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  • Trial in Wadi el-Natrun case delayed to Saturday

    Trial in Wadi el-Natrun case delayed to Saturday

    Date: 2014-08-18 12:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:879660

    Cairo Criminal Court adjourned to Saturday the trial of deposed president Mohamad Morsi and 130 others over the jailbreak from Wadi el-Natrun prison complex in northern Egypt in 2011. The postponement came to continue to listen to the ....

  • Military funeral held for police officer in Gharbiya

    Military funeral held for police officer in Gharbiya

    Date: 2014-08-18 12:10:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:879651

    A military funeral was held for the policeman who was killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in Gharbiya. The funeral of Galal Suleiman al-Riasty was led by security chief Major General Osama Bedir along with a number of security leaderships ....

  • Memish receives athletic delegation in Suez Canal Axis

    Memish receives athletic delegation in Suez Canal Axis

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:53:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:879607

    The Head of Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish met with an Egyptian athletic delegation under Head of the Egyptian Football Association Gamal Allam on Monday. The delegation grouped also Minister of Youth and Sports Deputy Ashraf Sobhim, National ....

  • 5 killed, others injured in shelling of Fajr Libya sites

    5 killed, others injured in shelling of Fajr Libya sites

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:51:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:879603

    Five elements from Fajr Libya forces were killed and others were injured Monday when a Libyan military plane shelled their sites in Wadi el-Rabie area. In press statements Thursday, spokesman of the Libya shield Alaa el-Dewik said that five ....

  • Palestinian delegations' proposals include non-repetition of Israeli aggression on Gaza - PLO official

    Palestinian delegations' proposals include non-repetition of Israeli aggression on Gaza - PLO official

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:47:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:879593

    The Palestinian delegation presented proposals on the Egyptian ceasefire initiative in Gaza and they were put forward to the Egyptian side, said member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Gamil Shehada. The ....

  • Gov't ponders issuing Suez Canal investment certificates in dollars, euros

    Gov't ponders issuing Suez Canal investment certificates in dollars, euros

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:21:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:43 - ID:879531

    Minister of Finance Hani Qadri said the government is studying the possibility of issuing New Suez Canal investment certificates in dollars and euros in response to demands of Egyptian expatriates. In statements on Monday, Qadri said the ....

  • Aid to crisis areas should not be politicized: Iran

    Aid to crisis areas should not be politicized: Iran

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:11:13 GMT - Iran - International - SN:42 - ID:879507

    An Iranian deputy foreign minister says humanitarian aid to those people affected by terrorist attacks across the Middle East region should not be politicized, Press TV reported Monday. “Humanitarian measures should not be used as tools for ....

  • House demolitions will not break will of Palestinians - Hamas

    House demolitions will not break will of Palestinians - Hamas

    Date: 2014-08-18 11:05:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:879490

    Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri on Monday condemned the demolition of two Hebron homes which belong to suspects accused by Israel in the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers. Israel's policy of house demolitions "will not break the ....

  • German ambassador summoned to Turkish Foreign Ministry over spying allegations

    German ambassador summoned to Turkish Foreign Ministry over spying allegations

    Date: 2014-08-18 10:53:36 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:40 - ID:879464

    Germany’s ambassador in Ankara, Eberhard Pohl, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday over a report in German weekly Der Spiegel which suggested that the German secret service, the BND, has been spying on Turkey. The ambassador met with ....

  • Mufti of Iraq seeks protection for Sunnis against militias

    Mufti of Iraq seeks protection for Sunnis against militias

    Date: 2014-08-18 10:51:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:879462

    Mufti of Iraq Sheikh Taha Refai urged on Monday wise people in the Islamic world to stand by Sunnis who are being targeted by extremist militias. Refai, during a visit to the World Association of Al Azhar graduates headquarters here, said those ....

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