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  • Sisi meets Arab Parliament delegation

    Sisi meets Arab Parliament delegation

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:45:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:68 - ID:781317

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has met with Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed al Jarwan and his accompanying delegation. In statements on Monday, spokesman at the presidency Ihab Badawy said the delegation congratulated Sisi on assuming ....

  • Iran urges Iraqi Kurds to protect Baghdad government against terrorists: Deputy FM

    Iran urges Iraqi Kurds to protect Baghdad government against terrorists: Deputy FM

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:44:41 GMT - Iran - International - SN:67 - ID:781314

    Tehran wants Iraq's Kurdistan region to support the country's federal government against the terrorist groups, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. Tehran will discuss mutual relations as ....

  • Sexual harassers intended to hit victims in Tahrir Square - investigations

    Sexual harassers intended to hit victims in Tahrir Square - investigations

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:43:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:66 - ID:781311

    Harassers, who face charges of sexually assaulting a number of women last week during inaugural celebrations in Tahrir Square, intended to hit the women and tortured them in order to sexually assault them by force, according to investigations held ....

  • Berri sends condemnation letter to Abbas on arrestting Doueik

    Berri sends condemnation letter to Abbas on arrestting Doueik

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:42:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:781309

    Speaker of the Lebanese House Nabih Berri sent a message to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whereby he condemned the repressive measures taken by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people, including the arrest of the Speaker ....

  • New cabinet to include 10 new faces, information ministry to be revoked - Mahlab

    New cabinet to include 10 new faces, information ministry to be revoked - Mahlab

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:41:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:781308

    The new cabinet line-up will include ten new faces, said Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim Mahlab. In statements Monday, Mahlab said that the new cabinet formation will not include an information ministry, which will be cancelled. Mahlab ....

  • Israel faces another mass release of Palestinian prisoners after abduction of Jewish teens

    Israel faces another mass release of Palestinian prisoners after abduction of Jewish teens

    Date: 2014-06-16 14:40:19 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:781306

    Israel, amid efforts to restrict prisoner exchanges, faces the prospect of another massive release of Palestinian insurgents, according to WorldTribune Newspaper. Israeli sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ....

  • Egypt, Morocco, Algeria FMs mull Iraq crisis over phone

    Egypt, Morocco, Algeria FMs mull Iraq crisis over phone

    Date: 2014-06-16 12:35:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:62 - ID:781015

    Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy made two phone calls on Monday with his Moroccan and Algerian counterparts Salaheddine Mezouar and Ramtane Lamamra. They discussed the current political and security developments in Iraq, said a spokesman for ....

  • Egypt bourse loses EGP 5.5bln, main index down by 1.53 pct

    Egypt bourse loses EGP 5.5bln, main index down by 1.53 pct

    Date: 2014-06-16 12:27:59 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:61 - ID:780992

    Egypt's bourse continued its downward trend at the end of closing on Monday, driven by sales by Arab and foreign investment funds and institutions. The market capital lost about 5.5 billion pounds to reach 487.4 billion pounds, amid transactions ....

  • Egypt's exports of crude oil, petroleum products up by 20.1% in April

    Egypt's exports of crude oil, petroleum products up by 20.1% in April

    Date: 2014-06-16 12:26:03 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:60 - ID:780985

    The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) on Monday uncovered a 20.1 % rise in Egyptian exports from crude oil and petroleum products during April. In its monthly economic report, a copy of which obtained by MENA, the IDSC said exports ....

  • West’s refusal to condemn attack on Russian Embassy in Kiev double standards — diplomat

    West’s refusal to condemn attack on Russian Embassy in Kiev double standards — diplomat

    Date: 2014-06-16 12:23:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:59 - ID:780981

    Russia’s high-ranking diplomat said Western partners’ refusal to condemn the attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev is the policy of double standards. “We can say the Western partners demonstrated the policy of double standards in the UN Security ....

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