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11 new ministers sworn before President Al-Sisi in cabinet reshuffle

The reshuffle brought back ministry of information after five years of abolishment

Sarah El-Sheikh

EgyptAir’s training cadre Mohamed Manar appointed as Minister of Civil Aviation

Manar’s most recent position was inspector at the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.

Hagar Omran

Syrian army continues operation in Idlib

The report noted that the army destroyed rebel positions and fortifications and…

Xinhua

At least 17 killed, thousands arrested in protests against India’s citizenship law 

Opponents say the law discriminates against Muslims, undermines secular constitution

Daily News Egypt

ICC to investigate war crimes in Palestine

Palestine welcomes move, but Netanyahu and Pompeo are not happy 

Daily News Egypt

Lebanon’s newly designate PM vows to form government within six weeks

Protesters block the streets condemning Diab’s designation

Bassant Mohammed

World’s population to reach 7.75 billion by 2019 end

International NGO expects that the world will have 8 billion people by…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia resume talks on GERD in Khartoum

The Khartoum meeting is part of technical negotiations that started in November…

Sarah El-Sheikh

We will use force against Turkish invasion in Libya: LAAF

"Sending Turkish troops to Libya will be a major escalation and would…

Fatma Lotfi

To date, Egypt has closed only 62.9% of its gender gap, ranking 134: WEF

Arab countries are at the bottom of the gender gap index list

Nehal Samir