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  • Libya exposed as an epicentre for migrant child abuse

    Date: 2017-02-28 12:05:32 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:6603941

    NEW YORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - The United Nations has warned that large numbers of children are still risking their lives to make the dangerous journey from Libya to Italy. Unicef says almost 26,000 children - most of them unaccompanied - crossed the ....

  • Extraordinary session for Council of Arab social affairs to be held this evening - minister

    Date: 2017-02-28 12:03:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:6603633

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The fourth extraordinary session of the Council of Arab Social Affairs Ministers will be held at the level of the Arab League today evening, said Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali. The meeting will be held to look into ....

  • Azhar imam urges cooperation among people of different religions 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-28 12:02:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:6603845

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar regretted depicting Islam as the tool of destruction that simmered wars in the Arab and Islamic region. He said such acts have nothing to do with Islam, the problem is with linking Islam to such acts. He added that ....

  • Russia: Obama administration shielded ex-Nusra militants 'to bitter end'

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:57:47 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:6604297

    MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - The previous US administration shielded ex-Nusra militants "to the bitter end" hoping to use the group in overthrowing Syrian President Bashar Assad, Sputnik quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov as having said ....

  • MP lauds swift response by gov't to lift suffering of Christian families moving from Arish

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Parliament - SN:39 - ID:6603285

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - MP Margaret Azer on Tuesday lauded the swift response by the government at all official levels for lifting the suffering of Christian families who moved from Arish to Ismailia due to terrorist threats in North Sinai. The ....

  • Executive bureau of Arab health ministers' council kicks off in Cairo

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:44:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:6604013

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The executive bureau of the Arab health ministers' council started its activities on Tuesday at the Arab League headquarters in the presence of Egypt's Minister of Health Ahmed Emad el Din. Chairing the meeting, Kuwait is ....

  • Customs dollar exchange rate inches down to EGP 15.75 till March 15: min.

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:41:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:37 - ID:6604109

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Finance Minister Amr el Garhi on Tuesday devalued the customs dollar exchange rate to EGP 15.75 as of Wednesday till March 15. The new tariff inched down by 25 piasters against the previous one, which was set at EGP ....

  • Chinese foreign minister to meet DPRK official

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:34:15 GMT - China - World - SN:36 - ID:6604453

    BEIJING, Feb 28 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Ri Kil Song, vice foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. The DPRK official will visit China ....

  • global/PRNewswire (9): ZTE releases industry's first IP+Optical 5G Flexhaul transport solution

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:31:17 GMT - Spain - Economy - SN:35 - ID:6604485

    BARCELONA, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today released at Mobile World Congress, ....

  • 5 facebook accounts closed over provocative posts

    Date: 2017-02-28 11:31:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:34 - ID:6604293

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - The IT sector of the Interior Ministry has shut five facebook accounts for sharing provocative posts. The accounts provoked sabotage actions against institutions and citizens. Eleven persons have, meanwhile, been ....

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