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Shoukry, UK foreign secretary talked regional crises - Egyptian spokesman
Date: 2017-02-26 08:43:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6589197
Spokesman for Egypt's Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zaid said Saturday Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held talks earlier on the day on boosting bilateral relations and consulting on regional issues of mutual ....
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President Sisi closely following up Arish incidents: PM tells Pope Tawadros II
Date: 2017-02-26 08:41:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6589181
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Saturday stressed that the state, under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, is closely following up the current situation in the North Sinai city of Al Arish after several families were forced to leave to other ....
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Assaulting Christians affirms failure of anti-army, police terror attacks - Moussa
Date: 2017-02-26 08:40:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6589177
Former secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa on Saturday said the recent terror attacks on Christian citizens in North Sinai as an evidence on the failure of their policy to target police and the army forces. In statements, Moussa added ....
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Daesh shells mortars on gas pipelines in Homs
Date: 2017-02-26 08:39:11 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6589165
Daesh terrorist group fired mortar rockets on gas pipelies in Homs governorate in central Syria, forcing a halt of the pipelines' production, Syrian government sources said. The all-news network Sky News quoted Syrian Electricity Minister ....
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Pope Tawadros II receives Hungarian deputy PM
Date: 2017-02-25 07:36:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6583637
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on Friday received Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén, who is visiting Cairo. The meeting was attended by a number of bishops and the Hungarian ambassador in Cairo. ....
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Documents indicate Germany spied on foreign journalists
Date: 2017-02-25 07:35:40 GMT - Germany - International - SN:5 - ID:6583629
Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, apparently spied on large numbers of foreign journalists overseas over the course of several years, including employees of the BBC, Reuters and the New York Times, DER SPIEGEL reported on Friday. ....
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Petition calls for Barack Obama to run as French president
Date: 2017-02-25 07:34:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6583617
If the upcoming French election wasn't tense enough, a petition is calling to add yet another candidate into the mix: former US President Barack Obama, the Time Magazine reported on Friday. The Obama 17 campaign, which was launched earlier this ....
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Dozens of Houthis killed in Bayda clashes -- Sources
Date: 2017-02-25 07:33:00 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6583601
Scores of Houthi militants were killed and injured in fierce clashes that erupted in different parts of al Bayda Governorate, said Yemeni sources on Saturday. Meanwhile, many civilians were killed and 19 others injured in heavy bombardment by ....
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Russia to veto UNSC resolution imposing sanctions on Syria — envoy
Date: 2017-02-25 07:32:00 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:6583597
Russia will veto the UN Security Council’s draft resolution imposing sanctions on Syria over alleged chemical attacks Damascus is blamed for, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Represented to the UN Vladimir Safronkov was quoted by Tass as having said ....
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King Salman's visit reaffirms ties - Najib
Date: 2017-02-25 07:30:47 GMT - Malaysia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:6583585
Saudi Arabia's King Salman Abdulaziz's visit to Malaysia on Sunday reaffirms a partnership and brotherhood built on mutual trust and respect, Bernama news agency said quoting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as saying. He said this ....