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Syrian air-defense intercepts more than half of Israeli rockets: Russian MoD

Date: 2018-05-10 11:21:10 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7393290

MOSCOW, May 10 (MENA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday announced that the Syrian air-defense systems had managed to show down more than half of the 60 air-to-surface rockets fired by 28 Israeli aircraft in a massive overnight strike in ....

32 hospitals to be inaugurated in Upper Egypt -- minister

Date: 2018-05-10 11:09:06 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:31 - ID:7393215

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Health Minister Ahmed Emad El Din said on Thursday that 32 hospitals would be inaugurated in Upper Egypt in all specialties in the next few days. In a press conference, the minister noted that seven hospitals will be ....

British amb. warns against withdrawal from Iran nuclear accord

Date: 2018-05-10 10:45:14 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7393068

KUWAIT CITY, May 10 (MENA) - British Ambassador to Kuwait Michael Davenport on Thursday asserted said that the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is of critical importance, noting that it only needs to be revised not revoked. The Middle East region is ....

Dollar price up at major Egyptian banks

Date: 2018-05-10 10:42:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:29 - ID:7393217

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The US dollar exchange rate went up at major banks on Thursday. The dollar exchange rate went up by two piasters recording EGP 17.66 for buying and EGP 17.76 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt. At Banque Misr, the ....

Negotiations underway to export Egypt's Abu el Hol products to Chin, Uganda

Date: 2018-05-10 10:41:39 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:28 - ID:7393044

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Chairman and Managing Director of Egypt’s Abu el Hol Oil and Detergents Company Mahmoud Badran, said that negotiations are currently underway with China and Uganda to export detergents to both countries. The move comes ....

MENA publishes code of conduct for sports media

Date: 2018-05-10 10:34:22 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:27 - ID:7393219

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Middle East News Agency (MENA) published on Thursday the code of conduct for sports media. The Youth and Sports Ministry will host a meeting today to launch the 28-item code of conduct that sets out, in clear terms, the ....

Temple unearthed in Siwa dating back to Roman dynasty

Date: 2018-05-10 10:28:42 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:26 - ID:7393192

CAIRO, (MENA) - The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced Thursday archaeologists in Siwa have uncovered the remains of an archaeological temple dating back to the dynasty of Antoninus Pius, a Roman emperor from 138 to 161 AD. Found at el ....

Egypt's Damietta bishop marks Virgin Mary Apparition in Zeitoun

Date: 2018-05-10 10:23:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:7393087

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - Coptic Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr El Sheikh Anba Bishop Bishoy on Thursday led the Divine Liturgy marking the 50th anniversary of the Apparition Of the Blessed Holy Virgin Mary, also known as "Our Lady of ....

Armed Forces organize hajj lottery for martyrs'families

Date: 2018-05-10 10:22:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7393194

CAIRO, May 10 (MENA) - The Armed Forces have organized an annual pilgrimage lottery for a number of families of martyrs and wounded to perform hajj this year at the army's expense. The Hajj is annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. A number of ....

Kenyan officials: At least 38 killed after Patel Dam bursts

Date: 2018-05-10 10:18:39 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7393239

NAIROBI, May 10 (MENA) - A dam burst its banks in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 38 people and forcing hundreds from their homes, ABC News quoted officials as saying on Thursday. Water burst through the banks of the Patel Dam in Solai, ....