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JAEC, Rolls-Royce sign memo to build SMR in Jordan

Date: 2017-11-10 14:10:25 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:7084411

Amman, Nov 10 (MENA) - The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) said Friday it signed a memo with Rolls-Royce to conduct a technical feasibility study to build a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) program in Jordan for the purpose of electricity ....

64 ships transit Suez Canal

Date: 2017-11-10 14:04:23 GMT - Egypt - Suez Canal - SN:38 - ID:7084403

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) - Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Mohab Mamish said that maritime traffic reached a new record with 64 ships transiting the Suez Canal on Friday, with a total cargo of 4.400 million tons. The south-bound ....

Palestinian minister to visit Russia on Saturday for talks

Date: 2017-11-10 13:58:38 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:7084327

MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Friday in a press conference that Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al Sheikh will visit Russia on Saturday to meet with Russian officials. The ....

PNC says Palestinians follow path of Yasser Arafat in struggling for rights

Date: 2017-11-10 13:39:22 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:7084265

AMMAN, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Palestinian National Council (PNC) stressed that the Palestinian people are following the path of their late leader Yasser Arafat in struggling for their just right to freedom and having an independent state with Jerusalem ....

Former Lebanese PM: ‘We have to stand by Hariri’

Date: 2017-11-10 13:38:11 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:7084320

BEIRUT, Nov 10 (MENA) - "Resigned Prime Minister Saad Hariri has carried a great deal, and he has taken a major national choice, and we have to stand by him and believe that what he represents is what we all wish for from every national official who ....

Israeli forces close Ibrahimi Mosque during Jewish feast

Date: 2017-11-10 13:34:52 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:7084333

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) - Israeli authorities decided to close the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) in southern West Bank to Muslims on Friday until Sunday. In statement to MENA, Director of Public Relations and Information in Hebron ....

Egypt signs two deals with Saudi grant committee

Date: 2017-11-10 13:11:15 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:7084150

CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) – Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nassr on Friday signed two agreements with a Saudi grant committee that will contribute to financing small-sized businesses and possession of cars in the participatory ....

Israeli forces suppress rally near Ramallah, injuries reported

Date: 2017-11-10 12:43:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7084193

RAMALLAH, Nov 10 (MENA) – A number of Palestinians and foreign advocates of the Palestinian cause were injured on Friday, when Israeli security forces suppressed a rally in Bil'in village near Ramallah. The peaceful protest, which is part of ....

Health min., Alexandria's doctors discuss new health insurance project

Date: 2017-11-10 12:41:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:7084254

CAIRO, Nov 10 (MENA) - Health Minister Dr Ahmad Emad Eldine tackled Friday with young doctors, who have MBA, the new health insurance project at the minister's office at Alexandria Center for Health and Development of Women. The minister said ....

Yemeni special forces recaptures al Qaeda stronghold in Shabwah

Date: 2017-11-10 12:32:41 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:7084247

ADEN, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Shabwah elite forces restored control on Friday over Hota district, the most important al Qaeda stronghold, Shabwah governorate, Yemen. The clashes between the forces and al Qaeda militants resulted in casualties from ....