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  • Urban development minister, Chinese amb. probe joint cooperation

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:42:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:96 - ID:863055

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Urban Development Minister Leila Iskander discussed during her meeting on Thursday with Chinese Ambassador here Sung Hey Jo means of promoting cooperation between the ministry and the Chinese government in the field of ....

  • Qena governor meets British explorer

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:40:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:95 - ID:862830

    QENA, Upper Egypt, Aug 7 (MENA) - Qena Governor Abdel-Hamid el-Hagan met here Thursday with British explorer Levison Wood, who arrived here, after walking thousands of kilometers on foot in a journey which started from Rwanda and ended in ....

  • ICRC calls for respect for humanitarian workers in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:36:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:94 - ID:862865

    GENEVA, Aug 7 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and dismayed by reports of the killing of at least six humanitarian workers from various non-governmental organizations in Maban County, South Sudan, since 4 ....

  • Niger president, Libyan PM probe joint cooperation

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:35:15 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:93 - ID:862872

    TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issofou congratulated Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni for the parliament's assuming its duties, hoping security and stability would be restored to the Arab country. This came ....

  • Development project of Waraq Island discussed

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:33:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:92 - ID:862971

    CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Urban Development Minister Laila Iskandar and Giza Governor Ali Abdel-Rahman discussed the development project of El-Waraq Island. A teamwork will be formed to develop the area, as the ....

  • Obama says it is too early to send Ebola experimental drug to Africa

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:31:07 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:91 - ID:862870

    LONDON, Aug 7 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has said it is too soon to send an experimental drug used to treat the deadly Ebola virus to West Africa, as experts meet to decide whether the outbreak warrants declaring a global health ....

  • US should be objective on China-Africa investment: Beijing

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:23:54 GMT - China - Africa - SN:90 - ID:862874

    BEIJING, Aug 7 (MENA) - The US needs to reconsider its attitude to Chinese investment in Africa, the Chinese foreign ministry said here Wednesday after President Barack Obama claimed his country would be a better partner for Africa than ....

  • ISIL terrorists flee Iraq's Mosul

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:23:21 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:89 - ID:862797

    BAGHDAD, Aug 7 (MENA) - Thousands of al-Qaeda linked militants have fled Mosul city, northern Iraq, into the Syrian-Turkish borders. Air strikes over the past few days had killed scores of fighters of the so-called the Islamic State in Iraq and ....

  • Israel Min: Hamas shouldn't test us, rocket fire will be answered with heavy fire

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:22:00 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:88 - ID:862829

    GAZA, Aug 7 (MENA) – Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid said at a press conference on Thursday: "Hamas shouldn't test us. The Israeli army is prepared and ready, the Air Force is prepared and ready, and any rocket fire will be answered with heavy ....

  • Sudan's polls to begin in April 2015

    Date: 2014-08-07 13:21:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:87 - ID:862959

    KHARTOUM, Aug 7 (MENA) - Sudanese general elections will begin on 2 April 2015, announced the national electoral body, as the government continues to ignore opposition calls to postpone the vote and form a transitional government. The chief of ....

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