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  • Troops securing Suez Canal southern entrance not to be reduced: Security source

    Date: 2013-11-15 11:03:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:388045

    SUEZ, Nov 15 (MENA) – The troops tasked with securing the southern entrance of the waterway of Suez Canal will not be reduced after the end of emergency state and curfew, a well-security source said on Friday. The Suez Canal troops have nothing ....

  • Tension prevails in several Yemeni cities amid heightened security

    Date: 2013-11-15 10:00:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:387797

    SANAA, Nov 15 (MENA) – A state of tension has prevailed in several cities across Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, amid tightened security measures nationwide. The presidential committee, along with the military committee, failed to bring an ....

  • Russian papers expect possible arms deal with Egypt

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:58:44 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:387983

    MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) – The Russian newspapers out of Friday highlighted the outcome of a visit by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Egypt. The two ministers had talks with Egyptian officials on a deal ....

  • MB member arrested in Suez

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:24:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:387951

    SUEZ, Egypt, Nov 15 (MENA) - A member of the outlawed Brotherhood group was arrested on Friday over charges of inciting violence in Suez, said a well-placed source. Security forces arrested Ali Khaled Farid upon a warrant from public prosecution, ....

  • Senior officials continue prepartory meetings for Arab-African Summit

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:08:03 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:387874

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 15 (MENA) - Senior Arab and African officials continued their preparatory meetings here for the second day ahead of the two-day African-Arab Summit due on Tuesday, state-run KUNA news agency reported Friday. The meetings which ....

  • US urges its nationals to leave Central Africa

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:07:02 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:16 - ID:387872

    WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) – The US has urged its nationals to leave Central Africa right away, Radio Africa No.1 cited a statement by US State Department. The US ambassador and diplomats in Central Africa were evacuated following the US closure ....

  • Security forces close Rabaa, Tahrir squares to traffic ahead of MB protests

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:387898

    CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) – Police and army forces on Friday closed Rabaa al-Adawiya and Tahrir squares to traffic ahead of protests called for by the banned Brotherhood group. The security forces erected barbed wires around streets leading to the two ....

  • French Agency in Egypt to launch two development projects: Ambassador

    Date: 2013-11-15 09:04:10 GMT - France - Economy - SN:14 - ID:387844

    PARIS, Nov 15 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Paris Mohamed Mostafa Kamal said that the French agency for development in Egypt will launch two projects during the coming period. The first project will be dedicated to support small and medium-sized ....

  • Typhoon Haiyan death toll hits 3,422: minister

    Date: 2013-11-15 08:40:22 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:387846

    MANILA, Nov 15 (MENA) - Philippine interior minister Mar Roxas said the official death toll of typhoon Haiyan has reached 3,422 so far, the BBC reported. The actual number was likely to be higher, he added. The Philippine's National Disaster ....

  • Minya police arrest 11 for involvement in attacks on public facilities

    Date: 2013-11-15 08:40:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:387841

    MINYA, Egypt, Nov 15 (MENA) - Minya police arrested 11 new suspects implicated in attacks on a number of public facilities, including police stations. The suspects are accused of inciting violence, rioting that followed the dispersal of Rabaa and ....

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