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  • Saudi Arabia condemns suicide blast in Niger's Diffa city

    Date: 2018-06-07 09:55:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:7434045

    RIYADH, June 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia condemned the suicide blast targeting a mosque in Diffa city in south-east Niger. The attack left many dead and wounded, including children. An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed ....

  • Afghan president declares ceasefire with Taliban until June 20

    Date: 2018-06-07 09:50:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7434046

    KABUL, June 7 (MENA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced a ceasefire with the Taliban starting from Thursday until June 20. The Afghan leader, however, stressed that fighting would continue against other militant groups, such as ....

  • MIDOR's refinery lab capacity to increase to 175,000 barrels/day – Petro. ministry

    Date: 2018-06-07 09:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:16 - ID:7434040

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) – Petroleum Minister Tarek el Molla attended the signing of an agreement between the Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) and Italy’s Technip Company for the expansions of MIDOR’s lab. The deal aims to increase the refinery lab ....

  • President Sisi issues decree approving amendments to assistance agreement with US

    Date: 2018-06-07 09:38:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:7433982

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued on Thursday a decree approving the 10th amendment to an assistance agreement between the Egyptian and US governments. The agreement was signed in Cairo on September 26, 2017. The ....

  • Trade exchange between Egypt, Russia hits dlrs 1.664 billion in 2018 Q1

    Date: 2018-06-07 08:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:7433948

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Russian trade representative in Cairo Nikolai Aslanov said that trade exchange between Egypt and Russia increased 75 percent during the first quarter of 2018 (from January to March 2018), recording 1.664 billion dollars, ....

  • Problem of 7 Egyptian fishermen in Saudi Arabia solved

    Date: 2018-06-07 08:48:00 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:13 - ID:7433950

    CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) – Manpower Minister Mohamed Saafan said Thursday he received a report from the ministry’s labor representation office at Egypt’s consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on solving the problem of seven Egyptian fishermen to return ....

  • Official: Iran to complete facility to build centrifuges in a month

    Date: 2018-06-07 07:52:24 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:7433872

    TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said that a facility in Iran's Natanz nuclear plant to build advanced centrifuges will be completed in a month. "We hope the facility to be completed in a month," ....

  • Sources: 34 Daesh elements killed by SDF in Al Hasakah countryside

    Date: 2018-06-07 07:29:12 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:7433847

    DAMASCUS, June 7 (MENA) - Syrian sources said that 34 elements of the terrorist Daesh organization were killed by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the countryside of Syria's northeastern province of Al Hasakah over the past days. Alhurra ....

  • Saudi Arabia, UAE sign 20 cooperation deals

    Date: 2018-06-07 07:28:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:7433846

    JEDDAH, June 7 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates signed Wednesday 20 agreements of mutual cooperation, as well as deals for 44 joint projects, Saudi news agency SPA reported Wednesday. This came during the first meeting of the ....

  • US says won’t allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapon

    Date: 2018-06-07 07:14:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7433850

    WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday his country will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons, Alhurra TV channel reported. “We’re watching reports that Iran plans to increase its enrichment ....

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