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IOM grants emigration min. "Friends of Migrants" Award

Date: 2022-01-03 11:26:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:9348745

CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Laurent De Boeck, the Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Egypt has granted Emigration Minister Nabila Makram the "Friends of Migrants" Award. The award was given to Makram on Monday ....

Russia to launch British OneWeb communications satellites from Baikonur on March 5

Date: 2022-01-03 11:24:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9348956

MOSCOW, Jan 3 (MENA) - Over 35 British OneWeb communications satellites will be launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan on March 5, Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos reported on Monday. "In accordance with the 2022 launch ....

Maait: Ministry keen on providing luring environment for local, foreign investments

Date: 2022-01-03 11:22:52 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:35 - ID:9348713

CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Finance Minister Mohamed Maait asserted the ministry's keenness on providing a luring environment for local and foreign investments to deepen partnership with the private sector especially amid the development mobility in Egypt ....

Jordan slams Houthis hijacking of UAE ship

Date: 2022-01-03 11:14:14 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:9348903

AMMAN, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Monday condemned, in the strongest terms, the Houthi militia's hijacking of the UAE-flagged cargo ship off the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Sunday. In a statement carried ....

Higher education minister: Egypt keen on beefing up cooperation ties with South Korea

Date: 2022-01-03 11:12:05 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:33 - ID:9348920

CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdel Ghafar asserted Egypt's keenness on enhancing cooperation ties with South Korea especially after the establishment of an Egyptian-Korean College for Industrial and Energy Technologies ....

396 trucks, 1435 tons of goods handled at Red Sea ports

Date: 2022-01-03 10:54:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:9348863

HURGHADA, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) said 396 trucks and 1,435 tons of commodities were handled at the Red Sea ports over the past 24 hours. The RSPA said in a statement Monday that the volume of exports reached 824 tons of ....

Egypt's furniture exports hit dlrs 236 million dollars in 11 months

Date: 2022-01-03 10:33:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:9348846

CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Egyptian Furniture Export Council said the sector's exports from January to November 2021 increased by 7 percent to dlrs 236 million compared to dlrs 219 million during the same period of 2020. The monthly report issued ....

Arab coalition: Houthis hijack ship off Hodeidah

Date: 2022-01-03 10:15:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:9348648

RIYADH, Jan 3 (MENA) - The Saudi-led Arab coalition for supporting legitimacy in Yemen announced that Houthi militias hijacked a ship off the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. The UAE-flagged ship was carrying equipment for the Saudi field hospital ....

Drones targeting Victory base at Baghdad airport downed - source

Date: 2022-01-03 10:11:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:9348719

BAGHDAD, Jan 3 (MENA) - An Iraqi security source said drones targeting the Victory base at Baghdad International Airport were downed. In statements to Sumaria News channel, the source said two other planes were sent away from the base with no ....

25 container, cargo ships handled at Damietta Port

Date: 2022-01-03 10:05:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:9348669

DAMIETTA, Jan 3 (MENA) - Twenty-five container and cargo ships were handled at Damietta Port in the past 24 hours. In a statement on Monday, the Damietta Port Authority (DPA) said the total trade volume of exported goods handled at the port ....