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Erekat urges UNSC to issue statement ending occupation of Palestinian territories
Date: 2014-08-07 14:42:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:106 - ID:863160
RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (MENA) - Palestinian chief negotiator and member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Saeb Erekat has called on the UN Security Council to issue a statement ending occupation of the Palestinian ....
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Cairo court delays retrial of Mubarak to Sat.
Date: 2014-08-07 14:35:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:105 - ID:863132
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Cairo criminal court postponed to Saturday the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib el-Adly and six of his aides over conspiring to kill protesters during the January 2011 ....
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Sisi meets Pope Tawadros II, representatives of Christian denominations in Egypt
Date: 2014-08-07 14:34:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:104 - ID:863052
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has met with Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and St. Mark Diocese and representatives of the Christian denominations in Egypt to listen to some of their concerns. Sisi praised the role played by ....
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George Galloway declares Bradford ‘an Israel-free zone’ and warns away ‘Israeli tourists’
Date: 2014-08-07 14:25:54 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:103 - ID:863146
LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - British MP George Galloway claims to have “declared Bradford an Israel-free zone”, saying that he wants the city to reject all Israeli goods, services, academics – and even tourists. Reportedly speaking at a meeting of the ....
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S. Korea to dispatch Navy destroyer to evacuate nationals from Libya
Date: 2014-08-07 14:16:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:102 - ID:863149
SEOUL, Aug 7 (MENA) - South Korea will dispatch a 4,500-ton Navy destroyer to Libya on Thursday as the country starts to evacuate South Koreans from the African country amid a worsening security situation there, the foreign ministry said. The ....
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Kerry arrives in Afghanistan to meet presidential candidates
Date: 2014-08-07 14:08:43 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:101 - ID:863131
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan in an unannounced visit Thursday to meet with the Afghan presidential candidates. According to reports, Kerry’s visit to Afghanistan is aimed at easing tensions ....
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Egypt Front alliance to vie for all parl't seats: politician
Date: 2014-08-07 13:52:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:100 - ID:862962
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Egypt Front coalition would seek to win a majority of seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections, said the deputy chairman of the Egyptian National Movement Party. Yehya Qadry added that Tagamoa and Moatamar (conference) ....
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Sinai 'on cusp of bright future': defense min.
Date: 2014-08-07 13:50:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:99 - ID:863053
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Defense Minister General Sedky Sobhy has said Sinai is on the cusp of a bright future as a result of the efforts of security bodies in purging the peninsula from terrorists. "The armed forces will ever be Egypt's protective ....
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2 MB members nabbed in Qena
Date: 2014-08-07 13:48:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:98 - ID:862951
QENA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Qena security forces have arrested two of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group for inciting violence, rioting and joining a terrorist group. The suspects, a teacher and a muezzin, were arrested with leaflets and ....
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Egyptian students in Tripoli want final exams held
Date: 2014-08-07 13:42:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:862957
TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) – Head of the Egyptian community here Alaa Hadoura called for allowing Egyptian schools in the country to hold the final exams for Egyptian students, which have not taken place until now although the new school year is planned ....