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Jordanian King meets UK chief of defense staff in London

Date: 2022-08-05 22:32:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:9706338

LONDON/AMMAN, Aug 5 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II on Friday met with Chief of the Defense Staff of the United Kingdom Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Petra news agency reported. The meeting, held in London, covered ways to bolster military ....

Egypt makes intensive contacts to restore calm in Gaza - Foreign Ministry

Date: 2022-08-05 21:48:55 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:75 - ID:9706334

CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Egypt is conducting intensive contacts around the clock to restore calm and protect lives and property in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the Foreign Ministry in a statement on Friday. (MENA) M S H/R R N ....

Culture, Tourism ministers open Festival of Roman Amphitheatre in Alexandria

Date: 2022-08-05 21:45:51 GMT - Egypt - Culture and Art - SN:74 - ID:9706299

ALEXANDRIA, Aug 5 (MENA) – Culture Minister Inas Abdel Dayem, Tourism Minister Khaled Anani Alexandria Governor Mohamed el Sherif inaugurated on Friday the Festival of the Roman Amphitheatre in Alexandria's Kom El Dekka. This comes after a ....

Education min. endorses Thanaweya Amma results

Date: 2022-08-05 20:55:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:9706292

CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) – Education Minister Tareq Shawqi approved results of the High School Certificate (Thanaweya Amma) 2021-2022 exams on Friday. The results will be officially announced on Saturday, the Education Ministry said in a statement. ....

Russia bars entry for 62 Canadian citizens as reciprocal measure

Date: 2022-08-05 20:52:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:9706293

MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that Moscow barred entry to 62 Canadian citizens in response to another expansion of anti-Russian sanctions by Ottawa, TASS news agency reported. "In response to yet ....

Japanese PM Kishida to reshuffle Cabinet on August 10: officials

Date: 2022-08-05 20:26:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:71 - ID:9706197

TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to reshuffle his Cabinet lineup next Wednesday ahead of the extraordinary parliamentary session slated for the fall, Kyodo news agency quoted senior government officials as ....

Blast in Kabul kills 8, injures 18

Date: 2022-08-05 20:23:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:70 - ID:9706268

KABUL, Aug 5 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed and 18 wounded in a deadly blast on Friday in a Shi'ite residential area in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. "The explosion happened in a crowded place," police spokesman Khalid Zadran ....

Cairo governorate denies halting Cairo Bike Project

Date: 2022-08-05 19:34:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:9706247

CAIRO, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Cairo governorate denied reports circulated on some news websites and social media pages about halting the Cairo Bike Project in the streets of Downtown Cairo. In a statement released on Friday, the governorate dismissed ....

Palestinian PM decries Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2022-08-05 19:33:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:9706249

RAMALLAH, Aug 5 (MENA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned on Friday the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, WAFA news agency reported. "We condemn this aggression and demand its immediate cessation. We hold the occupation ....

Canada bans importation of handguns

Date: 2022-08-05 19:17:58 GMT - Canada - World - SN:67 - ID:9706198

OTTAWA, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Canadian government is moving to ban the importation of restricted handguns, effective August 19, CTV reported. Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced Friday ....