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  • Pope Francis presses for talks on Yemen amid humanitarian crisis

    Date: 2018-06-17 16:15:35 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:42 - ID:7447906

    VATICAN, June 17 (MENA) - Pope Francis is pressing for negotiations involving the sides in the Yemen conflict so the humanitarian crisis does not worsen. In public remarks, Francis said he was following "with worry the dramatic fate of the ....

  • Egypt not to focus on referees performance during Russia match - Team manager

    Date: 2018-06-17 15:57:37 GMT - Chechnya - Sports - SN:41 - ID:7447882

    GROZNY, June 17 (MENA) - Egypt's national football team will not focus on the performance of referees during the Pharaoh's match against Russia in the World Cup on Tuesday, the managing director of the Egyptian Football Association Ehab Lehita said ....

  • Egypt slams Nigeria terrorist attack

    Date: 2018-06-17 15:38:10 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:40 - ID:7447884

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Egypt condemned Sunday the terrorist attack that hit northeastern Nigeria leaving 31 persons dead. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry stressed that the Egyptian government and people are backing Nigeria in its fighting ....

  • Parl't speaker participates in meetings of IPU's financial, executive committees

    Date: 2018-06-17 15:33:02 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:39 - ID:7447858

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal on Sunday participated in the meeting of the financial committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Geneva-hosted meeting discussed the IPU's 2019 budget, the House of ....

  • Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to withdraw from Syria

    Date: 2018-06-17 15:16:06 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:7447859

    GAZA CITY, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had a conversation with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding the situation in Syria, Yedioth Ahronoth reported ....

  • Iraqi police nab terror cell collaborating with Daesh against security forces

    Date: 2018-06-17 15:03:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:7447809

    BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday that it arrested a terrorist cell which collaborated with Daesh terrorist group against security forces. The terrorist cell was detained upon a tip-off, Alsumaria News channel quoted a ....

  • Health min. stresses importance of raising awareness with new health insurance system

    Date: 2018-06-17 14:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:36 - ID:7447761

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed has met with Port Said Governor Adel el Ghadban as part of her visit to the Red Sea governorate to probe measures to be taken to implement the new comprehensive health insurance ....

  • 31 killed in suicide bombing, grenade attacks in Nigeria town

    Date: 2018-06-17 13:51:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7447773

    ABUJA, June 17 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram militants killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack in a town in northeast Nigeria, ABC News reported quoting a local official as saying on Sunday. Two blasts ripped through the town of ....

  • Israel releases prisoner Hassan Tamimi after loss of sight

    Date: 2018-06-17 13:39:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7447721

    RAMALLAH, June 17 (MENA) - Israeli authorities released Sunday prisoner Hassan al Tamimi, 18, from Deir Nezam village in northwestern Ramallah. In statements, activist Mohamed al Tamimi said that Israel released Tamimi who was transferred to ....

  • Police seize 39 weapons during country-wide crackdown

    Date: 2018-06-17 13:38:52 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:33 - ID:7447757

    CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - Interior Ministry public security sector in coordination with the criminal investigation bodies, anti-drug and crime-combat sectors seized 39 weapons during a large-scale security campaign across the country. The weapons ....

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