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  • Kenya 'bombs al-Shabab bases' in Somalia

    Date: 2014-06-23 17:01:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:128 - ID:793873

    MOGADISHU, June 23 (MENA) - Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group in Somalia, killing more than 80 of its fighters, the BBC news quoted the African Union (AU) force in Somalia as saying on Monday. The assault on the ....

  • Norway says last load of chemical weapons has left Syria

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:59:45 GMT - Norway - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:793875

    OSLO, June 23 (MENA) - Foreign Minister of Norway Borge Brende said on Monday he is happy for the completion of moving chemical weapons out of Syria. He urged international community especially the United Nations Security Council to shoulder ....

  • Egypt chairs meeting of Arab lawsuits bodies in Beirut

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:58:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:126 - ID:793927

    BEIRUT, June 23 (MENA) - The 10th meeting of heads of Arab state lawsuits authorities kicked off here on Monday under the chairmanship of Egypt. The conference, to run until Wednesday, will probe difficulties facing the litigation authorities as ....

  • President sends delegates for condolence

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:56:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:125 - ID:793926

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday dispatched representatives to offer condolences over the death of public figures. The representatives condoled with the families of the late people. (MENA) AR/AH ....

  • 270 Egyptian pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:55:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:124 - ID:793931

    HURGHADA, Egypt, June 23 (MENA) - Some 270 Egyptian pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform Umra (small pilgrimage). They were on board of Yousiffiyah ferryboat en route to Yanbu Port, Safaga Port Director Ashraf Mazroua said. The ....

  • UK rebuffs early EU referendum

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:52:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:123 - ID:793856

    LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - The British government has denied bringing forward an in/out European Union membership referendum. The planned vote will be held in 2017, a spokesperson for the British prime minister told MENA. Some British media had ....

  • EJS declines to comment on judicial ruling

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:49:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:122 - ID:793882

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – Egypt's Journalists Syndicate has underlined respect to the principle of rejecting to comment on court rulings. The syndicate has rejected to comment on a judicial ruling against three journalists working in Al Jazeera ....

  • Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons stockpile

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:48:28 GMT - Netherlands - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:793872

    THE HAGUE, June 23 (MENA) - The last of Syria's acknowledged stockpile of chemical weapons has been handed over to Western governments for destruction, the organization charged with overseeing the elimination of such weapons was quoted by The ....

  • Sisi receives congratulatory cables

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:48:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:120 - ID:793877

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Monday congratulatory cables on assuming the president's post. He received cables from Montenegro's President Filip Vujanović, Peru's President Ollanta Humala and Netherlands' ....

  • 8 persons involved in killing of officer nabbed

    Date: 2014-06-23 16:47:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:119 - ID:793853

    CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Assiut security forces managed to arrest eight persons who were involved in the killing of police officer Mohamed Gamal Mahran. Several raids preceded the arrests. Firearms were seized with the arrestees. (MENA) YY/AH ....

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