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Culture palace in Sharm El Sheikh to be inaugurated soon

Date: 2018-07-08 21:29:18 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:86 - ID:7479571

SHARM EL SHEIKH, July 8 (MENA) - South Sinai Governor Khaled Fouda held a coordination meeting Sunday to review the final preparations for Sharm El Sheikh culture palace's inauguration. The governorate is planning an international inauguration ....

Italy's far-right government asks EU to block refugee ships from its ports

Date: 2018-07-08 20:57:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7479554

ROME, July 8 (MENA) - Italy's interior minister has said the country will seek commitments from European Union partners to have refugees who are rescued at sea by ships from anti-trafficking and border control missions taken to other countries, The ....

Albanian ship on NATO run takes Syrians at sea

Date: 2018-07-08 20:55:38 GMT - Albania - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:7479544

TIRANA, July 8 (MENA) - Albania's Defense Ministry said a warship deployed to the Aegean Sea as part of NATO's maritime force has picked up a group of 41 Syrians who were trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Fox News reported. A ministry ....

Syrian Air defense intercepts Israeli missiles over T-4 airport

Date: 2018-07-08 20:52:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:7479579

DAMASCUS, July 8 (MENA) - A Syrian military source said Sunday the country's air forces intercepted Israeli missiles which were targeting T-4 airport in Homs, SANA reported. The source added that the air defense hit one of the attacking ....

Civil servant, businesswoman in custody over fraud in Qena

Date: 2018-07-08 20:43:15 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:82 - ID:7479537

QENA, Egypt, July 8 (MENA) – The director of purchasing department at Qena University Hospital and a businesswoman were remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigations over forgery and looting public funds charges. The suspects are ....

At least 85 dead in Japan floods, landslides

Date: 2018-07-08 20:40:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:81 - ID:7479543

TOKYO, July 8 (MENA) - The Japanese authorities warned that the death toll may rise in floods and landslides caused by record rainfall in the western part of the country. Up 85 people are dead and 6 remain in critical condition. At least 58 are ....

20 dead, 300 injured in Turkey train derailment

Date: 2018-07-08 20:35:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:7479504

MOSCOW, July 8 (MENA) - Up to 20 people were killed and 300 others wounded, injured after five train carriages came off the tracks in Turkey's northwestern province of Tekirdag, not far from the Greek border, a Sputnik quoted a Turkish security ....

Abbas: Will never let 'Deal of Century' go

Date: 2018-07-08 20:27:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:7479506

RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his rejection to the so called 'Deal of the Century', saying he would never let it go. During a meeting of Central Committee of Fatah on Sunday, Abbas said: "We have ....

Strike, curfew shuts Kashmir on rebel's death anniversary

Date: 2018-07-08 20:08:16 GMT - India - World - SN:78 - ID:7479550

NEW DELHI, July 8 (MENA) - Police and soldiers fanned out across much of Indian-controlled Kashmir to enforce a security lockdown on Sunday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a shutdown and protests on the second anniversary of the ....

Spoiled Russian wheat doesn't belong to Supply Ministry - GASC

Date: 2018-07-08 19:51:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:7479430

CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) said Sunday a cargo of 45,000 tonnes of spoiled Russian wheat that was seized a week earlier belongs to a private sector company. The shipment does not belong to the ....