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Former president Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election
Date: 2017-04-12 09:33:13 GMT - Iran - International - SN:5 - ID:6765222
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered for the upcoming presidential elections to be held on May 19, IRNA News Agency reported. Head of the Islamic Coalition Party’s Central Council Mostafa Mirsalim also registered for the upcoming ....
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Xi, Trump discuss North Korea, Syria by phone, China says
Date: 2017-04-12 09:24:30 GMT - China - International - SN:4 - ID:6765196
Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in North Korea and Syria with US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Wednesday, CNN quoted China's foreign ministry as saying. Trump has repeatedly called on China to do more to rein ....
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Oil minister, EU official confer on bilateral cooperation
Date: 2017-04-12 08:15:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6765051
Petroleum Minister Tareq el Molla met Wednesday with Director-General for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Christian Danielsson to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation. The meeting took up ways to benefit from ....
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Trump says US will not enter Syria civil war
Date: 2017-04-12 08:09:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6765038
US President Donald Trump said the US would not enter the Syrian civil war, in a bid to clarify his policy in the wake of confusion that followed his missile strike on the regime of President Bashar al Assad. Speaking to Fox News, the US ....
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Easter celebrations canceled to mourn church attacks' victims
Date: 2017-04-12 07:31:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6764979
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced Tuesday that it has canceled Easter celebrations this year to mourn victims of deadly church bombings on Sunday. In a statement, General Secretary of the Holy Synod Bishop Raphael said the church will hold a ....
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LIU condemns terror attacks in Egypt, backs counter-terror efforts
Date: 2017-04-11 07:47:56 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6763297
The League of Islamic Universities (LIU) condemned on Tuesday the two terror attacks that targeted Tanta and Alexandria churches. The league stressed support for Egypt's efforts to uproot terror and offered condolences to the Egyptian people over ....
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Health minister chairs crises, emergency room for church blasts
Date: 2017-04-11 07:32:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6763271
Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin said all hospitals are ready for the treatment of those injured in the bombing attacks on Saint George's church in Tanta, Gharbiya, and Saint Mark's church in Alexandria. As many as 622 blood bags were provided ....
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Gharbiya governor: Security plans of vital facilities, worshiping places reconsidered
Date: 2017-04-11 07:17:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6763251
Gharbiya Governor Ahmed Deif said all security plans for securing vital facilities and worshiping places were reconsidered. All security bodies will confront the enemies of the nation, he said. He added that new measures were taken to ....
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Trump administration open to more strikes on Syria: White House
Date: 2017-04-11 07:11:14 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6763246
US President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday. “The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that ....
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Kuwaiti FM condoles with Shoukry over church victims in phone call
Date: 2017-04-11 06:49:57 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6763214
Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled AlHamad AlSabah on Monday condoled with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry over the victims of the two terrorist attacks. In a phone call, Al Sabah expressed sincere ....