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54 Palestinians clinically dead from Gaza unrest - authority

Date: 2018-05-17 12:12:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7405284

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Fifty-four of the Palestinians who were wounded in the latest Gaza unrest are clinically dead, according to an independent Palestinian authority on Thursday. At a press conference, chairman of the Independent Palestinian ....

UAE PM praises strong ties with Egypt

Date: 2018-05-17 12:10:02 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:32 - ID:7405093

DUBAI, May 17 (MENA) – Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum hailed the strong and cordial ties between his country and Egypt. He made his remarks on Thursday, when ....

UAE foreign minister winds up visit to US

Date: 2018-05-17 12:07:44 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:7405120

WASHINGTON/ABU DHABI, May 17 (MENA) - UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded his visit to Washington where he met with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Congressional ....

Egypt's economic growth rate hits 5.4% in 3rd quarter of 2017/2018 fiscal year - minister

Date: 2018-05-17 12:01:30 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:30 - ID:7405191

CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Planning Minister Hala Saeed said on Thursday Egypt's economic growth rate hit 5.4 percent during the third quarter of 2017/2018 fiscal year, the highest ever rate in the past seven years. At a press conference at the ....

Kuwait's FM heads to Cairo for AL emergency meeting over Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-17 11:49:30 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7405190

KUWAIT CITY, May 17 (MENA) - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al Hamad al Sabah headed Thursday to Cairo to attend the Arab League (AL) emergency meeting at the level of foreign ministers to counter the illegal US decision to ....

Shoukry to lead Egypt delegation to OIC summit in Istanbul

Date: 2018-05-17 11:47:18 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:28 - ID:7405200

CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will leave for Istanbul Friday on a lightning visit to participate in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) extraordinary summit on the latest Israeli aggression on Palestinians in the ....

Malaysian PM condemns violence against Palestinians

Date: 2018-05-17 11:46:35 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7405281

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad condemned on Thursday Israeli violence against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that left 60 Palestinians dead on Monday. Mohamad said Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian ....

Anti-encroachment campaign launched in Giza, Kafr El Sheikh

Date: 2018-05-17 11:38:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:7405126

CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) – Tourism police and the Public Security Sector on Thursday launched a campaign to remove encroachments on a number of archaeological areas in Giza and Kafr El Sheikh governorates, Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector Ayman ....

Israeli forces detain 10 Palestinians from WB

Date: 2018-05-17 11:36:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:7405208

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested Thursday 10 Palestinians from the West Bank. In a statement on Thursday, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation troops nabbed three Palestinians from Bethlehem including a freed ....

62 settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque during 1st day of Ramadan

Date: 2018-05-17 11:34:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:7405194

RAMALLAH, May 17 (MENA) - Sixty-two settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan Thursday under tight security measures by the Israeli special forces. Eyewitnesses said that the settlers carried out ....