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  • One of criminals involved in stealing mosque artifacts arrested

    One of criminals involved in stealing mosque artifacts arrested

    Date: 2017-03-28 07:25:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6740232

    One of criminals involved in stealing artifacts of Cairo's Imam Shafie mosque was arrested. It turned out that an antiques merchant in Giza named Hosni Desouqi purchased the stolen artifacts from a 52-year-old robber. The merchant was arrested ....

  • Arab FMs approve 17 draft resolutons ahead of Arab summit in Jordan

    Arab FMs approve 17 draft resolutons ahead of Arab summit in Jordan

    Date: 2017-03-28 07:21:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6740229

    The Arab League Council at the level of foreign ministers approved in its meeting in Jordan on Monday 17 draft resolutions, to be presented to the Arab leaders during their 28th Arab summit slated for Wednesday. A draft resolution on the ....

  • FM confers with UN Syria envoy on talks development

    FM confers with UN Syria envoy on talks development

    Date: 2017-03-28 06:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6740164

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry conferred on Monday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on the latest developments in Syria peace talks. In the meeting held on the sidelines of the preparatory meetings for the Arab Summit to be held ....

  • US attorney general says sanctuary cities may lose federal funding

    US attorney general says sanctuary cities may lose federal funding

    Date: 2017-03-28 06:09:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6740156

    US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday cities and states that protect immigrant felons from federal immigration laws may see cuts in grants from the Justice Department. "Failure to deport aliens who are convicted of criminal offenses puts ....

  • Pope Francis arrives in Milan

    Pope Francis arrives in Milan

    Date: 2017-03-25 10:01:00 GMT - Italy - International - SN:4 - ID:6735890

    Vatican Pope Francis has arrived in Milan in Northern Italy for a one day pastoral visit, Vatican Radio reported. After speaking with priests and consecrated persons, he will visit the inmates of the San Vittore Prison for lunch and then ....

  • Third of Yemen provinces on brink of famine: UN

    Third of Yemen provinces on brink of famine: UN

    Date: 2017-03-25 09:53:49 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6735876

    One third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said, warning that 60 percent of the war-ravaged country's population was going hungry. "Out of the 22 (provinces), seven are in emergency phase four, and that is one level ....

  • Qalash, Balshi, Abdel Rehim given one-year suspended jail sentence

    Qalash, Balshi, Abdel Rehim given one-year suspended jail sentence

    Date: 2017-03-25 09:52:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6735870

    Qasr el-Nile Misdemeanor Court on Saturday sentenced former journalists' syndicate chief Yehia Qalash and two members of the syndicate council Gamal Abdel Rehim and Khaled al-Balshi to one year suspended jail sentence over their involvement in ....

  • Arab parliament supports British House of Commons

    Arab parliament supports British House of Commons

    Date: 2017-03-25 09:51:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6735866

    Arab Parliament Speaker Mishaal Bin Fahm al Salami affirmed support to the British House of Commons after the terror strike which took place near it in London and left several people dead. In a statement, Salami aid that the Arab Parliament ....

  • Trump stresses support for Iraq in fight against Daesh

    Trump stresses support for Iraq in fight against Daesh

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:57:35 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:5 - ID:6729537

    US President Donald Trump received on Monday in the White House Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi. Following the meeting, the two countries’ delegations held a plenary session of talks chaired by Trump and Abadi. Trump asserted Washington's ....

  • Arab Speakers nominate Abdel Aal for membership of IPU Executive Bureau

    Arab Speakers nominate Abdel Aal for membership of IPU Executive Bureau

    Date: 2017-03-21 08:49:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6729525

    Speakers of Arab parliaments on Monday unanimously nominated Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal for the membership of the Executive Bureau of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The decision was taken in a ....

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