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  • MP Marianne Azer named member of ISACA's technology advisory board

    Date: 2020-02-21 20:09:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:8321962

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - MP Marianne Amir Azer has been named as a member of the Emerging Technology Advisory Board affiliated to the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). ISACA is an independent and non-profit US association ....

  • Egypt assumes PAM presidency

    Date: 2020-02-21 20:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:40 - ID:8321960

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egypt has assumed the presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM). MP Karim Darwish, the head of the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives, is heading PAM following Jordan's Alia ....

  • Canadian cruise ship passengers arrive in Cornwall to begin quarantine

    Date: 2020-02-21 19:46:06 GMT - Canada - World - SN:39 - ID:8321927

    OTTAWA, Feb 21 (MENA) - Canadian cruise ship passengers whose charter plane first landed in Trenton early Friday morning have arrived in Cornwall to begin a 14-day quarantine, CBC reported. The plane, which landed just after 2 a.m. ET, was ....

  • UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria fighting

    Date: 2020-02-21 18:12:25 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8322023

    GENEVA, Feb 21 (MENA) - The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath, Sky news reported. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva said "We call for an immediate ceasefire to ....

  • Pakistan welcomes US-Taliban agreement

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:49:42 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:37 - ID:8322004

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (MENA) - Pakistan on Friday welcomed the proposed US-Taliban agreement, hoping that all parties would now seize this historic opportunity to bring a comprehensive and inclusive political settlement for durable peace and stability ....

  • US-Taliban agreement expected to be signed on February 29: Pompeo

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:33:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8321931

    WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday, An agreement between the United States and the Afghan Taliban is expected to be signed on February 29, the New York Times reported. According to Pompeo, ....

  • 2 killed, 12 injured in train derailment in Australia

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:24:49 GMT - Australia - World - SN:35 - ID:8321959

    SYDNEY, Feb 21 (MENA) - Two people have been killed and several others injured after a train derailed near Melbourne, Australia, Sky News reported. Images from the scene showed the carriages had come completely off the tracks - one on its side ....

  • Coptic Orthodox Church: No explosive device found outside Virgin Mary church in Helwan

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:8321928

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - The Diocese of Helwan and Al Maasara affiliated to the Coptic Orthodox Church denied media reports that an improvised explosive charge was found outside Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Helwan district, south of Cairo. ....

  • Egypt's UN envoy, new president of G-77 discuss challenges facing developing countries

    Date: 2020-02-21 17:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:8321827

    CAIRO, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egypt's delegate to the United Nations Ambassador Mohamed Idris discussed with President of the Group of 77 Rudolph Michael in New York a host of international issues, topped by challenges facing developing ....

  • Ethiopia's development aspirations should not be realized at expense of Egypt - diplomat

    Date: 2020-02-21 16:37:42 GMT - France - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:32 - ID:8321836

    PARIS, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egyptian ambassador in Paris Ehab Badawy said that Ethiopia's aspirations for development should not be achieved at the expense of Egypt's right to life. Speaking at a symposium on Friday at the University of Paris on the ....

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