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  • Yemeni president sends message to Sudan counterpart on ties

    Date: 2017-11-23 22:26:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:7106009

    KHARTOUM, Nov 23 (MENA) – Sudanese Vice President and Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Salih met here on Thursday with Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Hussein Mohamed Arab. In statements following the meeting, the Yemeni official ....

  • Transport minister inspects safety measures at Cairo-Assiut train

    Date: 2017-11-23 22:13:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:7105995

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat, accompanied by Chairman of Railway Authority Sayed Salam, took the locomotive cabin of train number 20006 heading from Cairo to Aswan to check on safety measures and learn about the ....

  • Iraqi parliament speaker reiterates importance of int'l support of Iraq

    Date: 2017-11-23 22:08:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:7105996

    BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (MENA) – Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Salim al Jubouri met Thursday with an Ukrainian parliamentary delegation for talks on means of boosting bilateral ties, especially at parliamentary level. The meeting also touched on ....

  • Lebanon PM meets separately with Jumblatt, US ambassador

    Date: 2017-11-23 22:03:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:7105984

    BEIRUT, Nov 23 (MENA) – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al Hariri met on Thursday with top Lebanese Druze politician Walid Jumblatt. Hariri returned to Lebanon on Tuesday, three weeks after his surprise resignation which he announced from Saudi ....

  • Azhar grand imam inquires after PM health over phone

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:50:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:89 - ID:7105971

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb called on Thursday Prime Minister Sherif Ismail over the phone to inquire after his health condition. Ealier in the day, Ismail left for Germany on a three-week medical treatment ....

  • 4th corridor to be opened to deliver humanitarian aid to South Sudan, says UN

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:46:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7105978

    KHARTOUM, Nov 23 (MENA) - The United Nations said Thursday that a fourth corridor will be opened through Sudan at the end of November to deliver humanitarian aid to those suffering from starvation in the South. United Nations Office for the ....

  • Tunisian Navy rescues 18 illegal migrants off Sfax

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:24:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:7105955

    TUNIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Tunisian navy on Thursday rescued 18 illegal migrants off Sfax, 70 kilometers off the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian Department of National Defense said. According to a statement by the department, the migrants were ....

  • Top Palestinian official praises Jordanian king for supporting Palestinian cause

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:23:19 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:86 - ID:7105949

    Amman, Nov 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the Palestinian National Council Salim Zanoun praised on Thursday Jordan’s King Abdullah II over his support of the Palestinian cause. During his visit to Amman, Zanoun hailed the role of the Jordanian Senate's ....

  • Al Azhar mission to Bangladesh continues providing aid to Rohingya refugees

    Date: 2017-11-23 21:03:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:7105950

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Al Azhar mission to Bangladesh continued Thursday its distribution of aid to Rohingya Muslims in the city of Cox's Bazar, near the borders with Burma. Al Azhar said in a statement that the mission was divided into three ....

  • Syrian gov't, opposition negotiating for humanitarian corridor in Ghouta

    Date: 2017-11-23 20:49:31 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:84 - ID:7105938

    DAMASCUS, Nov 23 (MENA) – The Syrian government is negotiating with the armed opposition to open an additional humanitarian corridor in the de-escalation area of Eastern Ghouta, the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria ....

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