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Israel launches wave of arrests in Al-Quds
Date: 2014-07-08 10:05:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:817140
RMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) - Israel has launched a wave of arrests in Al-Quds (Occupied East Jerusalem) and Arab territories occupied since 1948, following angry protests staged against the killing of a Palestinian teenager. Israeli forces have ....
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Islamist terror threat to west blown out of proportion - former MI6 chief
Date: 2014-07-08 10:04:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:817075
LONDON, July 8 (MENA) - The government and media have blown the Islamist terrorism threat out of proportion, giving extremists publicity that is counter-productive, The Guardian quoted a former head of Britain's intelligence service as ....
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Russia opens criminal case over kidnapping, torturing of Russian citizen in Ukraine
Date: 2014-07-08 09:55:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:817012
MOSCOW, July 8 (MENA) - Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case over kidnapping and torturing of a Russian citizen in Ukraine, spokesman of Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin told ITAR-TASS on Tuesday. “Investigation ....
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Mufti asserts necessity of uniting people's efforts to achieve overall development
Date: 2014-07-08 09:54:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:817056
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti Shawqi Allam asserted on Tuesday the necessity of unifying all the Egyptians' efforts at all levels to achieve comprehensive development economically, politically and socially and to regain its position among ....
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OIC to hold meeting on Israeli aggression against Gaza
Date: 2014-07-08 09:48:48 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:816893
RAMALLAH, July 8 (MENA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold a ministerial meeting Thursday in Jeddah over the recent Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, said Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki. In press statements on ....
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Libyan health official 'kidnapped'
Date: 2014-07-08 09:43:48 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:817076
TRIPOLI, July 8 (MENA) – Unknown gunmen kidnapped a senior official at the health ministry in the capital Tripoli, local media reports said. Tahir Ali Abdel-Salam, the head of the ministry's medical supply department, was kidnapped outside a ....
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Supply ministry to buy Aswan fish to be sold at low prices
Date: 2014-07-08 09:31:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:816959
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi held a meeting with head of the Abnaa Aswan Association and representatives of fishermen to probe ways to make use of the governorate's fish production. They agreed during ....
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'Solid structure' operation launched in response to Israeli agression
Date: 2014-07-08 09:30:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:817058
GAZA, July 8 (MENA) - Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, on Tuesday announced the launch of "Solid structure" operation in response to Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip. In a statement, the group said it has fired ....
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Paper factory fire controlled, no casualties
Date: 2014-07-08 09:24:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:816947
BANHA, Egypt, July 8 (MENA) - Civil defense teams contained a fire that broke out at a paper factory in Obour City on Tuesday before extending to neighboring buildings. The fire erupted at a 1000-square-meter warehouse but was controlled and no ....
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Israel war jets renew Gaza raids
Date: 2014-07-08 09:12:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:816976
GAZA CITY, July 8 (MENA) – The Israeli army renewed its air strikes on the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, wounding 21 Palestinians mostly children and women. Palestinian medics said four people were wounded as Israeli war planes raided Beit Lahiya ....