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Moroccan, Tunisian PMs meet in Rabat
Date: 2016-05-11 09:32:39 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4885465
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane received his visiting Tunisian counterpart Habib Essid on Tuesday evening. The two premiers had identical viewpoints on Arab and international issues, a statement issued by the Moroccan government ....
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Interior Min: Ghoureya fire controlled, no casualties
Date: 2016-05-11 09:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4885445
A Ministry of Interior Media Department official said civil protection forces succeeded in extinguishing the fire that erupted in two fabric shops in the crowded and ancient neighborhood of Ghoureya in the wee hours of Wednesday. There were no ....
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Fire in central old Cairo brought under control
Date: 2016-05-11 09:28:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4885433
Civil protection forces brought down a fire that broke out in the wee hours of Wednesday in a number of fabric shops in the Ghoureya neighborhood of central Cairo. No casualities were reported, a security source told MENA. A cooling operation ....
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Interior Ministry denies minister was ready to visit Journalists Syndicate
Date: 2016-05-10 07:14:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4876973
A well-placed source at the Interior Ministry on Monday denied reports quoting MP Osama Sharshar, claiming that Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar was ready to visit the Journalists Syndicate at the beginning of the crisis to contain it. In a ....
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Security source denies involvement of 5 officers in Helwan terrorist attack
Date: 2016-05-10 06:41:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:4876757
A security source denied on Monday a news report that five police officers were involved in the recent terrorist attack in Helwan that left eight policemen dead. "The report is unfounded," the source told MENA. The report was carried by a news ....
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AU condemns Helwan terrorist attack
Date: 2016-05-10 06:20:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:4876673
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Cairo's suburb of Helwan which killed eight policemen. In a statement obtained by MENA, Zuma offered condolences to the ....
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Arab League keen to promote electoral departments' role
Date: 2016-05-09 13:14:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4873085
The Arab League said it was keen to promote the role of electoral departments at its member states to achieve democracy and good governance. Elections are one of the most important means for the peaceful transfer of power and a main pillar for ....
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Gazans visit their jailed relatives in Ramon prison
Date: 2016-05-09 10:32:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4871445
Israeli forces allowed Monday families of scores Gazan prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison. As many as 71 relatives of the Gazan detainees, including 13 children, headed for Beit Hanoun crossing early Monday to visit 43 of their detained ....
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Settlers seize Palestinian house in Old City
Date: 2016-05-09 09:38:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4870969
Israeli settlers seized a house of a Palestinian family in the Old City of Al Quds under the pretext of their ownership. Palestinian sources said Monday that the settlers were accompanied by Israeli police forces that imposed a military cordon ....
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Israeli forces fire at farmers in southern Gaza
Date: 2016-05-09 08:30:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4870333
Israeli forces opened fire Monday towards Palestinian farmers in southern the Gaza Strip but no injuries were reported. Local sources said the forces fired at the farmers in eastern Khan Younis, obliging them to leave their lands in fear of being ....