CAIRO, Feb 3 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s tourism revenues rose by 43.5 percent to a record high of 4.1 billion U.S. dollars, in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2022-2023, which runs from July to Sept last year, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a statement, yesterday.
Egypt’s fiscal year begins at the beginning of Jul and ends at the end of Jun, the following year.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey for a second day on Friday railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul, accusing them of failing to share information on the security threat that led to the closures and of aiming to cause harm to Turkey.
CAIRO (AP) — The United States has stepped up pressure on Middle East allies to expel the Wagner Group, a military contractor owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russia’s president, from chaos-stricken Libya and Sudan where it has expanded in recent years, regional officials told The Associated Press.
The U.S. effort described by officials comes as the Biden administration is making a broad push against the mercenaries. The U.S. has slapped new sanctions on the Wagner Group in recent months over its expanding role in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
02 Feb 2023; MEMO: South Korea has conveyed its preliminary proposal to Turkiye for constructing a major nuclear power plant in Turkiye, local Turkish media reports.
According to the report, Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) presented the proposal regarding the construction of four reactors capable of providing 1,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the northern province of Sinop.
The project is forecast to be worth about 40 trillion won ($32.55 billion).
02 Feb 2023; MEMO: Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, Thursday, the Israeli authorities' measures to seal the homes of two Palestinians suspected of attacks against Israelis "amount to collective punishment", and is a "war crime".
03 Feb 2023; MEMO: Turkiye summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries, including the United States and Sweden, on Thursday to criticise their decision to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following Quran-burning incidents in Europe, Reuters reported.
The envoys of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Britain were also summoned, according to Foreign Ministry sources in Ankara.
03 Feb 2023; MEMO: Hamas yesterday strongly condemned the storming of the Prison of Christ Chapel and the acts of vandalism by a group of Zionist settlers in occupied Jerusalem's Old City.
In a press release Hamas described the settlers' attack on the church as a "fascist and racist demeanour that contradicts international law and religious values."
03 Feb 2023; MEMO: Female palestinian prisoners being held by Israel in the Damon Prison have recently been sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray, while some have been tortured or placed in isolation as a result of their protests against the treatment they are receiving at the hands of prison authorities.
03 Feb 2023; MEMO: Palestinian resistance groups have fired missiles from the besieged Gaza Strip at nearby Israeli settlements in retaliation for the Israeli army escalations in the occupied West Bank, especially attacks on female prisoners.
03 Feb 2023; MEMO: The Israeli government is mulling its policy towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the possibility of providing Ukraine with defence systems, the Israeli website Walla reported, citing three senior Israeli officials.
Israel is under pressure from the Biden administration and Democratic and Republican Congressmen, as well as from other Western governments to provide military aid, such as missile defence systems, to Ukraine.
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