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Palestinian president condoles Russian counterpart over death of FlyDubai jet victims
Date: 2016-03-20 12:03:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4548581
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and his Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over the death of victims of FlyDubai jet crash. The incident, which took place Saturday, left dozens of ....
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Settlers storm Aqsa mosque anew
Date: 2016-03-20 11:03:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4547973
Extremist settlers stormed into Al Aqsa Mosque Sunday guarded by Israeli forces. A group of Palestinian women, who have not been allowed into the mosque for seven months now, staged a sit-in outside the gates of the mosque in a protest against ....
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Int'l cooperation min. flies to Riyadh for Egyptian-Saudi council meeting
Date: 2016-03-20 10:04:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4547493
Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr left here Sunday heading for Riyadh to participate in the 5th meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi Coordination Council due today in Riyadh. On the sidelines of the meeting, three agreements will be inked ....
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Iran's foreign minister condemns Istanbul suicide bombing
Date: 2016-03-20 08:57:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:4546869
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif joined his Turkish hosts in Istanbul on Saturday in condemning a suicide bombing by suspected Kurdish militants in a main shopping district that killed five people, IRNA news agency reported. Zarif, on ....
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Sisi says gov't keen to help youths take over leading posts
Date: 2016-03-20 07:55:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4546437
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted on Saturday that the government is keen on enabling the youth to take over leading posts in the upcoming phase, Presidency Spokesman Alaa Yousef said. This came during Sisi's surprise visit to the ....
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Clashes going on in Taiz, 29 militias killed
Date: 2016-03-20 07:52:28 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4546417
Fierce clashes have been taking place in the Yemeni city of Taiz as of dawn Sunday after army and resistance forces repelled an attack by Houthis and pro-Saleh forces on Saturday on the 35th Armored Brigade headquarters. Arab coalition jets ....
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FM arrives in Khartoum on official visit
Date: 2016-03-20 07:50:43 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4546409
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry arrived here on the wee hours of Sunday on an official visit to Sudan to discuss fostering bilateral relations and the latest regional situation. During his visit, the top diplomat is expected to meet with Sudanese ....
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Egypt condoles with Russia over plane crash
Date: 2016-03-20 07:49:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4546405
Egypt expressed on Sunday heartfelt condolences with the Russian people and government over the victims of the FlyDubai plane that crashed during an attempted landing in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed ....
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Black boxes recovered from FlyDubai flight
Date: 2016-03-20 07:48:41 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:4546401
Both of FlyDubai flight FZ981’s two “black box" data-recorders have been found, Russia Today reported. A statement from FlyDubai said the recorders had been found at the crash site “by the local accident investigation team and we continue to do ....
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World Bank in talks over MENA financing initiative
Date: 2016-03-20 07:47:27 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:1 - ID:4546385
The World Bank will hold soon an expanded meeting to discuss the bank's new initiative "MENA Financing Initiative" that aims at increasing financial support to the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), a top bank official said on ....