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  • Morocco to cut UN Western Sahara mission after Ban remarks

    Morocco to cut UN Western Sahara mission after Ban remarks

    Date: 2016-03-16 07:41:30 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4520453

    Morocco plans to reduce staff at the United Nations' Western Sahara mission and threatened to pull out of UN peacekeeping missions worldwide after "unacceptable" comments by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the disputed region, the Daily Mail ....

  • Zarif calls for Iran-Australia cooperation against extremism

    Zarif calls for Iran-Australia cooperation against extremism

    Date: 2016-03-15 17:22:54 GMT - Australia - International - SN:14 - ID:4518449

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for boosting bilateral cooperation with Australia in the battle against terrorism and extremism, Press TV reported on Tuesday. The Iranian foreign minister made the remarks during a joint ....

  • Iraqi president warns of Daesh use of internationally banned weapons

    Iraqi president warns of Daesh use of internationally banned weapons

    Date: 2016-03-15 16:22:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:4518057

    Iraqi President Fuad Masum warns of Daesh use of internationally banned weapons in retaliation for their inevitable defeat in Iraq. He urged taking precautionary measures to prevent Daesh – the ancestors and remnants of the perpetrators the ....

  • EGX gains EGP 7.1bn, index up 1.94 pct

    EGX gains EGP 7.1bn, index up 1.94 pct

    Date: 2016-03-15 15:23:07 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:4517533

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices closed up on Tuesday backed by purchase operations by Arab and foreign investors. The market capital gained about 7.1 billion pounds to close at 435.04 billion pounds after transactions worth over 2 million ....

  • Sisi reviews military's production ministry's contribution to national projects

    Sisi reviews military's production ministry's contribution to national projects

    Date: 2016-03-15 14:44:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:4517101

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Tuesday with Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed el Assar. Presidential spokesman Alaa Yousef said that Assar briefed president Sisi on the features of the development plan of the military ....

  • Iraqi FM urges EU to help his country reconstruct liberated areas

    Iraqi FM urges EU to help his country reconstruct liberated areas

    Date: 2016-03-15 13:22:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4516277

    Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim el Jaafari has appealed to the international community to support efforts of reconstructing areas liberated from Daesh to enable those who fled the battles to go back to their houses. In a meeting with EU ....

  • Defense minister praises ties with Greece

    Defense minister praises ties with Greece

    Date: 2016-03-15 13:13:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:4516145

    Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqy Sobhy has highlighted the depth of Egyptian-Greek relations. In a meeting with a Greek military delegation led by the Chief of Joint Staff of the armed forces Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, Sobhy ....

  • Tayyeb to issue book on peace soon

    Tayyeb to issue book on peace soon

    Date: 2016-03-15 13:11:19 GMT - Germany - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4516101

    Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Tayyeb will issue soon a book entitled "Search for Peace" on means of enhancing global peace and saving humanity. During a visit on Tuesday to the Berlin Catholic Church, Tayyeb underlined the importance of ....

  • CBE to sell 1.5 bn dollar in exceptional auction Wednesday to cover importation operations

    CBE to sell 1.5 bn dollar in exceptional auction Wednesday to cover importation operations

    Date: 2016-03-15 12:14:19 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:7 - ID:4515473

    Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tarek Amer said the bank will sell dlrs 1.5 billion dollars in a new exceptional auction at a price of 8.85 LE per dollar on Wednesday. In statements to MENA on Tuesday, Amer said the new auction aims ....

  • Iran condemns Daesh chemical attack near Kirkuk

    Iran condemns Daesh chemical attack near Kirkuk

    Date: 2016-03-15 11:30:55 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:4514881

    Iran has strongly denounced the recent chemical attack by the Daesh terrorist group which left hundreds of people wounded in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, Press TV reported. On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi ....

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