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Captive Abu Hamdiya died as a result of deliberate medical neglect in Israeli jails - minister

Date: 2013-06-16 19:30:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:109 - ID:158496

Palestine/Prisoner Captive Abu Hamdiya died as a result of deliberate medical neglect in Israeli jails - minister RAMALLAH, June 16 (MENA) – Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqaa announced the results of the forensic report on the ....

Iranian diplomat denies Egypt's threat to cut ties

Date: 2013-06-16 19:06:15 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:104 - ID:158471

Egypt/Iran Iranian diplomat denies Egypt's threat to cut ties CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Iran's top diplomat in Cairo denied that his country has threatened to cut ties with Egypt due to President Mohamed Morsi's stance against Syrian ....

Israel continues to breach Lebanese skies

Date: 2013-06-16 18:30:29 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:98 - ID:158299

Lebanon/Israel Israel continues to breach Lebanese skies BEIRUT, June 16 (MENA) - Israel continued its daily violations of the Lebanese skies on Sunday. An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew into the Lebanese air space coming from ....

Kuwaiti official, US amb. discuss current situation in Middle East

Date: 2013-06-16 18:23:43 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:97 - ID:158258

Kuwait/US Kuwaiti official, US amb. discuss current situation in Middle East KUWAIT, 16 June (MENA) - Kuwait's Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Sulaiman al-Jarallah discussed Sunday with US Ambassador to Kuwait Matthew Tueller the ....

British deputy PM: Arming Syrian rebels is not the right thing to do now

Date: 2013-06-16 18:20:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:96 - ID:158259

Britain/Syria British deputy PM: Arming Syrian rebels is not the right thing to do now LONDON, 16 June (MENA) - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that it would be fanciful to think Britain can provide solution to the ....

Israeli, Palestinian finance ministers in cooperation talks

Date: 2013-06-16 18:13:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:158254

Palestine/Israel Israeli, Palestinian finance ministers in cooperation talks GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) - Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid and his Palestinian counterpart Shukri Bishara held a meeting on Sunday to discuss resuming ....

Jordanian premier meets Afghanistan's FM

Date: 2013-06-16 16:27:39 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:158157

Jordan/Afghanistan/Politics Jordanian premier meets Afghanistan's FM AMMAN, June 16 (MENA) - Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour met on Sunday with visiting Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul to discuss bilateral relations and ....

Change in administration not to change Iran's policies: diplomat

Date: 2013-06-16 10:00:54 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:157434

Iran-Remarks-Politics Change in administration not to change Iran's policies: diplomat TEHRAN, June 16 (MENA) - An Iranian diplomat said that the change in administrations will not change Iran's policies on defending its nuclear energy ....

UN condemns attack on Iranian exile camp in Iraq

Date: 2013-06-15 22:04:56 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:67 - ID:157068

Iraq-UN UN condemns attack on Iranian exile camp in Iraq BAGHDAD, June 15 (MENA) - Two United Nations officials strongly condemned Saturday an attack on Camp Liberty, an Iranian exile camp in Iraq, and called on the government to assist and ....

Britain urges Rouhani to set Iran on 'different course'

Date: 2013-06-15 22:02:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:157056

UK/Iran Britain urges Rouhani to set Iran on 'different course' LONDON, June 15 (MENA) – The British Foreign Office called Saturday on newly-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to seize the opportunity and work on setting his country ....