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Court upholds decision to release 3 Brotherhood members on bail
Date: 2014-08-06 18:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:161 - ID:861880
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Giza Criminal Court has upheld a previous decision to release Brotherhood group's leaders Helmy el-Gazzar, Mohamed el-Omda and Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud on 100,000 pounds bail, pending investigations. The Giza court ordered ....
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Jordan's King, French president discuss Gaza, Mideast issues over phone
Date: 2014-08-06 18:32:34 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:160 - ID:861834
AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II and French President Francois Hollande discussed Wednesday over phone the latest developments in the Middle East, mainly efforts to ensure that the stop in the Israeli aggression against Gaza continues ....
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Jordan exerts non-stop efforts to end Israel aggression on Gaza: king
Date: 2014-08-06 18:29:07 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:861867
AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah has stressed that his country will continue its efforts with the international community in order to bring an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Petra News Agency reported Wednesday. ....
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Greek FM praises Egyptian efforts to end Gaza crisis
Date: 2014-08-06 18:27:37 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:158 - ID:861814
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos hailed Thursday mediation efforts exerted by Egypt to find a real solution to the crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip. Venizelos, who is also deputy prime minister, stressed its ....
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Egypt's party praises Sisi for launching new Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-06 18:06:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:157 - ID:861844
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian National Movement has praised President Abdel Fattah El Sisi for launching the project of the new Suez Canal. The project underlines the deep vision of President Sisi, first deputy of the party's leader Yehia ....
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War in Gaza 'holocaust'- legal expert
Date: 2014-08-06 17:59:33 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:156 - ID:861765
AMMAN, Aug 6 (MENA) – What has happened in Gaza war is a 'holocaust', and could not be described as an aggression, a Jordanian international law expert told MENA Wednesday. Anis Quassem said the aggression on Gaza occurred in 1967, noting that ....
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Lebanon's PM praises Saudi King decision to donate $ 1 billion to army
Date: 2014-08-06 17:49:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:861832
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam has praised a decision by Saudi King Abdullah II to donate one billion dollars to the Lebanese Army. In a press release Wednesday, Salam described as "noble" the Saudi decision ....
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Putin signs decree on countermeasures to Western sanctions
Date: 2014-08-06 17:46:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:154 - ID:861850
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree on countermeasures to Western sanctions. The document entitled “On the Application of Certain Special Economic Measures to Ensure the Security of the Russian ....
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Mass grave of ISIL dead members uncovered in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-06 17:40:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:861604
BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (MENA) – A mass grave of corps of 45 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was discovered Wednesday in Fallujah, 69 kilometers west of Baghdad. According to the Iraqi News Agency, grim discovery of the bodies were ....
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3 kidnapped Lebanese army personnel released
Date: 2014-08-06 17:40:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:861747
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – Three Lebanese army personnel, who were kidnapped by militants, have been released during a 24- hour ceasefire in Arsal town, northern Lebanon, the Committee of Muslim Scholars said Wednesday. The committee which brokered ....