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  • Cabinet approves $200m loan deal to improve power usage efficiency

    Cabinet approves $200m loan deal to improve power usage efficiency

    Date: 2018-06-20 13:48:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7451897

    The Cabinet under Prime Minister Mosatafa Madbouli approved on Wednesday a presidential bill regarding a $200 million loan deal between Egypt’s government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a program to improve the power ....

  • PM: Govt determined to go ahead with reform efforts

    PM: Govt determined to go ahead with reform efforts

    Date: 2018-06-20 10:37:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7451463

    Prime Minister and Housing Minister Moustafa Madbouli stressed on Wednesday that the new government is determined to move ahead with reform efforts that began during the government of Sherif Ismail. Madbouli, during the first weekly meeting of ....

  • Yemeni army storms

    Yemeni army storms "Rubaysah" district in southern Hodeidah

    Date: 2018-06-20 09:19:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7451317

    A Yemeni military commander said Wednesday that the Yemeni army stormed "Rubaysah" district in southern Hodeidah governorate on the western coast of Yemen, Al Arabiyah TV channel reported. The commander asserted that the Yemeni troops are seeking ....

  • Daesh kidnaps 5 persons in northwestern Salahuddine governorate

    Daesh kidnaps 5 persons in northwestern Salahuddine governorate

    Date: 2018-06-20 08:46:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7451259

    Daesh terrorist group kidnapped five persons from a district in northwestern Salahuddine governorate, Al Sumariya News reported quoting an Iraqi local source as saying Wednesday. Daesh has recurrently kidnapped hundreds of civilians and held them ....

  • Leheta denies wrangle between Hadary, coaching staff

    Leheta denies wrangle between Hadary, coaching staff

    Date: 2018-06-20 08:16:58 GMT - Russia - Sport - SN:1 - ID:7451226

    Egypt team manager Ihab Leheta denied a wrangle between goalkeeper Essam Hadary and the coaching staff ahead of the Egypt-Russia match. Leheta underlined that all players are committed to the coaching staff decisions. He added that Hadary ....

  • Veteran actress Amal Farid dies at 80

    Veteran actress Amal Farid dies at 80

    Date: 2018-06-19 10:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Arts - SN:11 - ID:7450008

    Veteran actress Amal Farid died on Tuesday at Shubra Public Hospital at the age of 80, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said. In statements to MENA, Megahed said Farid entered the ICU at Shubra Public Hospital after suffering a ....

  • Foreign Ministry warns Egyptians of fake work contracts

    Foreign Ministry warns Egyptians of fake work contracts

    Date: 2018-06-19 10:45:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7449992

    The Foreign Ministry has urged Egyptians to beware of fake work contracts after repeated cases involving expats. Unfortunately, some travel agents in Egypt fail to honor their commitment to secure jobs for Egyptians abroad or even cover their ....

  • 150 football fans head for Petersburg to support Egypt's national team

    150 football fans head for Petersburg to support Egypt's national team

    Date: 2018-06-19 09:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:9 - ID:7449840

    About 150 Egyptian football fans headed on Tuesday for Petersburg on board of an EgyptAir flight to support their team during today's crucial match with Russia. The Egyptian national football team will face Russia within the framework of Group A ....

  • Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political

    Erekat: US wants to turn Palestine cause into humanitarian issue rather than political

    Date: 2018-06-19 08:14:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7449680

    Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Tuesday that the United States is trying to turn the Palestinian cause from a political issue into a humanitarian one. Speaking to ....

  • Islamic Institutions say Israel is trying to control al-Aqsa

    Islamic Institutions say Israel is trying to control al-Aqsa

    Date: 2018-06-19 08:11:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7449676

    Israeli occupation police is trying to slowly take control of al-Aqsa Mosque, Islamic Institutions in Jerusalem said on Tuesday in a statement. The Waqf Council, the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem ....

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