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  • 6 Iraqi policemen killed in armed attack in Tikrit

    6 Iraqi policemen killed in armed attack in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-02-09 09:54:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:544851

    Six Iraqi policemen were killed in an armed attack on a checkpoint in eastern Tikrit, 170km north of the capital, on Sunday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified gunmen driving modern cars attacked the checkpoint then fled away, the source ....

  • Arabs cannot defend themselves without Egypt - Palestinian official

    Arabs cannot defend themselves without Egypt - Palestinian official

    Date: 2014-02-09 09:32:42 GMT - palestine - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:545087

    The Palestinian presidential adviser for international relations stressed on Sunday that Arabs, without Egypt, cannot defend themselves, making clear that restoring Egypt's pioneering role in the region will certainly serve all Arabs. Abdullah ....

  • 22 MB elements arrested for attacks on police stations in Alexandria, Fayyoum

    22 MB elements arrested for attacks on police stations in Alexandria, Fayyoum

    Date: 2014-02-09 09:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:545031

    Security forces have arrested 22 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group for involvement in attacks on police stations in Fayyoum and Alexandria. They are also charged with distributing flyers to create chaos, blocking roads and ....

  • “Hands off my internet”: Turkey protesters clash with police over government reforms

    “Hands off my internet”: Turkey protesters clash with police over government reforms

    Date: 2014-02-09 09:15:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:13 - ID:545042

    Chanting ‘Hands off my internet” protesters took to the streets of Istanbul to show their anger over new laws restricting access to web pages in Turkey. The new rules could block sites within hours without a court order, euronews reported ....

  • Interior minister approves dispatch of legal, technical mission to issue IDs for Egyptians in UK

    Interior minister approves dispatch of legal, technical mission to issue IDs for Egyptians in UK

    Date: 2014-02-09 09:12:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:545039

    Minister of Interior Mohammad Ibrahim has approved the dispatch of a legal and technical mission from the Civil Affairs Authority to issue national identification cards for Egyptian expatriates in the United Kingdom. The Interior Ministry's ....

  • Death toll of Egyptians in Madina hotel fire rises to 8

    Death toll of Egyptians in Madina hotel fire rises to 8

    Date: 2014-02-09 08:57:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:545000

    The death toll of Egyptians who died in the hotel fire in Madina Munawara rose to eight, said Egyptian Consul in Jeddah Adel el-Alfi on Sunday. He said 13 pilgrims, including eight Egyptians, one Algerian, one Briton and three unidentified ....

  • Israeli FM backs peace deal with Palestinians

    Israeli FM backs peace deal with Palestinians

    Date: 2014-02-09 08:53:59 GMT - Israel - International - SN:9 - ID:544994

    Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman came to the defense of John Kerry following a series of attacks on the U.S. Secretary of State by other senior figures in the Israeli cabinet, Haaretz of Sunday reported. Lieberman said he supported ....

  • 250 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing

    250 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing

    Date: 2014-02-09 08:03:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:544866

    Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday decided to allow the entry of 250 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the coordination committee for the ....

  • Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombing of central Gaza

    Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombing of central Gaza

    Date: 2014-02-09 07:51:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:544849

    Two Palestinians were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli bombing of a motorcycle in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. An Israeli reconnaissance plane fired one rocket at the motorcycle near Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in ....

  • Egyptian FM meets his Mauritanian counterpart on African issues

    Egyptian FM meets his Mauritanian counterpart on African issues

    Date: 2014-02-09 07:38:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:544819

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy met his Mauritanian counterpart Ahmed Ould Tegued on Sunday for talks on the latest developments in the African continent, especially issues related to the African Union, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr ....

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