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Parl't approves draft law to establish Upper Egypt development authority

Date: 2018-05-14 14:37:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:7400320

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - House of Representatives, headed by Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal approved the final draft of a law submitted by the government on the establishment of the Upper Egypt Development Authority. The final approval of the ....

Egypt slams targeting Palestinian civilians

Date: 2018-05-14 14:25:01 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:67 - ID:7400322

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt strongly condemned targeting Palestinian civilians by Israeli forces leaving 37 martyrs and more than 1,600 others wounded. Egypt reiterated its rejection to using force in suppressing peaceful marches, said a ....

Moroccan king expresses concern over opening US Embassy in Jerusalem

Date: 2018-05-14 14:23:14 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:7400142

RABAT, May 14 (MENA) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his great concern over the opening of the US Embassy in Al Quds (East Jerusalem), Maghreb Arabe Press quoted a message sent from the Moroccan king to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as ....

Palestinian FM: US unlikely to announce its 'deal of the century'

Date: 2018-05-14 14:20:25 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:7399814

RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki said Monday that the US administration is unlikely to announce its "deal of the century" today or in the few coming days, expecting that there would be no surprises pertaining to ....

Sisi praises security cooperation with France

Date: 2018-05-14 14:04:02 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:64 - ID:7400111

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Monday Laurent Nunez, the head of the French internal intelligence service, in the presence of Abbas Kamel, the acting director of the Egyptian General Intelligence ....

Egypt greets Iraq on success of its parliamentary elections

Date: 2018-05-14 13:56:04 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:63 - ID:7399717

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt on Monday extended its greetings to the Iraqi government and people over the successful parliamentary elections, praising efforts of the Iraqi army and security forces in securing the voting process. A statement ....

Opening US Embassy in Al Quds violates int'l legitimacy -- Jordanian min.

Date: 2018-05-14 13:40:52 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:7400051

AMMAN, May 14 (MENA) - Jordan decried the opening of the US embassy in Al-Quds and its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying these actions are clear violations of the UN charter and its resolutions, particularly UN Security ....

Palestinian gov't calls on int'l community to take swift action to protect Palestinians

Date: 2018-05-14 13:36:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:7400112

RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - Palestinian Government Spokesman Youssef al Mahmoud called for immediate international action to stop what he termed as "horrible massacre" that Israeli occupation forces are carrying out against the Palestinian people, ....

Participation in relocating US embassy ceremony disgraceful - AL chief

Date: 2018-05-14 13:26:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:60 - ID:7400239

CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit said that participating in the US and Israeli celebrations of relocating the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is disgraceful, adding that this represents a flagrant ....

Palestine urges int'l community to halt ongoing massacre in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-14 13:24:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7400269

RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) - The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the suppressing of peaceful Palestinian protests in Gaza Strip and the West Bank which left 40 Palestinians dead and about 1,700 others ....