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Egyptians returning from Libya have not been asked to pay for tickets
Date: 2014-08-02 15:55:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:854785
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) – Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal reiterated on Saturday that Egyptians fleeing Libya have not been asked to pay for travel tickets to return to their country. "As many as 1,215 Egyptian nationals have arrived so far in ....
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Israel says Lahiya fled residents can return
Date: 2014-08-02 15:48:44 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:854725
GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - Israel's army said Palestinians who had fled fighting in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya they could return on Saturday. "The residents are advised to be aware of explosive devices Hamas has spread across the area," ....
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Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya
Date: 2014-08-02 15:47:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:854728
LONDON, Aug 2 (MENA) - Britain is closing its embassy in the embattled Libyan capital, Tripoli, and evacuating staff in tacit recognition that the country is now in a state of war, The Guardian reported. The UK was, with Italy, one of the last ....
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Palestinians rights organizations call for protecting Gazans
Date: 2014-08-02 15:46:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:854735
GAZA CITY, Aug 2 (MENA) - Palestinian rights organizations in the Gaza Strip called on the international community and the world to condemn the Israeli war crimes against the Gazans and protect the Palestinian civilians. They also called for ....
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Two Palestinians arrested on Gaza Strip border
Date: 2014-08-02 15:41:51 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:854707
RAFAH, Egypt, Aug 2 (MENA) - Two Palestinians were arrested on the border with the Gaza Strip, said a security source on Saturday. The pair were suspected to have tried to sneak through a tunnel into the Palestinian enclave, said the ....
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Chinese FM arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-02 15:41:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:73 - ID:854734
CAIRO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived here Saturday on a two-day visit to Egypt. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will meet with Yang Sunday for talks on the regional developments especially the situation in Gaza and ....
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Tunisia gives priority to diplomats, urgent cases to cross from Libya via Ras Ajdir
Date: 2014-08-02 15:40:50 GMT - Tunisia - Egypt - SN:72 - ID:854736
RAS AJDIR, Tunisia, Aug 2 (MENA) - Tunisian officials at Ras Ajdir border crossing gave the priority of passing to Tunisia Saturday to its nationals, diplomats, and urgent cases. The terminal officials made a priority-list allowing Egyptians who ....
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Militants attack police in Lebanese border town
Date: 2014-08-02 15:39:52 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:854640
BEIRUT, Aug 2 (MENA) - Militants are surrounding a police station in the Lebanese border town of Arsal, said a source there. The gunmen, from two Islamist groups, have also attacked a military checkpoint, said the source. The attack followed ....
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Lebanese killed in violent actions in northeastern Lebanon
Date: 2014-08-02 15:39:23 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:854727
BEIRUT, Aug 2 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and a number of others were injured in violent actions in northeastern Lebanon carried out by Daesh and al-Nusra front Saturday. A Lebanese security source told MENA that the residents of ....
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4 suspects held over fight in Fayyoum
Date: 2014-08-02 15:38:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:854639
FAYYOUM, Egypt, Aug 2 (MENA) - Five suspects have been held into custody over involvement in a fight that left one person dead and 11 others wounded in Fayyoum. A dispute between people two villages over who would be in charge of guarding a ....
