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  • Ukranian police storm Independence Square, clashes with protesters, 13 killed

    Ukranian police storm Independence Square, clashes with protesters, 13 killed

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:51:34 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:7 - ID:563686

    Ukranian riot police have launched a fresh assault on Kiev's Independence Square just hours after talks broke down between the President and his opponents, Russia Today reported, The latest move comes after at least 21 people died on Tuesday in ....

  • Trial of Alexandria boys' murderers, Forqan Friday rioters delayed

    Trial of Alexandria boys' murderers, Forqan Friday rioters delayed

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:48:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:563697

    Alexandria criminal court delayed to Wednesday the trial of two murderers who threw young boys from the roof of an Alexandria building. It also postponed the trial of 62 members of the Islamist groups including acolytes of the terrorist Muslim ....

  • Armed forces continue search efforts for Egyptian missing in Saint Catherine

    Armed forces continue search efforts for Egyptian missing in Saint Catherine

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:47:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:563695

    Search and combing operations are going on for an Egyptian who has gone missing in the rugged area of Saint Catherine Mountains, South Sinai, the military spokesman has said. 'All means and capabilities are being used in cooperation with the navy ....

  • Jordanian king, British prime minister hold talks on ties, Mideast issues

    Jordanian king, British prime minister hold talks on ties, Mideast issues

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:39:48 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:563680

    King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Tuesday, held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on a number of Middle East issues, including Palestinian-Israeli peace efforts and the crisis in Syria. The meeting touched on Jordan's relief efforts to ....

  • Libya's Gov't calls on media outlets to seek accuracy of information

    Libya's Gov't calls on media outlets to seek accuracy of information

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:36:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:563675

    Libyan interim government urged media outlets Tuesday to verify all news on the developments in the Arab country. In a statement on its website, the government called on media people to make sure that any information they post about the crisis ....

  • IAEA chief receives Iranian FM in Vienna

    IAEA chief receives Iranian FM in Vienna

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:23:50 GMT - Austria - International - SN:4 - ID:563653

    Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano received Tuesday Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the agency's headquarters in Vienna. The meeting came on the fringes of the negotiations that kicked ....

  • EGP 10 bln mortgage portfolio for low, mid income citizens: CBE

    EGP 10 bln mortgage portfolio for low, mid income citizens: CBE

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:21:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:3 - ID:563650

    The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Tuesday launching a new initiative, through which it allocated EGP 10 billion mortgage portfolio for low and middle income people for a period of 20 years at low prices. Under this initiative, the CBE ....

  • UN coordinator calls for clearing explosive remnants of war in Sudan

    UN coordinator calls for clearing explosive remnants of war in Sudan

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:19:18 GMT - Sudan - International - SN:2 - ID:563648

    United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Ali Al-Za'tari, was saddened to hear that a volunteer with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society was killed by a land mine near Abu Jubaiha in South Kordofan late last week, a statement by ....

  • Salafi Nour Party members meet interior minister

    Salafi Nour Party members meet interior minister

    Date: 2014-02-19 07:14:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:563640

    The head of the Salafi Al Nour Party said that a meeting with the Interior Minister on Tuesday came as part of the party's policy to communicate with all state institutions. In statements, Yunis Makhioun said that the party is keen on presenting ....

  • 71 people diagnosed with A/H1N1 since Saturday: health minister

    71 people diagnosed with A/H1N1 since Saturday: health minister

    Date: 2014-02-18 18:24:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:81 - ID:563247

    As many as 71 people have been diagnosed with seasonal flu A/H1N1 since Saturday and three of them have died, Health Minister Maha Rabat has said. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the minister said that the rates of cases infected with ....

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