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  • Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian expats in Libya

    Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian expats in Libya

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:27:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:850832

    Egypt's Foreign Ministry is closely following up conditions of Egyptians in Libya in coordination with the relevant Egyptian bodies along with the Libyan and Tunisian authorities to provide necessary needs and facilities amid the growing lawlessness ....

  • UN official expresses deep concern over shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza

    UN official expresses deep concern over shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:02:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:850797

    UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry expressed Wednesday deep concern over the Israeli shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza, according to WAFA News Agency. The UNSCO compound in Gaza was hit early Tuesday by a ....

  • No viral infections among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia -- Official

    No viral infections among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia -- Official

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:39:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:850751

    No viral infections have so far been detected among pilgrims returning home from Saudi Arabia, the chairman of the Red Sea Ports Authority said Wednesday. A ship carrying 666 passengers, 500 of them pilgrims, arrived at Nuweiba port in South ....

  • Police working to identify occupants of booby-trapped truck

    Police working to identify occupants of booby-trapped truck

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:37:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:850749

    The police are acting to identify the passengers of a pick-up truck that exploded in el-Saff district of Giza early Wednesday. All three passengers of the unlicensed vehicle were killed in the blast, a statement by the Interior Ministry ....

  • Zarif calls for forcing Zionist regime to stop continued attacks on defenseless Gazans

    Zarif calls for forcing Zionist regime to stop continued attacks on defenseless Gazans

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:27:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:850738

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Wednesday underlined piling up pressure on the Zionist regime to stop ceaseless attacks on the defenseless people, while rushing up aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, according to ....

  • Iran diplomat urges Egypt to reopen crossing to allow aid to Gaza

    Iran diplomat urges Egypt to reopen crossing to allow aid to Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:13:26 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:850585

    A senior Iranian diplomat has urged Egypt to immediately reopen the Rafah border crossing to be able to deliver aid to Gaza. “We strictly call on the relevant officials in Cairo to accelerate the issuance of permits,” said Iran’s Deputy Foreign ....

  • S. Korea imposes travel ban on violence-ravaged Libya

    S. Korea imposes travel ban on violence-ravaged Libya

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:12:54 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:850709

    South Korea on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on Libya again as spiraling violence in the African country has raised security concerns, Yonhap news agency reported. Seoul's foreign ministry said it decided to raise its travel alert for Libya by ....

  • Egypt to host summit on tripartite trade zone late 2014

    Egypt to host summit on tripartite trade zone late 2014

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:10:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:850720

    Egypt will be hosting summit talks on a tripartite free trade zone late in 2014, Trade and Industry Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour said. This will be the third such meeting on the issue. The first was held in Uganda in 2008 and the second in ....

  • 38 security officials freed over bugging charges

    38 security officials freed over bugging charges

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:07:05 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:26 - ID:850713

    An Istanbul judge released 3 out of 49 security officials who were arrested as part of a "parallel state" probe, Cihan news agency reported Wednesday. The judge extended the detention of 11 other security officials over the same charges. The ....

  • Knesset passes law to re-arrest released Palestinians

    Knesset passes law to re-arrest released Palestinians

    Date: 2014-07-30 10:45:32 GMT - Israel - International - SN:24 - ID:850684

    Prisoners who are released in diplomatic negotiations and return to terrorism can be re-incarcerated, according to a law the Knesset passed Tuesday night, JPost reported Wednesday. The legislation proposed by Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense ....

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