465 Petroleum Companies Participate In Egypt Petroleum Show “EGYPS 2020”

CAIRO, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The fourth edition of Egypt Petroleum Show “EGYPS 2020” kicked off on Tuesday in Cairo, with the participation of some 465 petroleum companies. Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, inaugurated the three-day event, which includes a conference and an exhibition, and is held under the theme “North…

Pakistani Gov’t Announces Subsidy To Rein In Rampant Inflation

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (NNN-APP) – A meeting of Pakistan’s federal cabinet, with Prime Minister, Imran Khan in the chair, decided to provide subsidy of 10 billion rupees (65 million U.S. dollars) on five essential food items, in a bid to control rampant food inflation. Briefing journalists after the cabinet meeting,…

Kuwait Launches Exhibition To Support Homegrown Industrial Projects

KUWAIT, Feb 12 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait launched an International Makers Exhibition, in Hawalli Governorate, to support its homegrown industrial projects. More than 170 projects from 12 Arab nations participated in the five-day exhibition. At the opening ceremony, Kuwait’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Khaled Al-Roudhan, said that, Kuwaiti-made projects, dealing…

Turkish Forces Shot Down Syrian Helicopter In Idlib, Killing Three Pilots On Board

DAMASCUS, Feb 12 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces shot down a Syrian helicopter, in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, killing three pilots on board, a war monitor reported. The Turkish forces targeted the helicopter, over al-Nayrab, in the northeastern countryside of Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The…

UN Envoy Asks For Reflection On Way Forward In Wake Of U.S. Mideast Plan

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, called for reflection on ways to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to negotiations, as the U.S. Middle East peace plan has been rejected by the Arab world. In a briefing to the Security…

Egypt’s Population Hits 100 Million: Statistics

CAIRO, Feb 12 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, said that, the population in the country has reached over 99 million. Khairat Barakat, head of the agency, told a press conference in Cairo that, the population of Egypt at home has hit 100 million, compared to…

Palestinians Demonstrate Against U.S. Mideast Peace Plan

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, against the U.S. Mideast peace plan. A main rally was held in the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah, in the aftermath of demonstrations all over the West Bank. Demonstrators waved…

Saudi Desert Art Expo Puts Alula’s Natural, Cultural Gems Under Global Spotlight

RIYADH, Feb 12 (NNN-SPA) – A Saudi desert exhibition, inspired by AlUla’s natural and historic surroundings, has been taking the art world by storm. Desert X AlUla, the first site-responsive contemporary art display of its kind in the Kingdom, brought together an international collaboration of artists for a cross-cultural exploration…

Over Two Tonnes Of Cannabis Seized At Border In Northwest Turkey

ISTANBUL, Feb 12 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish customs officials, on Tuesday (yesterday), seized over two tonnes of cannabis, during an operation carried out at the Turkish-Bulgarian border gate, in northwestern Turkey, Trade Minister, Ruhsar Pekcan, tweeted. Customs enforcement teams launched a search operation, on a suspicious truck, at the Kapikule border…

Iranians Mark 41st Anniversary Of Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN, Feb 12 (NNN-ISNA) – Hundreds of thousands of Iranians attended nationwide rallies on Tuesday, to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. In different cities, people swarmed to the streets, chanting anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans. In Tehran, the demonstrators burned the U.S. and Israeli flags.…