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MENA agenda for Friday, June 13
Date: 2014-06-13 05:15:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:775307
CAIRO, Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim Mahlab resumes negotiations to form a government after being re-assigned by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. CAIRO, Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid meets with visiting President of the Arab ....
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4 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIS attack
Date: 2014-06-12 21:49:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:775254
BAGHDAD, June 12 (MENA) – Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in an attack carried out on Thursday by militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Al-Qa'im town, northwest of Baghdad. The news was carried by ....
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Bahrain calls on its citizens in Iraq to leave country
Date: 2014-06-12 21:43:15 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:775253
MANAMA, June 12 (MENA) – Foreign Ministry of Bahrain has called on its citizens in Iraq to immediately leave the country due to the deteriorating security situation there. The actions come after 80 Turkish citizens, including the consul-general ....
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4 killed in car accident in Kafr el-Sheikh
Date: 2014-06-12 21:32:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:775251
KAFR EL SHEIKH, Egypt, June 12 (MENA) – Four people were killed in a car accident when a microbus collided with a truck on the international road in Kafr el-Sheikh on Thursday. A probe was launched into the incident. (MENA) MM/AR ....
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Egypt to take part in Hong Kong tourism expo
Date: 2014-06-12 21:16:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:775199
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou directed the Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Promotion to take part in the Hong Kong tourism expo. The authority will contact Egypt's tourism bureau in Beijing to partake in the fair, ....
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US citizens being evacuated from Iraqi air base as militants advance - report
Date: 2014-06-12 21:09:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:146 - ID:775226
WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) – The US citizens were being evacuated Thursday from a major Iraqi air base as Al Qaeda-aligned militants toppled cities in the country's north and threatened to advance toward Baghdad, the Fox News reported. A senior ....
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US delegation praises EgyptAir security measures
Date: 2014-06-12 21:03:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:775223
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – A delegation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) praised on Thursday security measures embraced by the national carrier EgyptAir in general and those adopted in its flights to US in particular. During its ....
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UN Backs Iraq Government Against Terrorism
Date: 2014-06-12 20:45:59 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:144 - ID:775205
NEW YORK, June 12 (MENA) - The UN Security Council is unanimously supporting Iraq's government and people in their fight against terrorism and urging a national dialogue including all political and religious groups, ABC News reported on ....
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Press syndicate urges media not to present images, names of sexual harassment victims
Date: 2014-06-12 20:44:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:143 - ID:775184
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – The Syndicate of Journalists urged on Thursday media outlets not to publish names or images of the victims of sexual harassment crimes. The syndicate called on its members not to uncover the identities of the victims ....
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Panel orders stepping up anti-sexual harassment measures
Date: 2014-06-12 20:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:142 - ID:775153
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – A panel, assigned by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to study reasons behind sexual harassment and ways to address the phenomenon, ordered Thursday stepping up security measures in squares and crowded places to prevent such ....