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Abbas reiterates rejection of Trump’s peace plan

Date: 2020-02-11 23:16:35 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:8308128

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas slammed a Middle East peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump late last month, saying that it “transforms our homeland into fragmented residential encampments” and described the ....

AL chief deplores Israeli attempts to exclude Abbas from peace process

Date: 2020-02-11 23:14:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8308081

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit on Tuesday denounced Israeli attempts to exclude Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from the Middle East peace process. Abul Gheit's denouncement came in a response to the ....

Sisi pays great importance to improving farmers' lives: Agriculture min.

Date: 2020-02-11 22:49:21 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:82 - ID:8308062

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attaches great importance to improving farmers' living conditions and increasing Egypt's agricultural exports, Agriculture and Land Reclamation Minister Sayed el Qasir said. The minister made ....

UNGA president: Egypt made great contributions to Africa in 2019

Date: 2020-02-11 21:56:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:8308149

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Tijani Mohamed Pandey hailed the great contributions Egypt made during its chairmanship of the African Union (AU) for 2019. Interviewed by Al Ahram Editor in Chief Alaa Thabet on ....

Final part of Ramses II obelisk successfully installed in Tahrir square

Date: 2020-02-11 20:57:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:80 - ID:8307982

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - The final part of King Ramses II obelisk has been installed in Cairo's Tahrir square, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry announced Tuesday. The obelisk was renovated and re-assembled by a team of restorers from the ....

FM, irrigation ministers meet ahead of GERD talks in Washington

Date: 2020-02-11 20:47:21 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:79 - ID:8308042

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati on Tuesday held a coordination meeting with the Egyptian negotiating team ahead of US-sponsored talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in ....

Global (6): SDRPY Highlights Saudi Arabia's Development Efforts in Yemen at London Exhibition

Date: 2020-02-11 20:26:37 GMT - United Kingdom - Economy - SN:78 - ID:8308106

Dear subscribers, following is a global bulletin published for PR ‎Newswire:‎ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LONDON, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday Saudi ....

Egypt, S.Korea sign MoU to build plasma plant

Date: 2020-02-11 20:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:77 - ID:8308103

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - The Arab Company for Drug Industry and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) and South Korea's SK Plasma signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a plasma derivatives plant in Egypt. The announcement came during a ....

UNODC chief: New counter-terrorism strategy in the offing

Date: 2020-02-11 19:46:08 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:76 - ID:8307933

VIENNA, Feb 11 (MENA) - Director-General of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Wali has revealed that an international conference will be held this summer in New York to discuss the return of foreign terrorist fighters. Speaking to ....

PM follows up environmental situation of Mariout, Qarun lakes

Date: 2020-02-11 19:31:03 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:75 - ID:8307900

CAIRO, Feb 11 (MENA) - Prime Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Environment Yassmin Fouad probed Tuesday the environmental situation of Lake Mariout and Qarun Lake. Fouad briefed the premier on the ministry's role to revamp Lake Mariout, which ....