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  • Kuwait calls for Arab meeting to discuss Gaza situation

    Kuwait calls for Arab meeting to discuss Gaza situation

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:51:07 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:823183

    Kuwait urged the Arab League to hold an emergency ministerial meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military escalation. Kuwait, the current chair of the AL summit, has been following up with the AL ....

  • Malaysian PM urges UN, OIC to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza

    Malaysian PM urges UN, OIC to send humanitarian assistance to Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:48:28 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:13 - ID:823180

    Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Friday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN to immediately send humanitarian assistance to Gaza, Malaysia's news agency reported. Denouncing the Israeli air strikes on Gaza, ....

  • Pope Tawadros II meets Alex. governor

    Pope Tawadros II meets Alex. governor

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:47:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:823176

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese met Friday with Alexandria Governor Maj. General Tareq el Mahdy. The meeting was attended by senior church officials and assistant sports minister Mohsen Morsi. ....

  • 59 wanted arrested in N. Sinai

    59 wanted arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:46:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:823172

    Fifty-nine fugitives and wanted persons have been arrested in security crackdown in North Sinai, a security source said on Friday. The crackdown was carried out at entrances and exits of el-Arish city to arrest outlaws and suspects. Some 233 ....

  • ALO slams Israeli aggression on Gaza

    ALO slams Israeli aggression on Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:45:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:823166

    The Arab Labor Organization (ALO) slammed Friday the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which left dozens of Palestinians dead and hundreds others injured. The ALO called on the United Nations, the Security Council and the ....

  • Awqaf minister hails role of Egyptian army to maintain safety of homeland

    Awqaf minister hails role of Egyptian army to maintain safety of homeland

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:41:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:823164

    Awqaf (Endowments) Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa hailed the role of the Egyptian army to safe the country. Marking the victory of October 6, 1973 corresponding to 10th of Ramadan, the minister highlighted the army's role in crushing the Israeli ....

  • Norway concerned about escalation in eastern Ukraine

    Norway concerned about escalation in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:39:59 GMT - Norway - International - SN:8 - ID:823161

    Norway's Foreign Minister Borge Brende expressed his deep concern about the last developments in eastern Ukraine, pointing out that increasing usage of heavy weapons by pro-Russian separatists is not acceptable. Usage of heavy weapons led to ....

  • Qassam Brigades fire rocket on S. Israel

    Qassam Brigades fire rocket on S. Israel

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:36:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:823157

    The Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian movement Hamas, fired rockets on Beersheba, southern Israel, Sky News TV reported. Meanwhile, Israeli forces bombed the house of an adviser to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. ....

  • Hamas: Destroying Israeli Jeep indicates how ground war against Gaza will be

    Hamas: Destroying Israeli Jeep indicates how ground war against Gaza will be

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:31:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:823150

    Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said Friday Al-Qassam Brigades' shelling of an Israeli military Jeep in eastern Gaza indicates how a ground war against the strip will be. Abu Zuhri added in a brief press release this evening that Gaza will be a ....

  • Abbas receives phone call from AL chief; Arab FMs to hold meeting on Gaza

    Abbas receives phone call from AL chief; Arab FMs to hold meeting on Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-12 07:30:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:823148

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a phone call Friday from Arab League chief Nabil Al Arabi. The AL chief informed Abbas that the pan-Arab body would hold a meeting at the level of foreign ministers to discuss the Israeli aggression on ....

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