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  • Air zone issue deepens feud in Northeast Asia: S. Korean FM

    Date: 2013-11-27 09:37:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:409114

    SEOUL, Nov 27 (MENA) - The recent establishment of China's air control zone that overlaps with those of South Korea and Japan has further aggravated conflicts in Northeast Asia, Seoul's top diplomat said. Tensions have been escalating since last ....

  • Russians advised to avoid visiting Bangkok

    Date: 2013-11-27 09:32:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:409129

    MOSCOW, Nov 27 (MENA) – Russian tourists in Thailand should avoid visiting the protest-laden capital Bangkok, Ria Novosti reported quoting the Russian Foreign Ministry as having said Wednesday. “The possibility of further escalation of the unrest ....

  • Egypt cannot sue German archaeologists over Great Pyramid violations - antiquities official

    Date: 2013-11-27 09:31:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:409112

    CAIRO, Nov 27(MENA) - An Antiquities Ministry source stressed on Wednesday that Egypt can sue the travel agency tasked with organizing foreigners' visitations to Egypt's Pyramid Plateau and not the three German archaeologists who stole samples from ....

  • Vatican FM embarks on visit to Jordan Friday

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:46:15 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:409068

    AMMAN, Nov 27 (MENA) - Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Dominique Francois Joseph Mamberti will arrive here Friday on a four-day official visit for talks with a number of Jordanian officials. In a statement released Wednesday, General Manager ....

  • Prosecution orders arrest of Ahmed Maher, Alaa Abdel Fattah over Tuesday clashes

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:36:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:409073

    CAIRO, Nov 27 (MENA) - The Public Prosecution ordered on Wednesday the arrest of activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Ahmed Maher over charges of instigating Tuesday clashes outside the Shura Council in defiance of the new law regulating demonstrations ....

  • Algeria FLN: Bouteflika to present medical file if he run for fourth term

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:21:23 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:409023

    ALGIERS, Nov 27 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Algerian National Liberation Front for Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN) Said Bouhedja said President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will present his medical file if he decides to run for office for a fourth ....

  • Police arrest five wanted suspects in southern Mosul

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:20:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:409018

    BAGHDAD, Nov 27 (MENA) - Security forces arrested five wanted suspects, including a prison fugitive, during a security crackdown on southern Mosul on Wednesday, a security source said. They were arrested under the Anti-Terror Act, he added. During ....

  • Several killed, wounded in police station attacks in Ramadi

    Date: 2013-11-27 08:20:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:409019

    BAGHDAD, Nov 27 (MENA) - Several people were killed and wounded in two attacks on police stations in Ramadi on Wednesday, a security source said. A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police station before gunmen began their attack on the ....

  • Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives in Australia

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:52:26 GMT - Australia - World - SN:15 - ID:408983

    SYDNEY, Nov 27 (MENA) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Sydney on Wednesday for her first Australian visit, ABC news reported. The National League for Democracy lawmaker is on a five-day trip to Sydney, Melbourne and ....

  • No effects of China's new air zone on S. Korea's Ieodo control: Seoul

    Date: 2013-11-27 07:50:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:408984

    SEOUL, Nov 27 (MENA) - China's recent inclusion of the South Korea-controlled underwater rock of Ieodo in its air defense zone will not affect the status quo surrounding the reef, Yonhap reported quoting Seoul's foreign ministry as having said ....

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