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Op-ed review: Minya tensions, Khashoggi, Pyramids ‘indecency’
Op-ed writers picked up topics related to tourism, Copts, and Jamal Khashoggi in Sunday’s newspapers. A recent incident involving a foreign couple posing for explicit footage on the top of Egypt’s Pyramid continued to stir fury. State-owned daily Al-Ahram’s Makram Mohamed Ahmed also commented on the Yemen war, arguing that the implementation of a ceasefire …
Egypt expresses concerns over Israeli invasions in Palestine’s West Bank
Israeli forces used live fire against Palestinian protesters on Friday, killing a teenager
Civil society must take part in NGOs Law amendment: Bahaa-Eldin
Civil work has saved Egypt throughout last seven years: Badrawy
Ministry of Health scans 18 million people in “100m Health” initiative
Over 5.6 million people scanned in 2nd phase of initiative
Arab League criticises Australia’s recognition of “West Jerusalem” as Israeli capital
Australia’s declaration was vague when mentioning Palestine, ignored recognition of Palestine, says Aboul-Gheit
Egypt welcomes Yemeni rivals’ ceasefire agreement
In Sweden, Yemeni conflicting sides agreed to withdraw forces from Al-Hudaydah
Boycott should be lifted for talks with Saudi Arabia to take place: Qatar
Qatar still counting on Kuwait, other countries to help solve dispute with Arab quartet
GERD completion could be delayed to 2022: project manager
Ethiopian Prime Minister blamed MeTEC for delaying construction of country’s ambitious project
Pope Tawadros II mourns two Christians killed by police officer last week
Prosecution ordered detention of officer for four days pending investigations
Egypt launches family planning awareness campaign in six governorates
Campaign will target impoverished classes, residents of remote villages: Megahed
Al-Sisi calls on media to focus on challenges facing Egypt
President heads to Austria to meet Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, participate in Africa-Europe Forum
US warns Turkey against Syria operation targeting Kurds
Turkish president has vowed to launch new offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria soon
Democracy in Arab world leads to civil wars, I refuse calls to amend Constitution: Dr. Abdelmoneim El Saeed
Files of terrorism, water, regional situation, not completely in our hands
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Madbouly, Magufuli sign Stiegler’s Gorge dam’s construction contract in Tanzania
Whole project’s costs represent over 40% of country’s proposed FY 2018/19 budget
Egypt’s military kills dozens of ‘dangerous’ militants, arrests hundreds in Sinai ‘18 operations
Military discovered 342 terrorist hideouts, confiscated large amounts of ammunition, explosive devices
Prisoner exchange agreement takes place in Yemen
International Committee of Red Cross will oversee process
MP collects signatures of 200 members to omit religion from National ID Card
Move came 2 years after prior bill by MP Alaa Abdel Moneim was rejected by 63% of all members in 2016
Parliament’s religious affairs committee approves in principle draft law to regulate ‘fatwa’
Egypt attempts to regulate issuance of fatwa as it lacked verification from concerned institutions
Shoukry heads to Riyadh to partake in Red Sea’s riparian countries’ meeting
Meeting aims to enhance cooperation in various fields between Arab, African countries
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Op-ed review: 2019 expectations, more on France
Op-ed writers are saying goodbye to 2018 and speculating on local and foreign affairs for the upcoming year, while France continued to be a trending topic this week. In state-owned daily Al-Ahram, Gamal Zaida outlined achievements of the year in Egypt from his point of view. They include success in countering terrorism, expanding the network …
Bahaa-Eldin Law Office, BonelliErede hire four experienced lawyers
“Combination of new expertise with quality of our lawyers in Cairo allows us to serve our clients with team second to none in Egyptian market”: Ziad Bahaa-Eldin
Search efforts continue to find 14 missing fishermen in Suez
Two tugboats dispatched to look for lost fishing vessel after previous efforts failed
Egypt’s Defence Minister discuss security cooperation with Kirstjen Nielsen
The officials also discussed ways of combating transnational crimes
Egypt, Jordan armed forces start joint military exercise Aqaba 4
This is fourth consecutive year both countries will participate in such an exercise
1,200 demonstrators arrested in Paris protests: French police
Halting raise in fuels tax did not stop protesters’ anger, but into sign of general anger over high living costs
39th GCC summit closes in Riyadh without resolving Gulf Crisis
Meeting calls for achieving regional unity, Kuwait calls for stopping media campaigns
Egypt’s military conducts counter-terrorism drills with African countries
First phase of drills held at Mohamed Naguib military base, largest in Middle East, Africa: military spokesperson Tamer Al-Refaie
Al-Sisi announces new resolutions to achievie economic integration in Africa
Africa 2018 Forum discussed developing continent’s infrastructure, creating new job opportunities.
Op-ed review: Yellow Vest movement denounced, writers adopt conspiracy theory
Op-ed writers kept eye on incidents occurring in France
Another two involved in Minya attack killed: police
Legal proceedings started, Supreme State Security Prosecution investigating incident