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  • Killers of girl Zeina sentenced to 15 year in jail

    Killers of girl Zeina sentenced to 15 year in jail

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:36:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:557981

    A criminal court in Port Said on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail two defendants after convicting them of raping and killing a girl whose case caused a nationwide anger. The girl, identified by her first name Zeina, was lured by the pair who ....

  • Boko Haram threatens Cameroon over Nigeria

    Boko Haram threatens Cameroon over Nigeria

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:33:18 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:21 - ID:557971

    Violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to declare war on Cameroon if she does not cease to support Nigeria’s military campaign against it, Nigeria's Punch newspaper reported. In recent times, the sect has been at the receiving end of a ....

  • UNRWA appreciates Egypt's efforts

    UNRWA appreciates Egypt's efforts

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:557961

    UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi said he visited Egypt to express his thanks to the Egyptian government for the support offered to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) not only in Egypt ....

  • Morsi espionage case begins first session

    Morsi espionage case begins first session

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:29:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:557958

    The Cairo Criminal Court began Sunday the first session in the trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 35 other defendants from the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members in the espionage case. Twenty defendants in the case are ....

  • 200 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    200 trucks allowed into GS via Kerm Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:25:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:557946

    Israeli authorities decided on Sunday to reopen Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing in south-east Gaza to let in 200 trucks laden with goods to the commercial and agricultural sectors." Raed Fattouh, the head of the committee for the import of goods, ....

  • Plan to renovate bridge in Qalubia kicked off

    Plan to renovate bridge in Qalubia kicked off

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:557939

    A plan has kicked off to renovate a main bridge in Shubra Kheima district, north of Cairo, the Qalubia governor said on Sunday. The Orabi bridge plan will cost EGP 8 million, said Mohamed Abdel-Zahir. Another project to reshape Moasasah square ....

  • UK foreign secretary pledges to give more support for reaching political solution to Syria crisis

    UK foreign secretary pledges to give more support for reaching political solution to Syria crisis

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:04:31 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:16 - ID:557904

    UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has described the failure to agree on an agenda for future rounds of talks on the Geneva process as a serious setback in the search for peace in Syria, placing the responsibility squarely on the the Assad ....

  • Security measures in Suez beefed up coinciding with Morsi trial

    Security measures in Suez beefed up coinciding with Morsi trial

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:557901

    Army and police in Suez have beefed up security measures along all roads leading to Suez court complex coinciding with the start of trial of deposed president Mohammad Morsi and 35 co-defendants in espionage case at the Police Academy in ....

  • Iraqi army foil attempt by Daesh militants to control Kirkuk neighbourhood, 10 gunmen killed

    Iraqi army foil attempt by Daesh militants to control Kirkuk neighbourhood, 10 gunmen killed

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:02:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:557900

    The 12 Battalion Command of the Iraqi Army on Sunday foiled an attempt by Daesh organization gunmen to control the neighborhood of Riyadh in Kirkuk city, situated some 255 kilometers north of Baghdad. A military source at the 12 Battalion Command ....

  • Iran FM: Unrelated isues to derail Iran-world powers nuclear talks

    Iran FM: Unrelated isues to derail Iran-world powers nuclear talks

    Date: 2014-02-16 10:00:26 GMT - Iran - International - SN:12 - ID:557891

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the next round of the nuclear talks between Iran and the six major world powers would avoid unrelated issues in order to pave the ground for reaching a final agreement, FARS news agency ....

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