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Greece to repatriate 100 citizens from Morocco, says ministry

One hundred Greeks who were holidaying in Morocco will be repatriated later on Wednesday on an Aegean Airlines flight  from Marrakesh, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release Wednesday.

The repatriation followed a phone call between Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on Tuesday, it added.

 

UN members adopt global migration pact, Moroccan host says

A majority of United Nations states adopted on Monday a non-binding global pact to better handle migrant flows, Morocco's foreign minister said, though fewer governments joined than had previously worked on the proposal.

Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita announced the decision as host of the UN conference in Marrakesh. There was no formal vote.

10 People Died in the Collapse of a Residential Building in Cairo

At least 10 people have died in collapse of a residential building in a slum of the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
 
Ten bodies have been removed from the ruins of a 5-storey building in the Mansiyat Nasser area, the official Egyptian agency MENA said, citing a civil servant at the Metropolitan Civil Protection Service.
 

Concert, reception held to celebrate National Day of Egypt

BELGRADE - Egyptian Ambassador to Serbia Menha Mahrous Bakhoum organized a concert by a mixed international choir and a reception to celebrate National Day of Egypt, with a message that the historical unity of the Egyptian people, whose culture is characterized by religions intertwined in harmony, could be applied to Serbia as well.