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Malaysian protesters launch campaign for boycotting Israeli goods over Gaza
Date: 2014-08-07 19:23:09 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:146 - ID:863578
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (MENA) - More than 2,000 local youths participated in a peaceful demonstration and campaign to boycott Israeli products, the Bernama said Thursday. The peaceful protest aimed at prompting the public to stop using Israeli ....
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Train movement back to normal on Suez- Ain Shams line
Date: 2014-08-07 19:18:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:863571
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The train movement is back to normal Thursday on the Suez-Ain Shams line after a five-hour hiatus, the Egyptian National Railway (ENR) said. The collapse of piles of rubbish while a train was passing in Ain Shams caused the ....
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Egypt FM, Hammond discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts over phone
Date: 2014-08-07 19:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:863559
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received a phone call from his British counterpart Philip Hammond on Thursday, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Atty said. During the phone call, Hammond hailed efforts ....
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Malaysia to send 40 tonnes of aid to Gaza
Date: 2014-08-07 19:08:00 GMT - Malaysia - Middle East - SN:143 - ID:863566
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (MENA) - Malaysia will send 40 tonnes of foodstuff, medicines and other necessities to Gaza in its humanitarian aid mission to assist the Palestinians suffering from Israeli atrocities, Bernama news agency said ....
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Sisi discusses power supplies with ministers of petroleum, electricity, water resources
Date: 2014-08-07 18:57:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:863558
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a meeting Thursday with ministers of petroleum, electricity and irrigation and water resources, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said. The meeting took up efforts exerted to improve the ....
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Bid requirements of Airport City's project to be offered on Saturday
Date: 2014-08-07 18:51:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:141 - ID:863346
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Chairman of the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation (EHCAAN) Mahmoud Esmat said on Thursday that "bid requirements" of Airport City project would be put forward on Saturday. The project is expected to be ....
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Kuwait launches airlift for humanitarian aid to Gaza
Date: 2014-08-07 18:44:33 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:863401
KUWAIT, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Kuwait Red Crescent Society announced the launch of an airlift to transport urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza upon instructions from the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. "An aid-loaded plane left Abdullah ....
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2nd Rafah massacre trial adjourned till August 17
Date: 2014-08-07 18:24:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:139 - ID:863495
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday postponed till August 17 the trial of 35 terrorists, including Adel Mohamad, commonly known as Adel Habara, over charges of killing 25 police conscripts near Al-Arish, North Sinai, in August ....
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2 drown as ferry sinks in River Nile near Beni Suef
Date: 2014-08-07 18:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:138 - ID:863494
BENI SUEF, Egypt, Aug 7 (MENA) - Two people drowned on Thursday when a ferry sank in the River Nile in Beba, Beni Suef. Scores of people along with the two bodies were pulled out of water by teams of the civil defense. An investigation was ....
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UN flags at half-mast to honour staff killed in Gaza conflict
Date: 2014-08-07 18:14:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:137 - ID:863491
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (MENA) - The United Nations flag is flying at half-mast on Thursday at the world body's New York Headquarters in memory of the UN staff members killed since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza on 8 July, and in solidarity with the ....