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UN official holds Israel responsible for recent bloody events in Gaza

Date: 2018-05-18 12:50:30 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7406586

GENEVA, May 18 (MENA) - Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, held Israel responsible for the recent bloody events in Gaza. The remarks came in Geneva, at a UN Human ....

France freezes company assets over Syria chemical weapons

Date: 2018-05-18 12:46:13 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:7406582

PARIS, May 18 (MENA) - France on Friday froze the assets for six months of companies based in Syria, Lebanon and China after they were linked to an alleged chemical weapons program in Syria, Al Arabiya reported. The businesses include Sigmatec ....

OIC calls for forming int'l committee to probe into Israeli crimes

Date: 2018-05-18 12:44:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:7406551

RIYADH/ISTANBUL, May 18 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for launching an independent probe into the killing of Palestinian protesters at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza border, its Secretary ....

Migration min. lauds role of NGOs in supporting social solidarity

Date: 2018-05-18 12:07:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7406547

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Minister of State for Migration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs Nabila Makram stressed the importance of the role carried out by civil society organisations such as Misr El Kheir Foundation in supporting social ....

Egypt condemns using force against Palestinian rallies

Date: 2018-05-18 11:56:10 GMT - Switzerland - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:22 - ID:7406418

GENEVA, May 18 (MENA) – Egypt’s permanent representative to the UN Alaa Youssef condemned Friday the use of brutal force against peaceful Palestinian marches. In a session for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Al Quds and the ....

Russia's Sergei Skripal leaves UK's Salisbury hospital

Date: 2018-05-18 11:52:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:7406549

LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - The Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, who was exposed to a nerve agent, has been discharged from Salisbury district hospital, health officials were quoted by the Guardian as saying on Friday. Skripal’s release follows that of ....

Industrial licenses law, availability of lands to enhance industrial investment -- minister

Date: 2018-05-18 11:37:07 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:20 - ID:7406371

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Qabil said that 1,345 industrial facilities have obtained establishing and operating licenses from the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in April compared with 153 licenses in the same ....

Global(1):GCL SI to Release New High Efficiency Modules During SNEC

Date: 2018-05-18 11:23:16 GMT - China - Economy - SN:19 - ID:7406528

Dear subscribers, following is a global bulletin published for PR ‎Newswire:‎ SUZHOU, China, May 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- GCL System Integration (GCL SI) (002506.SZ), a subsidiary of the world's leading clean energy conglomerate GCL Group, will ....

Military production, social solidarity ministers sign protocol to establish drug addiction treatment centers

Date: 2018-05-18 10:26:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:7406253

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - The ministries of Military Production and Social Solidarity signed a cooperation protocol to establish drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation centers. Military Production Minister Mohammed Saeed el Assar along with ....

Egypt Air Cargo partakes in Air Cargo China exhibition

Date: 2018-05-18 10:03:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:18 - ID:7406369

CAIRO, May 18 (MENA) - A large delegation of EgyptAir Cargo participated in Air Cargo China exhibition in China's Shanghai, under pilot Bassem Gohar. In a statement by Gohar on Friday, he stressed the importance of the company's presence at the ....