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Russia not plan new deals on drones with Israel
Date: 2014-08-06 11:10:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:861098
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (MENA) - Contracts on drones concluded with Israel before are already finalised, whereas the Defense Ministry does not plan new deals in this sphere with Israeli companies, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told ITAR-TASS on ....
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80% of militants withdrew from Arsal: official
Date: 2014-08-06 11:10:00 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:860735
BEIRUT, Aug 6 (MENA) – Around 80% of the militants who seized control over the Lebanese border town of Arsal withdrew from the town on Tuesday, said Bakr al Hajeery, an official of Al-Mostaqbal (Future) movement in Arsal. Hajeery told MENA that a ....
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Hospitals obliged to receive emergency patients and provide free treatment for 48hrs
Date: 2014-08-06 11:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:56 - ID:861064
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Health Minister Adel Adawi has obliged hospitals to receive all emergency patients and offer free treatment for them for a maximum of 48 hours. Adawi made the decision following directives by the prime minister to that ....
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Egypt, Canada seek boosting joint cooperation
Date: 2014-08-06 11:08:14 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:55 - ID:860890
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Minister of International Cooperation Naglaa Al-Ahwany met on Wednesday with Canadian Ambassador here David Drake for talks on boosting joint cooperation. The two sides reviewed the size of cooperation between both sides ....
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8-year siege on Gaza turns enclave into large prison - prime minister
Date: 2014-08-06 10:59:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:861032
RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said Wednesday the siege that has been imposed by Israel on Gaza for eight years now is suffocating and has turned the enclave into a large prison in an unethical manner that ....
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Malaysia shuts down Tripoli embassy
Date: 2014-08-06 10:58:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:861031
TRIPOLI, Aug 6 (MENA) - Malaysia decided to temporarily shut down its Tripoli embassy over the deterioration of the security situation in the North African country. Malaysia also started evacuating its embassy staff and other nationals from the ....
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AL chief holds talks with Blair on regional developments
Date: 2014-08-06 10:56:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:861036
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby held talks on Wednesday with visiting International Quartet envoy Tony Blair. The talks took up the recent developments in the region, especially the Israeli aggression on the ....
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Egypt asserts anew regularity of work at Rafah terminal
Date: 2014-08-06 10:55:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:861061
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Rafah border crossing has been opening normally since the start of the current war in the Gaza Strip, said an Egyptian source on Wednesday. More than 3,900 Palestinians crossed the terminal to Egypt during this period, said ....
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Azhar Imam, Pope Tawadros: Egyptian Muslims and Coptst are united
Date: 2014-08-06 10:50:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:861035
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) – Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Wednesday confirmed that both Egyptian Muslims and Christians are united and share the same reciprocal ....
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Blair, Serry in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-06 10:48:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:861052
CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Quartet Envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair arrived here on Wednesday, accompanied by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry, who was with him on board the same plane coming from Tel ....