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Lavrov, Kerry confirm plans to hold meeting on Syria in Munich on Feb. 11
Date: 2016-02-04 17:40:19 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4252097
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry in a phone conversation on Thursday confirmed plans to hold a meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Munich on February 11, TASS News Agency quoted Russian ....
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Netanyahu vows to impose severe punishments to Palestinians
Date: 2016-02-04 17:04:37 GMT - palestine - International - SN:9 - ID:4251905
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to impose more severe punishments on the Palestinians who carry out attacks against the Israeli forces. This remark came during the Israeli premier's visit to Hadassah Hospital in western ....
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Shoukry meets French, Chinese, Brazilian counterparts on sidelines of London conf.
Date: 2016-02-04 16:17:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:4251617
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held talks Thursday with his French, Chinese and Brazilian counterparts on the sidelines of the conference of "Supporting Syria and the Region," which is currently in session in London. Shoukry also met ....
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Assistant FM meets Italian amb. over death of Italian student in Egypt
Date: 2016-02-04 15:45:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:4251413
Assistant Foreign Minister for Office Affairs Hisham Seif el Deen met at his office Thursday Italian Ambassador to Egypt Maurizio Massari as part of following up the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni. During the meeting, Seif el Deen ....
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Egypt, Italy agree to cooperate on investigations into death of Italian student
Date: 2016-02-04 15:37:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:4251317
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has met his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni on the sidelines of an international donor conference on Syria in the British capital London. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement ....
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Interior Ministry moves 22 inmates to prisons near their families' residences
Date: 2016-02-04 10:17:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:4248017
The Interior Ministry's Prisons Sector approved on Thursday the transfer of 22 inmates to prisons near their families' homes. This comes within the ministry's efforts to take into account the inmates' social and humanitarian ....
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Egypt courts to be upgraded to serve people with disabilities
Date: 2016-02-04 10:05:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:4247885
The Justice Ministry agreed to upgrade courts across the nation to be able to offer customized judicial services to people with special needs. Justice Minister Ahmed el Zend signed on Thursday a cooperation protocol in this regard with Social ....
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Sisi approves Korean grant for technological education, WB loan
Date: 2016-02-04 09:37:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:4247693
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree approving a grant between Egypt and South Korea to boost technical education. The one-million-dollar grant, offered by South Korea, will go for boosting technical education and carrying out ....
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Julian Assange 'will surrender' if UN rules against him
Date: 2016-02-04 09:14:27 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:4247501
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained, the BBC reported. He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in west London in June 2012 to avoid ....
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Obama's counterterrorism adviser talks security cooperation in Abu Dhabi
Date: 2016-02-04 08:10:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:4247073
Lisa Monaco Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan and senior Emirati security officials in Abu Dhabi for talks on shared efforts to degrade and destroy ....