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8 terrorist MB members arrested in Helwan
Date: 2014-08-07 10:25:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:862552
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Cairo security forces have arrested eight members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in Helwan over rioting charges. A number of supporters of ousted president Mohamad Morsi demonstrated in Helwan demanding his ....
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Kurdish forces facing Islamic State need help from the United States: paper
Date: 2014-08-07 10:19:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:862627
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - A new humanitarian and security crisis has erupted in northern Iraq, where the al-Qaeda-derived Islamic State borders territories controlled by Iraqi and Syrian Kurds. Since last weekend, tens of thousands of civilians ....
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Libya's neighbors panel convenes in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-07 10:16:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:862363
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Libya's neighbors panel chaired by Egypt convened on Thursday at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry HQ. Representatives from Libya, Tunisia, Niger, Chad and Sudan, plus Egypt attended the meeting. Officials from the African ....
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Culture minister chairs meeting for Culture Development Fund
Date: 2014-08-07 10:14:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:53 - ID:862476
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Culture Minister Gaber Asfour chaired a meeting for a new board of directors of the Culture Development Fund. The meeting tackled the new budget of the fund. It also tackled the proposal for establishing a museum for late ....
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Muslim Scholars delegation arrives in Arsal
Date: 2014-08-07 10:13:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:862626
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) – A delegation of the Association of Muslim Scholars arrived in the entrance of the Lebanese border town of Arsal, within the context of their attempt to drive militants to withdraw from the town and release the kidnapped army ....
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Environmentalists working to control oil slick
Date: 2014-08-07 10:12:22 GMT - Egypt - Miscellaneous - SN:51 - ID:862522
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Environmentalists are in a flurry to control an oil slick that was caused by a broken oil pipeline in the Red Sea in the area situated between Abou Redis and Ra'as Jarrah in Sinai. The spill which is five kilometers from ....
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Egypt supports UN endeavors to settle Western Sahara issue – Official
Date: 2014-08-07 10:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:862600
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - An official source has said that Egypt supports the United Nations' endeavors to reach a settlement to the Western Sahara issue. This case should be settled under the umbrella of the United Nations, the source said in ....
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Clashes in Kiev as Ukraine moves to dismantle protest camp
Date: 2014-08-07 10:08:54 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:862601
KIEV, Aug 7 (MENA) - Tensions flared on Thursday on Kiev's Independence Square, the scene of street protests that toppled a Moscow-backed president in February, when protesters still camped there clashed with city workers who tried to clear away ....
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MB Supreme Guide, 13 others get death sentence over Istiqamah mosque clashes
Date: 2014-08-07 10:07:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:862551
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Giza Criminal Court has confirmed death sentence for terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group Supreme Guide Mohamad Badie and 13 others over violence, murder, incitement, terror and sabotage. The incidents took place close to ....
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Egypt provides technical aid to Burundian TV
Date: 2014-08-07 10:00:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:862576
BUJUMBURA, Aug 7 (MENA) – The Egyptian embassy to Burundi handed over technical aid worth $150,000 from Egypt to the Burundian state TV. The ceremony was attended by the Burundian information minister and officials and Egyptian embassy ....