ar
en
fr
English webnews
- Service : English
-
Palestinian support moral, humanitarian, national duty, says Algerian president
Date: 2014-08-15 12:00:57 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:875321
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asserted his country's support to the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip which has been hit by Israeli airstrikes for more than a month before the Palestinians and Israel reached a five-year ....
-
Nasrallah: ISIL would be in Beiruit if Hezbollah not intervened in Syria
Date: 2014-08-15 11:55:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:875315
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that if Hezbollah hadn’t intervened in Syria at the right time, ISIL would be in Beirut now. During an interview with a Lebanese newspaper, Nasrallah said intervention in Syria aimed at ....
-
NUCA budget doubled - min.
Date: 2014-08-15 11:29:58 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:14 - ID:875271
Housing Minister Mostafa Madboly said on Friday that the budget dedicated to the development plan of the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) will be increased from 7.3 to 14 billion pounds. "This is to accomplish the underway projects as soon ....
-
Seasonal employment visas back to Egyptian approved companies - Minister
Date: 2014-08-15 11:23:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:875258
Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashry managed to obtain the approval of Saudi ambassador Ahmed Kattan to restore seasonal employment visas to Egyptian recruitment approved companies. In statements on Friday, the minister said these companies can deal ....
-
UN lauds Maliki for relinquishing power in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-15 11:12:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:875235
The United Nations (UN) has lauded Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to step down as Iraq’s prime minister as indicative of his commitment to democracy. The world body’s special representative for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said in a statement, “The ....
-
41 killed, wounded in Iraqi air strikes
Date: 2014-08-15 11:08:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:875227
Eleven people have been killed and 30 more injured in military raids on western Kirkuk. Sky News carried the news Friday without giving further details. The US embassy here has confirmed that Iraq got more than 15 million pieces of artillery ....
-
Egypt FM discusses Gaza ceasefire with UK, Norway's counterparts over phones
Date: 2014-08-15 08:55:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:875048
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri held talks Thursday over phone with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende. The talks focused on efforts exerted by Cairo to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ....
-
Policeman killed during Brotherhood riots -- Ministry
Date: 2014-08-15 08:53:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:875044
The Interior Ministry said that a policeman was killed and another was injured during security efforts to contain riots by the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said 23 bombs were defused while 114 members of the ....
-
Shoukri receives Bahraini FM
Date: 2014-08-15 08:43:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:875024
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri held a meeting on Thursday with Bahraini State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ghanim Fazlulbuaynan. The two ministers discussed ways of boosting bilateral relations in various fields, spokesman for Foreign Ministry ....
-
New Suez Canal project to offer 1 mn jobs - governor
Date: 2014-08-15 08:38:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:875012
The new Suez Canal project, which is an expansion to the existing vital waterway, will completely eradicate unemployment as it will offer nearly one million jobs, Suez Governor el-Arabi al-Serwi said. The governor made the remark on Friday during ....
