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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....