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  • Hamas: Netanyahu refused to calm things down during UN chief's visit

    Hamas: Netanyahu refused to calm things down during UN chief's visit

    Date: 2014-07-23 07:25:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:841166

    Hamas said it agreed on an offer by the United Nations for announcing a truce during a visit by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to the region but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused. The proposal was made to Hamas through UN peace envoy t o ....

  • Egypt's Gaza ceasefire initiative is the only one on the table -- Fatah official

    Egypt's Gaza ceasefire initiative is the only one on the table -- Fatah official

    Date: 2014-07-23 06:46:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:841117

    Egypt's initiative for a Gaza ceasefire is the only one on the table right now, Azzam al-Ahmed, a member of Fatah's central committee, has said. Egypt's is the one and only, he told reporters during a news conference, commenting on reports of a ....

  • Palestinian leadership : Egypt will continue to sponsor national unity efforts

    Palestinian leadership : Egypt will continue to sponsor national unity efforts

    Date: 2014-07-23 06:24:51 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:841103

    The Palestinian leadership asserted its confidence in Egypt's continuing support and protection for the Palestinian freedom and independence bid and sponsorship of the Palestinian national unity efforts. This was expressed at an emergency meeting ....

  • Sisi delivers speech tomorrow on July 23 Revolution anniversary

    Sisi delivers speech tomorrow on July 23 Revolution anniversary

    Date: 2014-07-23 06:23:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:841102

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will address the nation on Wednesday on the occasion of the anniversary of 1952's July 23 Revolution. The Presidency released a statement to this effect Tuesday night. ....

  • Egypt condemns Israeli army violations and crimes against Palestinians

    Egypt condemns Israeli army violations and crimes against Palestinians

    Date: 2014-07-23 06:22:08 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:841098

    Egypt's permanent representative to the United Nations Moataz Ahmadein Khalil condemned violations and crimes committed by the Israeli occupation army against Palestinian civilians, including women and children in Gaza, saying that the targeting of ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry urges world community to prevent sectarian strife in Iraq

    Russian Foreign Ministry urges world community to prevent sectarian strife in Iraq

    Date: 2014-07-22 18:31:21 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:840851

    Russia's Foreign Ministry urged the world community on Tuesday to step up efforts for preventing persecutions against Christians in Iraq, Itar-Tass news agency. The ministry called for assisting to Iraq to ensuring law and order in the ....

  • Fatah leader:  New proposal based on Egypt's truce to ceasefire in Gaza

    Fatah leader: New proposal based on Egypt's truce to ceasefire in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-22 18:03:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:840756

    The Palestinian leadership has submitted a new proposal in the framework of the Egyptian truce initiative, to ceasefire followed by a five-day negotiation, Palestinian official Azzam al-Ahmed told reporters in Cairo on Tuesday. He said that ....

  • New Wafd alliance forms information bureau for managing electoral campaign

    New Wafd alliance forms information bureau for managing electoral campaign

    Date: 2014-07-22 18:02:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:840792

    The information committee at the New Wafd alliance formed Tuesday a bureau for managing the coming parliamentary electoral campaign. The information bureau will group Yasser Hassan, as a head, Mohamed Amin, as a deputy, and Mahmoud Afifi and ....

  • Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza climbs to 628 -- Ministry

    Death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza climbs to 628 -- Ministry

    Date: 2014-07-22 16:52:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:840736

    As many as 628 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's aggression in Gaza, according to the recent toll announced by the Palestinian Health Ministry Tuesday. Another 3,752 Palestinians have so far been injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza, said ....

  • President Rouhani calls for high turnout in Intˈl Qods Day rallies

    President Rouhani calls for high turnout in Intˈl Qods Day rallies

    Date: 2014-07-22 16:35:49 GMT - Iran - International - SN:46 - ID:840733

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called for high turnout in the International Qods Day rallies to be held on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramdan. According to the President Office website, he stressed that active ....

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