In the immediate term, there needs to be a strong and effective security response against these cold blooded murderers and Britain to support ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Iraq's al Nahrawan region

    Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Iraq's al Nahrawan region

    Date: 2017-11-28 07:45:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7113196

    Daesh terrorist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the deadly attack carried out by several suicide bombers near al Nahrawan area, southeast of Baghdad. The attack left 17 killings and 28 injuries. Iraqi police source said that ....

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