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  • US support for Israel must be met by Arab, Muslim backing to Palestinains--Za'noon

    US support for Israel must be met by Arab, Muslim backing to Palestinains--Za'noon

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:41:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:562718

    Speaker of the Amman-based Palestinian National Council Salim al-Za'noon said on Tuesday the financial, political and military support offered by the US to Israel must be met by the same backing of all Muslim and Arab countries to the Palestinians ....

  • 14 soldiers kidnapped in southern Yemen

    14 soldiers kidnapped in southern Yemen

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:22:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:562657

    Fourteen soldiers were kidnapped by saboteurs Tuesday after an attack by gunmen on a truck carrying food supplies in the southern Yemeni city of Dalea. Six people, including an officer and two soldiers, were also killed today in clashes between ....

  • AL warns against attempts to divide Al-Aqsa

    AL warns against attempts to divide Al-Aqsa

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:14:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:562639

    The Arab League has warned against Israeli attempts to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque, stressing this would open doors to instability and chaos in the region that cannot be closed. The Israeli Knesset is trying to legitimize infiltration of the holy ....

  • 95 killed, wounded in Iraq blasts

    95 killed, wounded in Iraq blasts

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:05:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:562401

    At least 95 people were killed and wounded Tuesday when six bobby-trapped cars exploded in several areas in Babel province. The bombings left 10 people dead and 85 others wounded, according to a security source. Security forces cordoned off ....

  • "FAO chooses Egypt for its initiative on agricultural cooperation in Africa

    Date: 2014-02-18 14:01:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:47 - ID:562603

    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has chosen Egypt to be its starting point for implementing its initiative on agricultural cooperation in Africa. Agriculture Minister Ayman Abu Hadid has received a FAO delegation ....

  • Nilesat gains $46.5mn in 2013

    Nilesat gains $46.5mn in 2013

    Date: 2014-02-18 13:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:46 - ID:562572

    The Egyptian Satellite Company (Nilesat) has posted a net profit of 46.556 million dollars during the fiscal year of 2013, compared to a net profit of 32.3 million during the same period a year earlier, to represent an increase of ....

  • Tamiflu available at Matruh hospitals, health official says

    Tamiflu available at Matruh hospitals, health official says

    Date: 2014-02-18 13:44:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:562550

    Tamiflu drug is available at all hospitals in Mersa Matruh Governorate for its use in the treatment of H1N1 flu cases, said head of heath affairs directorate in the governorate El-Sahhed El-Awadi. He added in press statements on Tuesday that some ....

  • Investment Minister meets Beyti managing director

    Investment Minister meets Beyti managing director

    Date: 2014-02-18 13:40:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:44 - ID:562540

    Investment Minister Osama Saleh received on Tuesday the managing director of the International Company for Dairy and Juices - Beyti- to discuss the company’s plan to expand its investments in Egypt in the coming phase. The company seeks to pump ....

  • 4 defendants, including 2 Mossad officers, referred to criminal court on espionage charges

    4 defendants, including 2 Mossad officers, referred to criminal court on espionage charges

    Date: 2014-02-18 13:34:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:562529

    Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat has referred four defendants, including two Mossad officers, to the criminal court on espionage charges. All four, one of them a woman, are accused of forming a spying network that worked for Israel. Ramzi ....

  • Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syrian conflict

    Lavrov, Kerry discuss Syrian conflict

    Date: 2014-02-18 13:23:07 GMT - Russia - International - SN:32 - ID:562282

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have discussed the Syrian conflict and the deteriorating health of Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted by a US court in 2011, over the phone on Tuesday. ....

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