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  • 19 ISIL militants killed in Salah al-Din -- official

    Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:773531

    BAGHDAD, June 11 (MENA) – Iraqi security commander in Salah al-Din Province General Aly el-Frajy said Wednesday that nineteen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). They were killed in a security crackdown that destroyed ....

  • Saudi Arabia jails 14 people over terrorism charges

    Date: 2014-06-11 23:04:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:773499

    JEDDAH, June 11 (MENA) - A Riyadh court sentenced 14 people Wednesday to various terms in jail over terrorism charges. The court also ordered to release two people who were arrested among seventy-one others on Riyadh’s al Nakheel lawsuit on ....

  • Palestinian teenager killed in Gaza blast

    Date: 2014-06-11 23:03:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:773535

    GAZA CITY, June 11 (MENA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed in a mysterious explosion in house in the Gaza Strip. A 13-year old boy, named Khalil Al-Ghussain, died of injuries he sustained due to the explosion, said spokesman for health ministry ....

  • Azhar univ. president to submit file to PM on University Hospital development

    Date: 2014-06-11 23:03:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:773469

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Azhar University President Osama el-Abd ordered Wednesday to combine a file on medical supplies and logistics needed by University el-Zahra'a Hospital. The file will be submitted to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to take ....

  • Icelandic judge elected in International Tribunal for Law of Sea

    Date: 2014-06-11 23:02:51 GMT - Iceland - World - SN:150 - ID:773498

    REYKJAVIK, June 11 (MENA) - Tomas Heidar, Legal Adviser of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, was elected as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The move came ....

  • Matrouh governor attends celebration of Sisi inauguration

    Date: 2014-06-11 20:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:773472

    MATROUH, June 11 (MENA) – Matrouh Governor Badr Tantawi attended a ceremony held to celebrate the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. In a keynote speech during the ceremony, Tantawi called for working hard in the coming period to ....

  • Number of tourists jumps after pres. polls – minister

    Date: 2014-06-11 20:52:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:773440

    CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Egypt received increased number of Arab and foreign tourists who stayed here after success of the presidential polls, said Minister of Antiquates Mohamed Ibrahim on Wednesday. The minister expressed happiness for the hike ....

  • NGO slams sexual assault in Tahrir

    Date: 2014-06-11 20:50:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:147 - ID:773492

    ARISH, June 11 (MENA) - The Egyptian Organization for crisis management and human rights in Northern Sinai jas has slammed a sexual harassment incident in Tahrir Square during celebrations of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's inauguration. "The ....

  • Obama backs training plan to Syrian opposition -- diplomat

    Date: 2014-06-11 20:48:21 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:773436

    WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - Dana Shell Smith, President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Qatar, said on Wednesday that the administration supported language in a Senate defense bill that would allow overt military training for the ....

  • Rights group hails Sisi's visit to sexual assault victim

    Date: 2014-06-11 20:46:57 GMT - Austria - Egypt - SN:145 - ID:773411

    VIENNA, June 11 (MENA) - The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) hailed a visit made by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to a hospital where a victim of a sexual assault is receiving treatment. The body's head Hassan Moussa highlighted ....

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