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  • Israeli forces on alert in Gaza

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:48:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:7087904

    RAMALLAH, Nov 12 (MENA) – Israel said Sunday it deployed more reinforcements on the Gaza Strip borders, and put them on alert against any possible move by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a local news outlet reported. Preparations came amid Israeli ....

  • Attempt to smuggle rare manuscripts thwarted

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:35:30 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:72 - ID:7087934

    CAIRO, Nov 28 (MENA) - An attempt to smuggle rare books, manuscripts was thwarted by customs authorities of EgyptAir on Sunday. The seized items were found by the authorities in a UAE-bound consignment. The items were examined by a ....

  • Regional center for boosting entrepreneurship, small projects to be established- Minister

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:26:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:71 - ID:7087846

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) – Preparations for establishing a regional center for supporting and boosting entrepreneurship and financing micro and small enterprises is underway, Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil said Sunday. The center will be ....

  • 55 people injured in Iraq’s earthquake

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:21:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:7087915

    BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) – Fifty-five people were injured Sunday across Iraq when an earthquake hit different parts of the country. The National Iraqi News Agency said all the injured were slightly wounded, according to police and medical sources. ....

  • Attracting investments, increasing exports' competitiveness top priorities for new economic breakthrough - PM

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:7087858

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday said the political leadership assigned the government with developing an economic reform program, lasting from 2016 till 2019, with the aim of achieving higher growth and employment ....

  • New mass graves found in Iraq could contain up to 400 bodies - official

    Date: 2017-11-12 21:07:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:7087764

    BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces have found mass graves in an area recently retaken from the Islamic State group that could contain up to 400 bodies, ABC News quoted an Iraqi official as saying Sunday. The bodies of civilians and ....

  • Azhar imam praises efforts of Supreme Council for Media Regulation

    Date: 2017-11-12 20:55:56 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:67 - ID:7087613

    CAIRO, Nov 12 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb praised the efforts exerted by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) in Egypt. During his meeting with SCMR Chairman Makram Mohamed Ahmed, el Tayyeb said the media bore a great ....

  • Khartoum, Cairo to launch mineral project at Lake Nubia soon, says Sudanese min.

    Date: 2017-11-12 20:51:35 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:7087624

    KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - Studies are underway to launch a mineral project in cooperation with Egypt at Lake Nubia, Sudanese Minister of Minerals Hashim Ali Salim said on Sunday. During a meeting with the Swiss ambassador in Khartoum, Salim ....

  • 4-5 magnitude aftershock jolts Kuwait - KNSN

    Date: 2017-11-12 20:38:31 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:7087870

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 12 (MENA) - An aftershock measuring between 4-5 degrees on richter scale hit Kuwait on Sunday as a result of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Iran-Iraq borders, Kuwait National Seismic Network said. The earthquake epicenter ....

  • Defeating Daesh top priority for Moscow, Washington- Statement

    Date: 2017-11-12 20:25:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7087615

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin informally met on the sidelines of a regional economic summit in Vietnam Saturday and agreed to an extensive statement on the conflict in Syria, CNN ....

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