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Iran says 6th person dead of new virus

Date: 2020-02-22 21:04:00 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8323193

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (MENA) - Iranian officials Saturday reported a sixth death from the new virus that emerged in China, ABC news reported. The governor of Markazi province told the official IRNA news agency that tests of a patient who recently died ....

Russia not to put up with terrorists presence in Idlib - senior diplomat

Date: 2020-02-22 20:29:56 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8323079

MOSCOW, Feb 22 (MENA) - Russia will never put up with the presence of terrorists in Syria’s Idlib governorate as there can be no truce with them, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with TASS on Saturday. "We ....

PM: New projects embody Sisi's vision for more integrated sports facilities

Date: 2020-02-22 20:27:36 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:50 - ID:8323167

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - The sports projects under construction nationwide embody the vision adopted by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to build more fully-integrated sports facilities, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Saturday Madbouli made his ....

Dar al-Iftaa to spot Rajab's crescent Sunday

Date: 2020-02-22 20:14:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8323226

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - Dar al-Iftaa will spot the crescent that marks the end of Jumada al-awwal and the start of Rajab; the seventh month of the Muslim calendar on Sunday. Mufti's adviser Ibrahim Negm said Grand Mufti Shawki Allam will deliver ....

Egypt's Hedaya Malak qualifies for Tokyo Olympics 2020

Date: 2020-02-22 20:08:23 GMT - Morocco - Sports - SN:48 - ID:8323161

RABAT, Feb 22 (MENA) - Egyptian Taekwondo fighter Hedaya Malak officially qualified on Saturday for Tokyo Olympics 2020. Malak reached the finals of the African Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, held in Morocco, by beating ....

PM opens new branch of Gezira SC in 6th of October City

Date: 2020-02-22 20:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:47 - ID:8323160

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli opened a new branch of Gezira Sporting Club in the 6th of October City on Saturday. Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi accompanied the premier during the opening ceremony, which was ....

Ministry gears up for hosting 2021 World Men's Handball Championship

Date: 2020-02-22 19:53:21 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:46 - ID:8323081

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli inspected Saturday an indoor sports hall in the 6th of October City. The sports building is expected to be the venue of some matches in the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship Egypt will ....

Nouakchott to host G5 Sahel summit Monday

Date: 2020-02-22 19:52:26 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:45 - ID:8323077

NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, will host on Monday the Summit of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel). Mauritania will head the summit this year. It is the first summit in which Mauritanian President ....

Top prosecutor refers retired doctor to criminal trial over FMG charges

Date: 2020-02-22 19:41:38 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:44 - ID:8323074

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - Prosecutor General Hamada el Sawi referred on Saturday a retired doctor and two others to a criminal trial over charges of performing circumcision on a female child. Ali Abdel Fadeel, a retired doctor, secretly circumcised ....

Sisi receives letter from Ethiopian PM

Date: 2020-02-22 19:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:8323018

CAIRO, Feb 22 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Saturday a letter from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said. Haile Mariam Dessalines, the special envoy of the Ethiopian prime minister and ....