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US, British delegations inspect security measures at Cairo Int'l Airport
Date: 2017-02-20 09:17:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:6554125
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Two security delegations from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the British aviation security body on Monday inspected security measures at Cairo International Airport. Sources at Cairo Airport said ....
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Israel delivers demolition orders to 40 homes, school in Bedouin community
Date: 2017-02-20 09:09:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:6554149
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces raided the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank northeast of Jerusalem on Sunday morning to deliver demolition orders to classrooms for the village’s primary school, locals told Ma’an ....
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Israel starts annexing West Bank settlements
Date: 2017-02-20 09:00:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:6553825
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) started on Sunday to establish 12-kilometer-long and 30-meter-deep underground tunnels connecting the West Bank’s settlements with Israel four months prior to a previously-planned ....
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Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishing boats
Date: 2017-02-20 08:48:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:6554033
GAZA CITY, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats opened fired on Monday at Palestinian fishing boats off al Wahah shore, northwest of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian sources said that the Israeli gunboats opened random fire at ....
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Israeli settlers storm into Aqsa
Date: 2017-02-20 08:42:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:6553913
RAMALLAH, Feb 20 (MENA) - Israeli extremist settlers stormed into Al Aqsa mosque on Monday guarded by Israeli police, sources said. The police imposed restrictions on the entry of worshipers into the mosque, the sources added. (MENA) M H K/D A ....
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US defense secretary arrives in Baghdad on unannounced visit
Date: 2017-02-20 08:32:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6553761
BAGHDAD, Feb 20 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit, reportedly for discussions on defeating the Islamic State terrorist group. He said earlier on Monday that the US military is not in Iraq “to ....
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Egyptian chief of staff meets UN envoy to Libya
Date: 2017-02-20 08:16:26 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:14 - ID:6553645
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Armed Forces chief of staff Mahmoud Hegazy had talks on Monday with visiting UN special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler on Egypt's efforts to reach a national accord in Libya. The meeting also took up the latest developments ....
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ACA arrests veterinary medicine undersecretary over bribery charges
Date: 2017-02-20 08:15:35 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:13 - ID:6553813
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has arrested the veterinary medicine directorate undersecretary over receiving bribes worth EGP 200,000. The undersecretary is facing charges of receiving bribes to allow infected ....
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Iraqi Army resumes operations to retake Mosul from Daesh
Date: 2017-02-20 07:49:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:6553541
BAGHDAD, Feb 20 (MENA) - Iraqi government forces have resumed their push towards western Mosul, the last major stronghold of Daesh in Iraq, the BBC reported. Artillery fire could be heard in the distance. Launching the operation on Sunday, the ....
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Global/PRNews(3): Bishop Munib Younan of Palestine to Get 34th Niwano Peace Prize
Date: 2017-02-20 07:13:34 GMT - Japan - Miscellaneous - SN:11 - ID:6553545
TOKYO, Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ MENA/-- The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the 34th Niwano Peace Prize to Evangelical Lutheran Church Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan of Palestine in recognition of perseverance and compassion in his work to ....
