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Abbas demands end of Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-18 08:05:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:833143
Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demanded the halt of Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, warning that the Israeli escalation would lead to the spilling of more blood, complicate the situation much further and inhibit efforts ....
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Morsi's son arrested
Date: 2014-07-18 08:04:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:833142
Railways police arrested a son of deposed president Mohamed Morsi for attempting to escape from justice. Abdallah Mohamed Morsi was detained while traveling to Upper Egypt by train. He was handed over to the authorities concerned and is now in ....
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Qassam Brigades fire two rockets on S. Israel
Date: 2014-07-18 07:59:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:833129
The Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, said they fired two rockets on Dimona city in southern Israel. The brigades said they fired two M-75 rockets towards Dimona, where Israel's nuclear reactor lies. ....
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FM tackles Gaza situation with counterparts over phone
Date: 2014-07-18 07:51:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:833112
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri held a series of phone conversations with a number of foreign ministers to discuss the Israeli military escalation in Gaza. Shoukri had talks over the phone with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, UAE ....
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Foreign Ministry discusses situation of Egyptians living in Libya
Date: 2014-07-17 19:14:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:832668
The Foreign Ministry has held a meeting to follow up the situation of Egyptians living in Libya, Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Ali el- Ashri said on Thursday. The meeting tackled means of facilitating measures for Egyptian ....
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Roadside bomb goes off in N.Sinai, no causalities
Date: 2014-07-17 19:14:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:832664
A roadside bomb went off on the Arish-Rafah road, North Sinai province, but no causalities were reported. Unidentified men planted a bomb in the way of buses transporting army troops, which exploded shortly after the buses had passed by, a ....
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Gaza death toll hits 237
Date: 2014-07-17 19:13:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:832658
The death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 237 martyrs, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Also, as many as 1,770 were injured in the Israeli attacks on the enclave, after six Palestinian citizens were killed ....
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Sisi issues decree on National Defense Council
Date: 2014-07-17 19:12:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:832657
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree to regulate the secretariat of the National Defense Council. The premises of the council's secretariat will be the Defense Ministry, the decree ruled, according to a statement by presidential ....
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Egypt to continue supporting Palestinian people - Sisi
Date: 2014-07-17 19:11:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:832656
Egypt will continue to support the Palestinian people and exert efforts to stem the Palestinian bloodshed, said Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Sisi made the remark during his meeting here Thursday with a Palestinian delegation under ....
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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border
Date: 2014-07-17 19:11:16 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:26 - ID:832655
A passenger jet has reportedly crashed in eastern Ukraine in an area where separatist rebels have been engaging Ukrainian army forces in recent weeks. The Malaysia Airlines plane, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, apparently had 295 ....