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Abbas, Hague discuss ways to restore calm in Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 14:40:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:823722

RAMALLAH, July 12 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has discussed in a phone call with British Foreign Secretary William Hague ways to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza. Abbas underlined the importance of stopping the Israeli ....

Terrorist MB's Beltagi, Hegazi trial adjourned to Wed.

Date: 2014-07-12 14:37:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:823823

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Cairo Criminal Court has postponed till Wednesday the trial of terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) prominent figures Mohamad el-Beltagi, Safwat Hegazi as well as two physicians in the field hospital of Rabaa el-Adwiya sit-in ....

Iran FM sends message to AL chief over Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 14:32:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:823763

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sent a message to Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil al-Arabi about the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories. A ....

Orthodox Church condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 14:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:823831

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - The Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip which claimed scores of lives and left many others, mostly civilians, injured. The church, in a statement released on Saturday, voiced ....

Jet returns to Cairo over engine troubles

Date: 2014-07-12 14:19:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:823711

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - An EgyptAir flight to Nigeria has returned to the Cairo International Airport after having engine problems. The pilots discovered the malfunction after ten minute of takeoff. The captain decided to return to the airport ....

127 killed, 940 injured in Israeli aggression on Gaza

Date: 2014-07-12 14:00:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:823717

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) – As many as 127 Palestinians have been killed and 940 others injured in the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Health ministry's spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said that six people were killed and ten ....

Sisi confers with ME peace envoy on situation in occupied territories

Date: 2014-07-12 13:43:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:823715

CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - President Abdel Fatah EL Sisi received on Saturday the Quartet Middle East Peace envoy Tony Blair. Presidential Spokesman Ambassador Ehab Badawi said the meeting reviewed the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian ....

Palestinian resistance groups continue rocket shelling of Israeli cities

Date: 2014-07-12 13:35:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:823714

GAZA CITY, July 12 (MENA) - The military wings of the Palestinian resistance movements continued on Saturday rocket shelling Israeli cities and towns in response to the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Israeli sources said a number of rockets ....

Le Monde publishes Egypt's comment on inaccurate op-ed

Date: 2014-07-12 13:11:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:823630

PARIS, July 12 (MENA) - French newspaper "Le Monde" has published the Egyptian embassy's comment on an editorial that tackled the domestic situation in Egypt negatively. The newspaper has criticized the trial of three Al Jazeera journalists and ....

76 MB supporters remanded in custody in Sharqia

Date: 2014-07-12 13:02:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:823634

ZAGAZIG, July 12 (MENA) – Sharqia prosecution has ordered remanding 76 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group in custody for 15 days pending investigations over causing riots and inciting violence in Zagazig city. They face ....