All News

  • Service : English General
  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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. ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD