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Sisi visits tomb of Kenya's founding president
Date: 2017-02-18 10:28:32 GMT - Kenya - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:25 - ID:6543641
NAIROBI, Feb 18 (MENA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited the tomb of Kenya's founding president Jomo Kenyatta. Sisi laid down a wreath on the tomb of Kenyatta. He then headed to the presidential palace and was received by ....
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GCC condemns terrorist blasts in Iraq, Pakistan
Date: 2017-02-18 10:25:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:6543577
RIYADH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al Zayani has strongly condemned the terrorist explosions, which took place in Iraq and Pakistan and left several civilians dead. Such terrorist ....
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541 passengers arrive at Safaga, Nuweiba ports on Saturday
Date: 2017-02-18 10:06:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:23 - ID:6543465
SUEZ, Feb 18 (MENA) - As many as 362 passengers and 147 trucks arrived at Safaga Port on Saturday, said media spokesman for the Red Sea Ports Authority. In press statements on Saturday, Malak Youssef added that Nuweiba Port witnessed the arrival ....
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Mansoura univ. gears up for 1st int'l conf. for tourism, archaeology in March
Date: 2017-02-18 10:03:51 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:22 - ID:6543365
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Faculty of Tourism and Hotels of Mansoura University gears up for the first international conference on tourism and archaeology, slated for March 5-6. The conference is organized in tandem with the German Archaeological ....
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Indonesia releases seized shipments of citrus -- Minister
Date: 2017-02-18 09:58:16 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:21 - ID:6543353
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Egypt's commercial office in Jakarta has obtained an approval from the agricultural quarantine authority in Indonesia to release all seized shipments of citrus that had been exported by an Egyptian company to the Asian ....
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SOHR: Sounds of explosions heard near Syria's Tabqa Dam due to airstrikes
Date: 2017-02-18 09:52:09 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:6543449
LONDON, Feb 18 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said sounds of violent explosions were heard near Tabqa Dam in western Raqqa, the BBC reported on Saturday. According to the London-based observatory, the place was shelled by ....
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US embassy in Afghanistan denies blast inside its compound in Kabul
Date: 2017-02-18 09:47:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6543373
KABUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - The US Embassy to Afghanistan denied news which claimed that a blast took place inside its compound in Kabul. In its Twitter account, the US Embassy said that the sound heard was just a security training, according to the ....
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Series of huge explosions at gas cylinder depot in France
Date: 2017-02-18 09:37:04 GMT - France - World - SN:18 - ID:6543389
PARIS, Feb 18 (MENA) - There have been a series of huge explosions in Jonquieres in southern France late Friday, after a fire at a gas cylinder depot. Footage of the blasts has been posted on social media, showing clouds of smoking billowing into ....
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Fierce clashes continue in Syria's Raqqa - SOHR
Date: 2017-02-18 09:26:57 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:6542861
LONDON, Feb 18 (MENA) - Fierce clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Daesh terrorist group continued in Raqqa, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). More than 310,000 people have been killed in Syria and millions have ....
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Military production minister heads for UAE to attend defense exhibiion
Date: 2017-02-18 09:25:15 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:16 - ID:6543045
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - State Minister for Military Production Mohammed el Assar left here on Saturday for the UAE to attend the opening ceremony of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, which will kick off on Sunday and will run until ....