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Turkey will reinforce 3,000 personnel from riot police units to Qatar in view of beefing up security during FIFA World Cup to be staged in the Gulf country, Minister Süleyman Soylu announced Thursday, according to Daily Sabah. “The discussions were Read more
US President Joe Biden said democracy needed “champions”, including in the United States, as he opened a virtual summit of some 100 countries on Thursday, the choice of which has provoked much debate. He said from the White House that Read more
Turkey and Qatar have agreed to extend for three years a currency swap agreement between their central banks, Daily Sabah reports, citing a joint statement by the two countries. Qatar and Turkey “welcomed the signing of the agreement on the Read more
Three Egyptian siblings died Monday after an apartment building collapsed in a southern Egyptian province of Beni Suef, reports say. Two brothers, aged 8 and 12 and their 11-year-old sister were removed from the rubble of the two-story building in Read more
General Motors Co and its Egypt dealer Al Mansour Automotive Co ink have signed to study joint manufacturing of electric vehicles in Egypt and, once finished, ask the government for support, Zawya reports citing Mansour Automotive Chairman Mohamed Mansour. Both Read more
Turkey’s national carrier, Turkish Airways has branded rubbish media that reports that it is planning to acquire controlling shares in Portugal’s ailing flag carrier TAP, Daily Sabah reports. The action came after Portuguese newspaper Negocios reported Monday citing diplomatic sources Read more
Qatar will pay this month the salaries of civil servants in Gaza Strip following agreement with Egypt on the payment mechanism, reports say. Per the agreement, Qatar will provide money for employees indirectly by buying fuel from Egypt. Hamas, the Read more
Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi and the president of the Saudi General Organization for Military Industries Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Mady discussed Monday the possibility of exchanging experiences and manufacturing technology, Arab News reports. They met on the Read more
Egypt and Jordan Sunday agreed to double the capacity of their joint power interconnection to 1,000 megawatts, reports say. The Jordanian energy minister Saleh Kharabsheh reached the deal with Egypt’s minister of electricity Mohamed Shaker in the kingdom. The agreement Read more
The Tripoli Court of Appeal on Sunday declared admissible two appeals challenging the candidacy of the head of the Libyan interim government Abdelhamid Dbeibah in the presidential election. These appeals were filed by candidates for the December 24 election. Among Read more