World

  • Service : English General
  • Category : World
  • Voter turnout in New York hits record -- Egyptian diplomat

    Date: 2014-05-19 18:09:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:133 - ID:730947

    NEW YORK, May 19 (MENA) – The turnout of Egyptian expatriates in New York has shown a threefold increase than that of January's constitutional referendum, said Egypt's Consul General in New York Ahmed Farouk. The greater number flocked to the ....

  • Code of conduct drawn up for UK madrasas

    Date: 2014-05-19 11:10:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:729971

    LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - A voluntary code of conduct to regulate teaching in madrasas in Britain is due to be announced next month by the education secretary, Michael Gove, The Guardian newspaper reported Monday. Over the past decade, ministers from ....

  • MB demonstration in Graz city ends in failure

    Date: 2014-05-19 11:03:55 GMT - Austria - World - SN:54 - ID:729623

    VIENNA, May 19 (MENA) – The second Muslim Brotherhood attempt to mobilize supporters in Graz city to demonstrate against holding Egypt's presidential elections has ended in failure. Sources of the Egyptian expat community in Vienna told MENA ....

  • S. Korean president departs for UAE for nuclear reactor ceremony

    Date: 2014-05-19 10:43:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:51 - ID:729956

    SEOUL, May 19 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for the United Arab Emirates on Monday to attend a ceremony marking the installation of a Korean-built nuclear reactor at a power plant under construction in the Middle Eastern nation, ....

  • Park issues new apology over ferry disaster, vows sweeping reforms

    Date: 2014-05-19 07:46:58 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:729533

    SEOUL, May 19 (MENA) - A tearful President Park Geun-hye offered a fresh apology Monday for the messed-up response to the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol, promising deep-cutting reforms to make South Korea a safer nation to live in, including ....

  • Neo-nazi forces unleash terror against civilians in Ukraine - Putin

    Date: 2014-05-19 06:42:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:729486

    MOSCOW, May 19 (MENA) - Neo-Nazi forces in Ukraine are waging a war against civilians, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview with China's leading media. He pointed out that a revision of the results of the Second World War is ....

  • S. Korean, US, Japanese defense chiefs to meet in Singapore next week

    Date: 2014-05-19 06:40:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:729463

    SEOUL, May 19 (MENA) - The defense ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to meet in Singapore next week for possible discussions on cooperation in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, Yonhap reported ....

  • 31 children die in Colombia bus fire

    Date: 2014-05-19 06:06:10 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:10 - ID:729405

    BOGOTA, May 19 (MENA) - Thirty-one children and one adult were killed in Colombia when fuel exploded on a broken-down bus returning from a church event, The Guardian reported on its website. The charred bodies of victims were being identified ....

  • Park says she’ll disband coast guard in ferry-sinking apology

    Date: 2014-05-19 06:04:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:729420

    SEOUL, May 19 (MENA) - South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologized to the nation over the deadly sinking of a passenger ferry that left 300 people dead or missing and said she’ll disband the coast guard for its botched rescue operation, Sky news ....

  • CIA denies its agents were killed in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-05-18 19:56:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:153 - ID:729175

    WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has denied reports of a number of CIA agents allegedly killed in clashes between forces loyal to the Kiev authorities and self-defense units in eastern Ukraine, The Voice of Russia ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD