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Qatari emir visits Turkey for talks with Gül, Erdoğan
Date: 2014-07-16 10:02:50 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:829884
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani visited Turkey on Tuesday to meet with President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Today's Zaman reported. Regional issues including the civil war in Syria, ongoing ....
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Iraq speaker election blow to terrorists: Iranian diplomat
Date: 2014-07-16 09:42:00 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:829840
An Iranian diplomat says the election of a new Iraqi parliament speaker has dealt a severe blow to terrorists in the Arab country, Press TV reported. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on ....
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Palestinian FM appreciates Egypt's initiative to reach ceasefire in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-16 08:59:55 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:829751
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki appreciated Egypt's initiative to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. This came during a joint press conference he held with Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini. Mogherini was ....
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FM says appreciates pressures on the state budget
Date: 2014-07-16 08:58:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:829747
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri stressed on Tuesday that his ministry appreciates pressures on the state budget. "All these pressures should be faced at all levels by the state bodies and the Egyptian people so that our economy would recover and ....
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Indian amb. in Cairo holds Iftar banquet attended by ministers, public figures
Date: 2014-07-16 08:56:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:829738
Indian Ambassador in Cairo Navdeep Suri held an Iftar banquet that was attended by a host of ministers and public figures. This comes within the framework of boosting the Indian-Egyptian ties at the different levels. Suri said that the Indian ....
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Egyptian relief supplies enter into Gaza via Rafah crossing
Date: 2014-07-16 08:53:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:829729
A new batch of Egyptian aid has entered the Gaza Strip via Rafah border crossing on Tuesday. This is the third batch of aid offered by the Egyptian Armed Forces and consists of 135 tons of food supplies in addition to 4.5 tons of milk sent by the ....
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Israeli warplanes bombard house of Hamas's Mahmoud al-Zahar
Date: 2014-07-16 08:51:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:829727
Israeli warplanes bombarded the house of Hamas senior official Mahmoud al-Zahar in central Gaza late on Tuesday night. The warplanes fired three rockets at the building which was left in ruins, eyewitnesses said. Earlier Israeli airstrikes ....
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Bahraini King receives a letter from Iranian President
Date: 2014-07-16 08:48:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:829719
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has received a letter from Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on the political developments in the Gaza Strip, according to Bahrain News Agency. The letter focused on attacks carried out by Israelis against ....
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Iran FM urges immediate end to Israel’s Gaza blockade
Date: 2014-07-16 08:47:00 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:829716
Iran has strongly condemned the killing of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, urging an immediate end to the Israeli airstrikes and the years-long blockade on the coastal enclave, Press TV reported Wednesday. "It is incumbent upon the ....
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Sadat: Egyptian initiative reflects Sisi's vision on necessity of restoring Gaza security
Date: 2014-07-16 08:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:829715
Head of Sadat Democratic Party Dr Effat El-Sadat praised the Egyptian initiative to reach a ceasefire in Gaza to save the lives of innocent Palestinian citizens and halt fighting between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. In statements on ....