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  • EU package on negotiating table 'hopefully' in 10 days

    EU package on negotiating table 'hopefully' in 10 days

    Date: 2018-06-24 10:37:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:1 - ID:7457120

    The Iranian deputy foreign minister said that the European sides will hopefully introduce a package of economic measures against US sanctions in 10 days to keep the nuclear deal alive, the Iranian news agency Mehr reported. “There are intensive ....

  • Sisi approves amendments to income tax law

    Sisi approves amendments to income tax law

    Date: 2018-06-23 21:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:7456615

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday approved Law No. 97 of 2018 amending Income Tax Law No. 91 of 2005. Under the amended law the first bracket, those with an annual income of EGP 8,000 or less, will be exempted from paying taxes. The ....

  • Arab coalition info. ministers conclude meeting in Jeddah

    Arab coalition info. ministers conclude meeting in Jeddah

    Date: 2018-06-23 20:54:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7456604

    The ministers of information of the member states of the Coalition for Supporting the Legitimacy in Yemen concluded their meeting in Jeddah Saturday. Head of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCM) Makram Mohamed Ahmed partook in ....

  • Bahraini information minister urges Arab unified stance against Iran

    Bahraini information minister urges Arab unified stance against Iran

    Date: 2018-06-23 20:21:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7456580

    Bahraini Information Affairs Minister Ali Al Romaihi has called for a unified Arab stance to confront Iran, its terrorist arms and expansion policy. Romaihi further urged the international community to put an end to the Iranian interference in ....

  • Yemeni adviser: Qatar's support for Houthis blatant

    Yemeni adviser: Qatar's support for Houthis blatant

    Date: 2018-06-23 20:19:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7456577

    Adviser to Yemeni Information Minister and Head of Yemeni Journalists Association Fahad Al Sharafi asserted on Saturday that Qatar's position is blatant in supporting Houthis at the media, political and military levels. In a televised interview ....

  • Malta tells aid boat with migrants to go away

    Malta tells aid boat with migrants to go away

    Date: 2018-06-23 18:55:02 GMT - Malta - International - SN:5 - ID:7456502

    Malta's premier is telling a German aid group to reroute its rescue ship away from the Mediterranean island to avoid further escalation of another European standoff over helping migrants. The German NGO Mission Lifeline said it has 234 migrants ....

  • Egypt snatches 2 weightlifting golds in Mediterranean Games

    Egypt snatches 2 weightlifting golds in Mediterranean Games

    Date: 2018-06-23 18:05:18 GMT - Spain - Sport - SN:4 - ID:7456456

    Weightlifter Ahmed Saad secured two gold medals for Egypt in 62 KG weightlifting competitions at the XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018. Also, swimmer Marwan Elkamash and karate athlete Malek Gomaa added two bronze medals earlier in the ....

  • 2 civilians killed, 9 hurt in mortar attack in Afghanistan

    2 civilians killed, 9 hurt in mortar attack in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-06-23 16:59:16 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:7456397

    Two civilians have been killed and nine others injured in a mortar shell attack in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, local officials said on Saturday. The attack occurred when mortar shells fired by Taliban militants landed in a ....

  • Alexandria police arrest illegal forex trader with $85,713

    Alexandria police arrest illegal forex trader with $85,713

    Date: 2018-06-23 16:20:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7456345

    Alexandria's public funds crimes investigation department has arrested a man in possession of $85,713 over illegal foreign exchange trading charges. Acting upon a tip-off, the police busted the suspect outside a bank in El-Gomrok district in ....

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    There have been "multiple attempts" to assassinate Mnangagwa - spokesman

    Date: 2018-06-23 15:31:52 GMT - Zimbabwe - International - SN:1 - ID:7456279

    Zimbabwe state media said an explosion has rocked a stadium where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a campaign rally. The president is not hurt and has been evacuated from the scene, ABC News reported on Saturday. A presidential ....

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