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Sudanese FM says his country has fair stand on Renaissance Dam crisis
Date: 2014-02-19 08:21:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:563763
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said his country has a fair position towards the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis. Karti told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday that Sudan does not sympathize with any party concerned, saying Khartoum has joint ....
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Alexandria festival for tourism, safety to be launched Friday
Date: 2014-02-19 08:20:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:563760
Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdi said the Alexandria festival for tourism and safety will be launched in the city on Friday. Speaking at a preparatory session for the festival on Wednesday, Mahdi said the event aims at showing that domestic ....
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Kerry framework proposal calls for Israeli freeze of settlement construction
Date: 2014-02-19 08:18:42 GMT - Israel - International - SN:17 - ID:563758
Aides to US Secretary of State John Kerry will request that the Israeli government freeze all construction in settlements outside of the large blocs of communities that Israel intends to keep in any final-status deal with the Palestinians, The ....
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Jordan hopes Egypt regains its pioneering role in region
Date: 2014-02-19 08:13:09 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:563751
Jordan hopes that Egypt will regain its security, stability and its pioneering role in the region, spokesman for the Jordanian government Mohammad Momani said. Jordan maintains contacts with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on the situation in Egypt as it ....
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220 trucks allowed into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem
Date: 2014-02-19 08:00:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:563720
Israeli occupation forces decided on Wednesday to allow the entry of 220 trucks carrying goods into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem commercial crossing in south-east Gaza. Raed Fattouh, the head of the committee for the entry of goods, said in ....
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Israeli gunboats fire on Palestinian fishermen
Date: 2014-02-19 07:59:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:563717
Israeli gunboats opened fire on Wednesday morning on Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast, according to local sources. The sources said the Israeli navy forces fired shells on Palestinian boats, with no injuries reported. ....
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Holy Synod to vote tomorrow on patriarch selection statute
Date: 2014-02-19 07:58:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:563715
The Holy Synod will hold an exceptional session under Pope Tawadros II on Thursday to vote on the statutes of selecting a new patriarch. Father Paul Halim, the Spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the nominations committee prepared ....
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64 Hezbollah elements killed in Yabrud battles
Date: 2014-02-19 07:56:30 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:563711
Head of the Media Office of the Military Council in Damascus and its Suburbs Musab al-Khair said 64 Hezbollah elements were killed in battles in Yabrud city in Rif Damascus. The free army documented 64 bodies of Hezbollah members in Yabrud, ....
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Iran condemns terrorist attacks in Iraq
Date: 2014-02-19 07:55:04 GMT - Iran - International - SN:11 - ID:563707
Iran has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Iraq, warning against plots to cause sectarian and religious strife in the country, Press TV reported. Nearly 50 people have been killed by a series of car bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital ....
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UN chief urges N.Korean to improve human rights
Date: 2014-02-19 07:52:58 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:10 - ID:563702
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged North Korea to engage with the international community to improve human rights and the living conditions of its people. Ban said he was "deeply disturbed" by findings of "grave" human rights violations in North ....
