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Funeral for Nadia Lotfy held Wednesday

Date: 2020-02-05 12:32:49 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:32 - ID:8299050

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Hundreds of fans, friends and family attended the funeral of renowned movie start Nadia Lotfy who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 83 after a long illness. The funeral was also attended by a large number of artists and ....

Prime Minister hails efforts to bring home Egyptians from Wuhan

Date: 2020-02-05 12:18:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:8299027

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouli thanked the ministers of health, civil aviation, defense and the interior and all the bodies concerned for their professionalism in handling the file of bringing back Egyptian nationals who ....

Arab officials meet to follow up implementation of development summit's resolutions

Date: 2020-02-05 12:15:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:8298944

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - The committee in charge of following up and preparing for the Arab economic and social development summits held a meeting here Wednesday at the level of senior officials. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Lebanese ....

PM lauds efforts to bring back Egyptian fishermen from Yemen

Date: 2020-02-05 12:12:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:8299031

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli lauded on Wednesday all arrangements taken by the sides concerned to guarantee the safe return of Egyptian fishermen from Yemen. During a weekly cabinet meeting, Madbouli lauded efforts of ....

Sudan PM welcomes Burhan's statement on his meeting with Netanyahu

Date: 2020-02-05 12:07:37 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8298980

KHARTOUM, Feb 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok welcomed on Wednesday a statement issued by Sovereign Council head Abdel Fattah al Burhan following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda on ....

Israel detains 19 Palestinians in West Bank

Date: 2020-02-05 12:02:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8298921

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained 19 Palestinians from various parts of the West Bank. In a statement Wednesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said the forces arrested a number of Palestinians during storming operations in the ....

US halts secretive drone program with Turkey over Syria incursion: US officials

Date: 2020-02-05 11:59:00 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8298975

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - The United States has halted a secretive drone intelligence program with Turkey over Ankara’s October incursion into Syria, Al Arabiya news channel reported Wednesday, quoting US officials. Turkish military forces ....

Bloomberg: Economic reforms in Egypt boosted banking sector

Date: 2020-02-05 11:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:25 - ID:8298914

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (MENA) - Bloomberg hailed the strong Egyptian banking sector which is backed by a leap in banks' profits. The nation’s central bank is no longer issuing licenses, making an acquisition the only way of gaining a foothold in the ....

Scores of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2020-02-05 11:14:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:8298976

RAMALLAH, Feb 5 (MENA) - Scores of Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli occupation forces, broke into Al Aqsa Mosque from Bab el Magharba on Wednesday. Forty-three settlers toured the mosque yards in a provocative way, the Islamic Awqaf Ministry ....

Al Azhar pavilion at Cairo Book Fair witnesses huge turnout - official

Date: 2020-02-05 11:13:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:8298799

CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Secretary General of Al Azhar's Islamic Research Academy Dr Nazir Ayyad said Al Azhar pavilion at the Cairo Book Fair witnessed a huge turnout this year. In a statement on Wednesday, he added that the activities of the ....