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  • Death toll of Israeli bombing of Gaza district rises to 13

    Death toll of Israeli bombing of Gaza district rises to 13

    Date: 2014-07-20 08:08:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:836146

    The death toll of the Israeli bombing and shelling of densely-populated Shuja'iyya district in Gaza on Sunday rose to 20, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry Ashraf el-Qedra said. He said 150 Palestinians were wounded in the attack. ....

  • Hamas refuses to visit Egypt over initiative talks

    Hamas refuses to visit Egypt over initiative talks

    Date: 2014-07-20 08:04:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:836140

    Hamas turned down an Egyptian invitation to send a delegation led by head of the political office Khaled Meshaal to the country for talks over the on-table ceasefire initiative. In a statement, the movement said it received, through mediators, ....

  • Qassam Brigades says it killed 14 Israeli soldiers in ambush east Gaza

    Qassam Brigades says it killed 14 Israeli soldiers in ambush east Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-20 08:02:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:836134

    Ezzeddine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility for the killing of 14 Israeli soldiers after ambushing an Israeli army patrol in Al Toffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The group said in a statement on Sunday ....

  • National Defense Council reviews anti-terrorism efforts

    National Defense Council reviews anti-terrorism efforts

    Date: 2014-07-20 08:01:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:836132

    Egypt's National Defense Council convened Saturday night under the chairmanship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at the presidential palace in Heliopolis to review anti-terrorism efforts after the sunset's terrorist attack in Farafra in the New ....

  • Egypt announces 3 days of mourning for victims of New Valley terrorist attack

    Egypt announces 3 days of mourning for victims of New Valley terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-07-20 07:58:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:836128

    Egypt announced three days of mourning for the victims of the deadly terrorist attack on border guards in Farafra in the New Valley at dusk on Saturday. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree to declare national mourning on July 20, 21 ....

  • PM orders swift payment of salaries to workers in spinning, weaving factories

    PM orders swift payment of salaries to workers in spinning, weaving factories

    Date: 2014-07-19 18:24:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:51 - ID:835694

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab decided to quickly pay workers in spinning and weaving factories their due salaries before Eidul Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. He also ordered ending study of the needs of factories ....

  • Sisi, Fabius discuss Egypt's Gaza ceasefire plan

    Sisi, Fabius discuss Egypt's Gaza ceasefire plan

    Date: 2014-07-19 18:13:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:50 - ID:835680

    Presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said on Saturday that French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who started his Middle East tour with visiting Egypt, voiced his country's support for Egypt's ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip. This came during ....

  • Citizens' complaints to be resolved within two weeks: Irrigation minister

    Citizens' complaints to be resolved within two weeks: Irrigation minister

    Date: 2014-07-19 16:36:01 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:49 - ID:835573

    Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi directed the ministry's bodies concerned to quickly resolve the complaints of citizens and take the necessary measures within two weeks. The decision comes within the framework of the ....

  • Housing minister orders division of 6th of October City to three parts

    Housing minister orders division of 6th of October City to three parts

    Date: 2014-07-19 16:34:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:835569

    Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly issued an order Saturday to re-divide the city of 6th of October to three administrative sectors. The minister asserted that the order will enhance operation of facilities and services provided to citizens in ....

  • Jordanian, French FMs support Egypt's initiative to halt assualt on Gaza

    Jordanian, French FMs support Egypt's initiative to halt assualt on Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-19 16:33:40 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:835567

    Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius underlined on Saturday their countries' support to the Egyptian initiative aiming at halting Israeli assault on Gaza. The ministers' remark came during a press ....

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