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Iraqi PM affirms rejection of Kurdistan referendum
Date: 2017-09-23 10:22:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:7004732
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi reiterated Iraq's firm stance rejecting holding a referendum on Kurdistan's independence, describing it as "unconstitutional". He emphasized that the priority is staging a war against terrorism and liberating ....
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AL chief discusses with UN officials achieving development in Arab countries
Date: 2017-09-23 10:22:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7004742
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit held on Saturday meetings with Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as well as Achim ....
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Shoukry meets Norwegian FM in New York
Date: 2017-09-23 08:48:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7004658
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks on Friday with his Norwegian counterpart Børge Brende on bilateral relations. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, tackled a host of issues of ....
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UAE’s Gargash to Kurdistan: Federalism is more viable than separation
Date: 2017-09-23 08:36:16 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7004640
The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said in a tweet that federalism's flexibility and potential, serves as a better alternative than Iraq’s separation, especially after looking at the UAE’s experience, Al Arabiya News ....
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Egypt, Cyprus, Greece FMs hold consultative meeting, tripartite summit in Nicosia in Nov.
Date: 2017-09-23 08:34:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:7004634
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece held a consultative meeting Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said the meeting aimed to discuss ....
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Egyptian MP lauds Sisi speech at UNGA
Date: 2017-09-23 08:31:17 GMT - south korea - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7004623
An Egyptian MP has said that President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's speech at the UN General Assembly session was welcomed by participants, especially the part about fighting terrorism. Sisi made it clear to the gathering he is against a ....
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Lavrov urges coordinating Russian, US military action in Syria
Date: 2017-09-23 08:29:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7004620
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed a need for coordinated action by Russian and US military to deal a final blow to terrorists in Syria, Tass news agency reported Saturday. "We have the so-called deconflicting, but this is ....
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Interior Ministry: MB convict dies of sharp drop in blood circulation
Date: 2017-09-23 08:28:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7004615
Mohamed Mahdy Akef, a terrorist Muslim Brotherhood convict, has died in hospital of sharp drop in blood circulation, a statement by the Interior Ministry's media center said on Saturday. The Interior Ministry received a report from Qasr Al Aini ....
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Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 133,640 in 2017: IOM
Date: 2017-09-22 18:55:02 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:37 - ID:7004286
International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report that 133,640 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2017 through 20 September, with over 75 per cent arriving in Italy and the remainder divided between Greece, Cyprus and ....
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Lavrov says Russia supports Iraq’s territorial integrity
Date: 2017-09-22 18:35:11 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:36 - ID:7004261
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday confirmed "invariable support for friendly Iraq’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity," TASS news agency reported. He met with his Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, in Moscow to ....
