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  • Philippines typhoon aid arrives, but few in hard-hit region are getting it

    Date: 2013-11-12 22:39:49 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:152 - ID:383808

    MANILA, Nov 12 (MENA) – UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Tuesday that the humanitarian aid cannot reach remote communities in Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan that killed about 2,000 and thousands other displaced, the CBS News reported. ....

  • US representative to UN criticizes results of Human Rights Council elections

    Date: 2013-11-12 22:37:44 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:151 - ID:383807

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) - US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power said Tuesday that the UN Human Rights Council Elections resulted in countries that commit significant violations against human rights. ....

  • Two Americans kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria released

    Date: 2013-11-12 22:36:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:150 - ID:383809

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MENA) - Two Americans kidnapped from a U.S.-flagged oil vessel in the south of Nigeria almost three weeks ago have been released, the State Department said Tuesday, according to NBC News. The captain and the chief engineer of ....

  • Prosecution investigates Arish incidents

    Date: 2013-11-12 21:16:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:383780

    ARISH, Nov 12 (MENA) – The public prosecution opened on Tuesday an investigation into the incidents of attacking Arish radio station and the murder of a police officer outside Arish police station. Criminal Evidence Investigation personnel ....

  • Kerry worst secretary of state ever – magazine

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:58:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:148 - ID:383722

    WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (MEAN) – The Commentary magazine said Tuesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry is the worst secretary of state has ever been seen in the US. The magazine criticized Kerry's job during the past period and described his ....

  • 2 killed in explosion at South Africa mall

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:46:10 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:147 - ID:383750

    JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 12 (MENA) - South African police say a blast at a store in a mall in Johannesburg has killed at least two people and injured three others, Fox News reported. Chief Superintendent of Ekurhuleni Police Wilfred Kgasago said the ....

  • 2 killed at Russian rocket launch site

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:40:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:146 - ID:383752

    MOSCOW, November 12 (MENA) – Russian defense officials said Tuesday that two people were killed at the Plesetsk space launch facility last week while carrying out routine work cleaning out a propellant tank, Ria Novositi reported. Another ....

  • Syrian refugees selling organs in Lebanon to survive

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:26:34 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:383742

    BERLIN, Nov 12 (MENA) - In the shadow of the Syrian civil war, a growing number of refugees are surviving in Lebanon by illegally selling their own organs. But the exchange comes at a huge cost, the Der Spiegel said on Tuesday. Lebanon has a ....

  • 21 Brotherhood girls in custody for further 15 days over blocking street in Alex.

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:15:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:144 - ID:383741

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 12 (MENA) – The Public Prosecution in Alexandria on Tuesday ordered 21 girls belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood to be remanded in custody for further 15 days pending investigations into charges of blocking a street in the coastal ....

  • Arturo Vidal out around week with a thigh injury

    Date: 2013-11-12 20:11:04 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:143 - ID:383578

    TURIN, Italy, Nov 12 (MENA) - Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal is expected to come off the field around a week as a result of thigh injury, Black & White & Read All Over reported Tuesday. The Chilean midfielder having to come off the field early ....

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