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  • Turkey's security forces on alert after Al-Qaeda threat

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:41:18 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:371242

    ANKARA, Nov 5 (MENA) - The al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has sent two of seven bomb-loaded vehicles it has been preparing to Turkey's southeastern province of Sanlıurfa to launch an attack on Turkey's biggest cities, an ....

  • Suez non-commissioned officer dies of heart attack

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:40:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:371319

    SUEZ CITY, Egypt, Nov 5 (MENA) - A non-commissioned officer of Suez police died Tuesday of a heart attack. Hisham Samir, 20, died in Suez, said Suez police chief Khalil Harb. The deceased is from Sharqiya governorate. (MENA) MA/RR ....

  • Israel's Histadrut labor federation chairman Ofer Eini announces resignation

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:38:59 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:371325

    GAZA CITY, Nov 5 (MENA) - Histadrut labor federation chairman Ofer Eini announced on Tuesday he will be stepping down on February 1 after eight years in the position, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Histadrut lawyer Avi Niskorn is the ....

  • 12 riot inciters arrested in Fayyom

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:371297

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Security bodies arrested on Tuesday 12 rioters over charges of inciting violence and chaos in Fayyom governorate. The 12 persons are also accused of disrupting traffic and blocking roads and shouting slogans against the ....

  • Turkey reiterates support of legitimacy in Egypt, says foreign ministry

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:22:00 GMT - Turkey - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:371287

    ANKARA, Nov 5 (MENA) - A statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Turkey stood beside what it called "the legitimacy in Egypt", calling for the release of all political prisoners, including deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Hurriyet ....

  • Iraq intelligence officer gunned down in Baghdad

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:04:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:371211

    BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (MENA) – An Iraqi intelligence officer was gunned down in northeast of Baghdad, a security source said on Tuesday. He said unknown gunmen opened fire at the officer as he was passing by Al-Shab area in northeast of ....

  • Yemeni army could be re-deployed in north Yemen: Source

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:04:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:371179

    SANAA, Nov 5 (MENA) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has ordered the re-deployment of the army in the province of Saada if a ceasefire was not reached in the town of Damaj, a Yemeni military source said on Tuesday. He said the president ....

  • Egypt's top diplomat embarks on visit to Senegal

    Date: 2013-11-05 09:02:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:371236

    CAIRO, Nov 5 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi on Tuesday will embark on a visit to Senegal, the first of its kind by an Egyptian top diplomat in years. Fahmi will hold talks with Senegalese President Macky Sall, Foreign Minister Mankeur ....

  • Jewish settlers seize Palestinian house near Ibrahimi Mosque

    Date: 2013-11-05 08:45:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:371157

    RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) – Jewish settlers seized a Palestinian house near Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sneneh, director of Hebron Awqaf (religious endowments), said. A group of Jewish settlers stormed a Palestinian ....

  • 63,000 tons of wheat arrive at Alexandria harbour

    Date: 2013-11-05 08:42:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:371197

    ALEXANDRIA, Nov 5 (MENA) - A cargo of wheat weighing 63,000 tons arrived Tuesday at Alexandria harbor coming from Romania. Alexandria Harbor Authority Chairman Adel Yassein said the cargo is currently being unloaded in preparation for checking ....

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