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  • Africa has always been top priority for Egypt: FM

    Date: 2014-06-23 20:05:01 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:159 - ID:794170

    MALABO, June 23 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry said on Monday that Africa has always been a top priority for Egypt. In a speech before the executive meeting of the African Union's foreign ministers to prepare for the AU summit ....

  • Egypt proud to be among AU founders: FM

    Date: 2014-06-23 20:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:158 - ID:794141

    MALABO, June 23 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry said that Egypt was proud to be among the leading founders of the African Union, adding that the continent issues had always topped Egypt's priorities. During the AU foreign ministers' ....

  • US, Egypt bonded by strategic partnership despite concerns over recent verdicts -- State Department

    Date: 2014-06-23 20:00:57 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:157 - ID:794172

    WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) – US State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf asserted that the US and Egypt are bonded by a strategic partnership despite Washington's concern over an Egyptian court verdict sentencing three Al-Jazeera journalists ....

  • Iran FM: Escalation of terrorism conspiracy against Muslims in region

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:46:11 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:156 - ID:794057

    TEHRAN, June 23 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the escalation of terrorism is a conspiracy against Muslims in the Middle East. Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Sudanese Minister of ....

  • Roadside bomb defused in Rafah

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:45:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:155 - ID:794177

    AL-ARISH, Egypt, June 23 (MENA) - A roadside bomb was defused Monday in the city of Rafah in North Sinai province with no injuries reported, said well-placed sources. Acting upon a tip-off, security forces and sappers rushed to the scene and ....

  • Iran protests to Australia over ignoring occupation of Holy Quds

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:36:51 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:154 - ID:793994

    TEHRAN, June 23 (MENA) – Australian Ambassador to Tehran Paul Foley was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to protest ignoring the occupation of Holy Quds by Australiaˈs chief justice. Director General of the Middle East and North African ....

  • South Ossetian parliament to put issue of accessing Russia to referendum

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:35:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:153 - ID:794144

    MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - The new parliament of South Ossetia will put the question of accession to Russia to a referendum, Anatoly Bibilov, the newly elected parliament speaker, told Itar-Tass Monday. The election campaign of Bibilov’s United ....

  • White House condemns Egypt sentencing of 3 Al-Jazeera journalists to prison

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:33:58 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:794134

    WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - The White House is strongly condemning Egypt’s prosecution and sentencing of three Al-Jazeera journalists from seven to ten years in prison on claims that they supported the Muslim Brotherhood opposition to Cairo’s new ....

  • UN chief to name new Syria envoy: Official

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:32:50 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:152 - ID:794106

    New York, June 23 (MENA) - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has said that the UN Secretary-General would soon name a new envoy for Syria. Feltman added that the new envoy "must be afforded full ....

  • Family of Assiut's slain police officer receives condolences today

    Date: 2014-06-23 19:27:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:794135

    ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, June 23 (MENA) – The family of a police officer who was killed while on duty on Monday will receive condolences at his birthplace in Barba village, Assiut province, at 9 p.m. today. Mohamed Mahran was killed while trying to ....

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