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  • Swedish FM offers condolences to family of Palestinian teen

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:36:31 GMT - Sweden - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:810145

    STOCKHOLM, July 3 (MENA) - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt offered condolences to the family of a Palestinian teenager, who was killed Wednesday. "We offer our profound condolences to the family of Palestinian teenager murdered in East ....

  • 56 vessels sail through Suez Canal

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:31:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:111 - ID:810178

    ISMAILIA, July 3 (MENA) - Fifty-six vessels transited the Suez Canal Thursday, carrying a total cargo of 3.631 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 31 ships, carrying a cargo of 1.967 million tons and the north-bound convoy included 25 ....

  • Govt stepping toward economic reform - PM

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:30:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:110 - ID:810206

    CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - The government has started steps to achieve economic reform and fix the defects in the economy, especially in the oil subsidy system, Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said. During a meeting with the largest food producers and ....

  • MB loyalists block main road in Beheira

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:29:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:109 - ID:810183

    BEHEIRA, July 3 (MENA) - Members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group blocked a main road in Beheira that leads to a police station and the City Hall. The Protesters gathered in Abdel-Salam el-Shazly street before heading to the bridge road ....

  • 157 MB members arrested during protests in several governorates

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:28:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:108 - ID:810210

    CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - As many as 175 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group were arrested in nine governroates during protests held on the first anniversary of the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, said an official of the ....

  • Colombia gives workers time off to watch World Cup match

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:23:18 GMT - Colombia - Sports - SN:107 - ID:810002

    BOGOTA, July 3 (MENA) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has given government workers Friday afternoon off to watch the national team play Brazil in the quarter-finals of the football World Cup. The president will fly to Brazil to watch the ....

  • Tight security measures in Beheira

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:810144

    DAMANHUR, Egypt, July 3 (MENA) - Tight measures were adopted in Beheira on Thursday to secure vital and government establishments on the first anniversary of the removal of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The Armed Forces deployed three heavily ....

  • Sudan prepares for experimental operation of Ashkit-Halfa crossing

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:16:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:810149

    KHARTOUM, July 3 (MENA) - Preparations are underway for the experimental operation of Ashkit-Halfa crossing on the borders with Egypt on July 15, said presidential affairs official in Sudan's Northern State El-Amin Abdel-Qader. In statements ....

  • PM makes tour of Al-Matariyyah district

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:14:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:104 - ID:809967

    CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) – Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has made a inspection tour of Al-Matariyyah district in Cairo governorate. The premier was accompanied by the Awqaf Minister, the Cairo governor and the head of Al-Awqaf Authority. Mahlab ....

  • Army colonel, policeman killed in attacks in Benghazi

    Date: 2014-07-03 15:08:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:810146

    TRIPOLI, July 3 (MENA) - A retired army colonel and a policeman were killed Thursday by unidentified gunmen in two separate incidents. "The colonel was shot dead by gunmen driving a car in Hayy el-Salam area," Spokesman of the Libyan Special ....

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