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Egypt, Saudi Arabia to sign electricity transmission network agreements

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will sign soon multiple contracts for a 2 GW electricity transmission network that will connect the two countries’ grids. The project worth $1.6 billion will connect both countries’ grids with 900 kilometers of overhead transmission cables and pass across the sea bed, for 25 kilometers. Egypt will finance 40 per cent […]

Gulf crisis: Macron Reaffirms France’s Willingness to Support Kuwaiti Mediation

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reaffirmed France’s willingness to play an active role in supporting Kuwaiti mediation with a view to finding a solution to the Gulf crisis. This came after the meeting he held in Paris with Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Al Thani. “The President of the Republic has reaffirmed the will […]

Royal Navy foils drug trafficking operation, seizes over four tons of Chira

More than 7,000 psychotropic tablets seized in Fez, seven people arrested.       A Royal Navy unit patrolling in the Atlantic foiled on Thursday a drug trafficking operation off Assilah (northern Morocco) and seized 130 bundles of chira, weighing over 4 tons.   According to a military source, the seizure was operated after the […]