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Israeli warplanes resume bombing Gaza
Date: 2014-08-08 11:09:55 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:864269
Israeli warplanes resumed bombing the Gaza Strip on Friday after a 72-hour truce expired at 8 am. Israeli aircraft launched raids on agricultural land in Tal al-Hawa west of Gaza City, northern Gaza and agricultural Land in Nuseirat refugee ....
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PM Mahlab back home from US
Date: 2014-08-08 10:38:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:864241
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab returned home on Friday, coming from the US where he took part in the US-Africa Leaders Summit. During his visit, Mahlab met with US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. He has held talks with ....
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Rafah crossing still open to injured Palestinians
Date: 2014-08-08 10:15:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:864211
Rafah crossing is still open to receive Palestinians injured in the continued Israel offensive on Gaza Strip. The crossing has been opened since July 10. The Palestinian injured are allowed into Egypt via the crossing to receive treatment in ....
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MENA chief editor hails new Suez Canal project
Date: 2014-08-08 09:47:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:864144
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s project to develop the Suez Canal has foiled an Israeli plan to establish a waterway that links the Dead Sea with the Red Sea to replace the Suez Canal that connects the Red and Mediterranean Seas, MENA Chief Editor ....
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Bourse indexes up last week
Date: 2014-08-08 09:44:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:864141
The Egyptian Exchange indexes closed last week up and the market capital gained EGP 9 billion to hit EGP 510 billion. During the course of the week, the benchmark index EGX 30 jumped 3.7 percent to 9,153 points, said a weekly report issued by the ....
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Russians mock Obama with racist birthday message
Date: 2014-08-08 09:26:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:864110
In further evidence of the faltering of Russian-American relations, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was lit up for a brief period with birthday wishes for President Obama — that came with racist slants, The Washington Times reported. The first message ....
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Preparations set for conference of African environment ministers
Date: 2014-08-08 08:42:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:864043
Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi checked on the preparations for the six-day conference of African environment ministers due in September. The event is considered one of the most important scientific and environmental conferences, Fahmi told ....
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Egypt FM donates half of his salary to "Long Live Egypt” fund
Date: 2014-08-08 07:36:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:863908
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry donated half of his salary to "the Long Live Egypt” fund as the first step to push employees and diplomats at the ministry to follow suit. Also Shurky's assistants donated half of their salaries to the ....
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Al-Quds Brigades claims responsibility for shelling Ashkelon city in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-08 07:32:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:863903
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for shelling Ashkelon city in the Gaza Strip after the end of the temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian factions Friday morning. In a military ....
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Hamas denies firing rockets on Eshkol
Date: 2014-08-08 07:25:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:863893
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri denied Friday that his organization launched rockets at Israel thursday night. "These allegations were designed to confuse the situation", he said. Earlier, Israeli sources said that two rockets fired from Gaza ....
