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EU signs energy deal with Egypt and Israel to give up Russian gas
Nicosia: As Europe scrambles to wean itself off Russian oil and gas and tries to confront Russia for its use of energy to blackmail European countries, the EU signed in Cairo last…
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Egypt, Bahrain leaders vow to maximise bilateral coordination
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has met with visiting Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh, discussing regional and international issues. During a meeting on Saturday in the Red…
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EU allocates $104mn to finance Egypt’s food supply
Cairo: Visiting President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU has allocated 100 million euros ($104 million) in “an immediate relief” to Egypt’s food crisis. In a…
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Saudi, Egypt sign agreement to build direct submarine cable system
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) company Etihad Etisalat Co., known as Mobily and Telecom Egypt has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the first direct bilateral submarine cable…
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Egypt unveils 250 mummies in Saqqara
Cairo: Egyptian authorities unveiled on a major new archaeological find of 250 sealed coffins containing mummies, 150 bronze statues of ancient gods and goddesses, and other antiquities at the Saqqara necropolis, south…
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UAE to invest $10 billion in projects with Egypt, Jordan
Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt have launched the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development to implement industrial projects worth $10 billion. Jordan’s state-run Petra news agency reported that under…
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Egypt agrees to operate flights between Sanaa, Cairo after 6 yrs
Sanaa: The Yemeni government on Tuesday announced that Egypt agreed to operate direct flights between Cairo and Sanaa, which is under the control of the Houthis, as part of a truce in…
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Egypt: Aisha Al-Shater’s health deteriorates in Al-Qanater prison
Cairo: Egyptian human rights organizations announced the deterioration of the health of Aisha Al-Shater, the daughter of the Brotherhood’s deputy guide, Khairat Al-Shater in Al-Qanater Women’s Prison. According to a report revealed…
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Egypt has no wheat crisis, interest rate hike likely: PM
Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has said Egypt will not have a crisis in wheat supplies despite the repercussions of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, two main wheat exporters…
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Egypt: 5 soldiers were killed in 2nd terrorist attack in a week
Cairo: The Egyptian army announced the killing of five of its soldiers on Wednesday, while thwarting an attempt to attack a security point in North Sinai Governorate, in the northeast of the…
- Middle East
Arab countries, GCC condemn terrorist attack on Suez Canal
Several Arab countries, in the strongest terms, condemned the attack on a water lifting station, east of the Suez Canal in the Arab Republic of Egypt, which resulted in the death and injury…
- Middle East
Egypt: Eleven soldiers killed in armed attack in Sinai
Cairo: At least eleven Egyptian troops were killed and five others wounded in clashes with terrorists in western Sinai, the Egyptian army said in a statement. The clashes took place on Saturday…
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Egypt: Man loses Rs 17L stashed inside oven after wife switches it on
A man allegedly lost a big sum of money saved for his business after his wife switched on a gas oven unaware that he had stashed the money there, according to local…
- Middle East
85 ancient tombs unearthed in Egypt
Cairo: A total of 85 tombs, dating back to the period from the Old Kingdom of Egypt some 4,500 years ago until the Ptolemaic dynasty spanning from 305 BC to 30 BC,…
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Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry
Cairo: For the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the smell of freshly baked orange biscuits and powdered sugar-dusted cookies typically fills the air in Mona Abubakr’s home. But due to higher prices, the…