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24 Daesh militants killed in airstrikes in western Mosul
Date: 2017-02-15 16:38:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:6529513
BAGHDAD, Feb 15 (MENA) – Iraqi warplanes, backed by the US-led coalition aircraft, shelled a Daesh site in al Mahlabia district in western Mosul, killing two militants, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The aerial ....
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FM: Sisi voiced Egypt's keenness on cooperating with UN in all fields
Date: 2017-02-15 16:36:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:6529501
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed Egypt's keenness on boosting cooperation with the UN in all fields, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference following Sisi's meeting with UN ....
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Interior ministry's human rights sector inspects number of police posts in Port Said
Date: 2017-02-15 16:27:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:57 - ID:6529641
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - A committee from the Interior Ministry's human rights sector inspected police posts in Port Said security directorate. The members of the committee inspected the jails and got acquainted with the mechanism of receiving ....
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Jordanian FM affirms Amman's support for Iraq's stability
Date: 2017-02-15 16:24:12 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:6529517
AMMAN, Feb 15 (MENA) - Jordan's Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi discussed with UN secretary general’s representative in Iraq Jan Kubis the importance of launching a political process in Iraq that would lead to national ....
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Russian top diplomat says broad anti-terrorist front forming in Syria
Date: 2017-02-15 16:08:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:6529509
MOSCOW, Feb 15 (MENA) - A broad anti-terrorist front is forming in Syria thanks to steps taken by Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the meeting with students and teachers of the Diplomatic Academy. The stake on exceptionalism ....
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Guterres: Egypt 'key player' in Arab region
Date: 2017-02-15 16:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:54 - ID:6529297
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said Egypt has a central geopolitical position and is a "key player" in the region, noting that Cairo mainly contributes to reaching solutions to the Middle East issues and ....
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Ashrawi slams US bias to Israel
Date: 2017-02-15 15:47:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:6529357
RAMALLAH, Feb 15 (MENA) - Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hanan Ashrawi has slammed the US unlimited bias towards Israel and said that the alternative to two states is an apartheid ....
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19 killed, injured in Pakistan suicide attack
Date: 2017-02-15 15:40:40 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:52 - ID:6529353
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (MENA) - A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying civil judges in Peshawar's Hayatabad area in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring 18 others, GEO News quoted officials as saying on Wednesday. According to ....
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UAE ambassador to Afghanistan dies after being wounded in Kandahar explosion
Date: 2017-02-15 15:40:07 GMT - Afghanistan - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6529305
KABUL, Feb 15 (MENA) - The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates who sustained injuries in an explosion in Kandahar province has died, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday. According to reports, Juma al Kaabi succumbed to injuries while receiving ....
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Mufti urges Myanmar govt to make use of Egypt’s model in coexistence
Date: 2017-02-15 15:39:45 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:49 - ID:6528677
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) – Egypt’s Mufti Shawqi Allam called on Myanmar's government to follow the example of Egypt's model in coexistence as the constitution and law preserve the rights and duties of all citizens without discrimination. The mufti ....