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  • Egypt, Somalia sign deal on gas and oil cooperation

    Date: 2020-02-12 09:06:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:8308407

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Tarek el Mulla on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with his Somali counterpart Abdel Rashid Mohamed Ahmed on joint cooperation in the oil and gas sector. The agreement was ....

  • Assar: Egypt welcomes foreign investments

    Date: 2020-02-12 09:04:24 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:19 - ID:8308386

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Saeed el Assar said on Wednesday Egypt welcomes foreign investments to help achieve hoped-for overall development to boost stability and increase growth rates. He said his ....

  • SOHR: Over 70,000 evacuees from Rif Aleppo registered in past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-02-12 09:02:36 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8308413

    DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (MENA) - More than 70,000 civilians evacuated from Rif Aleppo over the past 24 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Some of these civilians have been evacuated for the fourth or fifth time after they were ....

  • Chinese envoy urges UNSC to set up roadmap for lifting sanctions against Sudan

    Date: 2020-02-12 08:38:13 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:8308366

    BEIJING, Feb 12 (MENA) - A Chinese UN envoy on Tuesday night called on the Security Council to review sanctions against Sudan in a timely manner and set up a roadmap for lifting the measures, Xinhua News Agency reported. Wu Haitao, China's deputy ....

  • AP's stresses importance of adoption of unified Arab law on death penalty

    Date: 2020-02-12 08:24:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:8308292

    CAIRO, Feb 12 (MENA) - Speaker of the Arab Parliament (AP) Mishaal bin Fahm al Salami stressed the importance of the adoption of a law permitting the death penalty and guarantees to ensure its application in Arab countries. The law aims at facing ....

  • Chinese envoy asks UN Security Council to use caution on Libya sanctions

    Date: 2020-02-12 08:15:53 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:8308363

    BEIJING, Feb 12 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy on Tuesday asked the United Nations (UN) Security Council to exercise caution on the issue of sanctions against Libya, Xinhua reported. Libya is facing multiple challenges such as the fragile security ....

  • Iraqi forces start military operation against terrorists

    Date: 2020-02-12 07:31:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:8308311

    BAGHDAD, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Iraqi armed forces on Wednesday started a large-scale military operation against terrorists in Al-Anbar Governorate, west of the country till the borders with Syria and Jordan, Al Sumariya TV reported. Deputy ....

  • S. Korea's 3rd evacuation plane arrives from virus-hit Wuhan

    Date: 2020-02-12 07:08:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:8308253

    SEOUL, Feb 12 (MENA) - South Korea's third evacuation flight from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived back in Seoul on Wednesday, carrying 147 of its citizens, their Chinese spouses and family members, with five of them showing ....

  • First suspected coronavirus death in Iran

    Date: 2020-02-12 06:41:19 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:8308234

    TEHRAN, Feb 12 (MENA) - The state-owned Iran newspaper reported the death of a 63 years old woman suspected of coronavirus, which would make it the first coronavirus related death in Iran, Iran International reported. Health Ministry officials ....

  • Japan to ban entry of people from Zhejiang

    Date: 2020-02-12 06:32:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:8308214

    TOKYO, Feb 12 (MENA) - The Japanese government will ban people from the Chinese province of Zhejiang from entering the country starting Thursday, to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, NHK reported. Prime Minister ....

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