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Court sends files of 10 MB death-row convicts to mufti - 2 last Cairo
Date: 2014-06-07 09:56:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:765510
The court sentenced the 10 in absentia on Saturday and postponed the rulings for the movement's leader and other senior members on trial in the same case to July 5. One of those sentenced was Abdel-Rahman el-Barr, a member of the MB Guidance ....
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Libya's investigations chief in commandos forces injured
Date: 2014-06-07 09:44:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:765469
TRIPOLI, June 7 (MENA) - Commander of investigations in commandos forces Fadl el-Hassi suffered a gunshot wound to his leg, said Special Forces Spokesman Miloud al-Zouey. In exclusive statements to MENA Saturday, al-Zouey said that el-Hassi was ....
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Qalubiya on high security alert over MB trial
Date: 2014-06-07 09:26:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:765470
BANHA, Egypt, June 7 (MENA) - Qalubiya security bodies stepped up measures around police and vital institutions in tandem with the trial of 48 Muslim Brotherhood leaders over murder and violence incitement charges. The Shubra El-Kheima Criminal ....
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Court sends files of 10 MB death-row convicts to mufti
Date: 2014-06-07 09:25:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:765468
CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - A Qalubiya criminal court sent the files of 10 defendants of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to the mufti after it sentenced them to death over murder and violence incitement charges. The court set July 5 hearing to ....
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UN official: Nigerian schoolgirls face rape danger
Date: 2014-06-07 09:07:22 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:22 - ID:765404
NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) - More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict said. “My worry is those girls ....
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Iraq police, army cordon off building of Anbar university, gear up to release students
Date: 2014-06-07 09:03:54 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:765402
BAGHDAD, June 7 (MENA) - Iraqi police and army forces are now cordoning off the building of Anbar University in central Ramadi in preparation of raiding it, regaining control of the building and releasing the students who are held there, a security ....
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Simferopol airport in Crimea opens for international flights
Date: 2014-06-07 08:57:37 GMT - Russia - Miscellaneous - SN:20 - ID:765405
MOSCOW, June 7 (MENA) - Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order to open the airport in Simferopol, Crimea for serving international flights, the Voice of Russia said . "The decision will add to development of the transport ....
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Suicide attack in Kandahar leaves 5 Afghan soldiers injured
Date: 2014-06-07 08:56:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:765413
KABUL, June 7 (MENA) - At least five Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers were injured following a suicide attack in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to local government officials, the incident took place ....
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Delegations arrive for Sisi inauguration
Date: 2014-06-07 08:32:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:18 - ID:765365
CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Mauritanian Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Ahmed Ould Teguedi arrived here Saturday to attend the inauguration ceremony of Egypt's President-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, which will take place Sunday. Also arriving ....
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420 Palestinians detained including 60 children 9 women by Israelis in May- rights group
Date: 2014-06-07 08:28:39 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:765354
GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) – As many as 420 Palestinians, including 60 children below 18 years and nine women, were detained by Israeli forces in May, a Palestinian rights group said Saturday. The group, which responsible for following up cases of ....