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  • Expats union in Austria mourns Fathia al-Assal

    Expats union in Austria mourns Fathia al-Assal

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:37:11 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:780250

    The General Union of Egyptians in Austria expressed its condolences on Wednesday for the Egyptians over the death of Egyptian writer Fathia al-Assal. In a statement, the union said Egypt lost a figure who presented in the decades-long, several ....

  • 7 MB members released in Beheira

    7 MB members released in Beheira

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:780113

    A Beheira criminal court released seven members of the Muslim Brotherhood group pending their trial. The MB members were arrested in November over illegal protest and inciting violence. The court turned down an appeal filed by the prosecution ....

  • 4 rockets launched from Gaza towards Ashkelon - Israeli sources

    4 rockets launched from Gaza towards Ashkelon - Israeli sources

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:35:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:780341

    Palestinian resistance fighters launched four rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Sunday night. An Iron Dome missile defense battery deployed in the area intercepted two of the rockets, while the other two hit open areas, ....

  • Presidency has no accounts on social media - spokesman

    Presidency has no accounts on social media - spokesman

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:34:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:780339

    The Egyptian presidency denied that it has accounts on social media networking websites. The remarks were made in statements by Spokesman for the Presidency Ehab Badawy. ....

  • 11 people killed, injured in two blasts in Baghdad

    11 people killed, injured in two blasts in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:33:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:780337

    Three people were killed and eight others were injured in two bomb devices explosions in Baghdad, a security source said. Two explosion devices went off in central and northern Bagdad, leaving 11 people killed and injured. The injured were ....

  • Hollande chairs defense council meeting on Syria, Iraq

    Hollande chairs defense council meeting on Syria, Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:32:28 GMT - France - International - SN:15 - ID:780334

    French President Francois Hollande will chair a small Defense Council meeting on Syria and Iraq at the Elysee Palace on Thursday. According to Hollande agenda this week, the French president will meet Wednesday with Saudi National Guard Minister ....

  • UK, Iraq FMs discuss situation in Iraq in phone call

    UK, Iraq FMs discuss situation in Iraq in phone call

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:28:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:780325

    UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari discussed over phone Sunday the situation in Iraq. Iraq’s leadership should close ranks in a united response to the current brutal aggression by a terrorist group ....

  • US intelligence official urges Obama to work with AL to stop violence in Iraq

    US intelligence official urges Obama to work with AL to stop violence in Iraq

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:22:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:780309

    Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said Sunday the uprising in Iraq by an Islamic militant group is “as dangerous as it gets,” and that the Obama administration must reunite with Arab nation partners to ....

  • Kerry points at Hamas in Israel kidnappings

    Kerry points at Hamas in Israel kidnappings

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:17:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:780298

    The Obama administration on Sunday joined Israel in implicating the militant group Hamas in connection with the kidnapping of three Israeli settlers and called the move a "despicable terrorist act", Fox News reported. Secretary of State John ....

  • Iran to enhance relations with Egypt: envoy

    Iran to enhance relations with Egypt: envoy

    Date: 2014-06-16 08:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:780292

    Iran will seek to enhance good relations binding between both countries, said outgoing Iran's interest section head in Cairo Mojtaba Amani. Iran is ready to open new prospects with Egypt in all fields, Amani said during a ceremony held at the end ....

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