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  • Syrian National Dialogue Congress to be sponsored by UN, says Russian diplomat

    Syrian National Dialogue Congress to be sponsored by UN, says Russian diplomat

    Date: 2017-12-26 11:18:18 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:7159893

    Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said that a Syrian National Dialogue Congress - to be held in Sochi late January - should be sponsored by the international community. In an interview with Ria Novosti, Bogdanov said that ....

  • Egyptian economy in 2017 stronger - minister

    Egyptian economy in 2017 stronger - minister

    Date: 2017-12-26 10:45:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:7159829

    Steps taken by the government in 2017 in implementation of the economic reform program have started to bear fruit, given economic indices in the various arenas. The beginning of 2017 was also the start of measures taken by the government late in ....

  • Adel el Masry appointed Egyptian tourism advisor in Paris

    Adel el Masry appointed Egyptian tourism advisor in Paris

    Date: 2017-12-26 10:41:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7159808

    Tourism Minister Yahia Rashed has decided to appoint Adel el Masry as tourism advisor in Paris. Masry will also be the director of the Egyptian tourism office in the French capital. Masry had served as chairman of the central administration ....

  • Dollar exchange stable at Egypt's major banks

    Dollar exchange stable at Egypt's major banks

    Date: 2017-12-26 10:39:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7159813

    The US dollar exchange rate was relatively stable during morning transactions at major banks on Tuesday. The dollar exchange rate stood at EGP 17.70 for buying and EGP 17.80 for selling at Banque Misr. The dollar exchange rate was stable at ....

  • Palestinian students suffer suffocation after Israeli troops storm school in Jenin

    Palestinian students suffer suffocation after Israeli troops storm school in Jenin

    Date: 2017-12-26 10:18:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7159768

    Dozens of Palestinian students suffered suffocation after Israeli troops fired gas bombs and bullets inside a school in Ya'abad town, southwestern Jenin earlier Tuesday. The Israeli troops stormed the school without any reason and started firing ....

  • Movement along 3rd metro line halted after water pipe broke

    Movement along 3rd metro line halted after water pipe broke

    Date: 2017-12-26 09:36:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:7159674

    Movement along the third metro line was halted at some stations Tuesday after a water pipe broke inside a tunnel near Koleyat el Banat area in the Cairo neighborhood of Heliopolis. Trains are not making stops between the stations of Abbassiya ....

  • Army, police to take part in New Year security campaign

    Army, police to take part in New Year security campaign

    Date: 2017-12-26 09:33:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7159670

    Military troops have been deployed to public facilities, places of worship and major roads to help police in their security campaign placed for New Year celebrations. Security patrols and combat groups, as well as military police personnel, are ....

  • 22 Houthis killed in Arab coalition air strikes in western Yemen

    22 Houthis killed in Arab coalition air strikes in western Yemen

    Date: 2017-12-26 08:17:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7159515

    Arab coalition warplanes launched on Monday air strikes on a number of military vehicles affiliated to Houthis rebels in western Yemen. As many as 22 Houthi militants were killed in the strikes. Also, Houthis failed to launch a new missile ....

  • Russia's law on NGOs acting as foreign agents may be improved - Putin

    Russia's law on NGOs acting as foreign agents may be improved - Putin

    Date: 2017-12-26 07:41:18 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:7159467

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the country's law on non-government organizations (NGO) operating as foreign agents can be further improved but its key objective - to prevent outside interference into Russia's domestic affairs - must ....

  • Veteran writer Salah Eissa dies at 78

    Veteran writer Salah Eissa dies at 78

    Date: 2017-12-26 07:39:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7159464

    Veteran writer and journalist Salah Essa died on Monday at the age of 78 after a long battle with illness. Eissa was the last secretary general of the Supreme Press Council, which is now replaced by the National Press Authority. He started his ....

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