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  • Leaders of S. Korea, Japan, China hold first talks in more than 3 years

    Leaders of S. Korea, Japan, China hold first talks in more than 3 years

    Date: 2015-11-01 08:20:09 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:3641717

    The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China called Sunday for cooperation in the region long mired in historical and territorial disputes as they met for the first time in more than three years, Yonhap reported. The meeting represents the ....

  • Zamalek handball team back home after winning African champions league

    Zamalek handball team back home after winning African champions league

    Date: 2015-11-01 08:18:48 GMT - Egypt - Sport - SN:4 - ID:3641701

    Zamalek handball team mission returned home on Saturday evening after being crowned African handball champions. The eight-time African champions, Zamalek won the African Champions League after beating Tunisian Club Africain 35/22. The African ....

  • Israel hands over bodies of 2 Palestinian youth

    Israel hands over bodies of 2 Palestinian youth

    Date: 2015-11-01 08:17:47 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:3641689

    Israel handed over the bodies of two Palestinians who conducted stabbing operations last month. No agreement was reached to return the bodies of seven other youth from Hebron, Israeli radio said Sunday. Israeli Interior Minister Gilad Erdan ....

  • Egyptian, Lebanese FMs discuss Syria developments

    Egyptian, Lebanese FMs discuss Syria developments

    Date: 2015-11-01 08:16:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:3641677

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Gebran Bassil over the developments in Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a press release late on Saturday. The meeting, that took place on the ....

  • Egypt's top prosecutor prohibits presence in Russian plane crash site

    Egypt's top prosecutor prohibits presence in Russian plane crash site

    Date: 2015-11-01 08:15:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:3641653

    Egypt's Prosecutor General Nabil Ahmed Sadek issued a decision prohibiting the presence of anyone except aviation experts and investigators in the site of the Russian plane that crashed in central Sinai on Saturday, killing all 217 passengers and ....

  • Sisi closely following up Russian plane crash developments

    Sisi closely following up Russian plane crash developments

    Date: 2015-10-31 13:58:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:3638637

    The Egyptian Presidency condoled with Russia on the victims of the doomed Russian passenger plane that crashed early Saturday in central Sinai. In a statement on Saturday, the presidency said President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who returned home ....

  • Iran threatens Arabs as much as Daesh: Bahrain FM

    Iran threatens Arabs as much as Daesh: Bahrain FM

    Date: 2015-10-31 11:59:46 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:3637549

    Iranian support for subversion in Arab countries is as big a threat to the region as the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group of Daesh, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al Khalifa said at a security conference in Manama. “These ....

  • PM follows up news on missing Russian plane

    PM follows up news on missing Russian plane

    Date: 2015-10-31 09:31:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:3636201

    Spokesman for the Cabinet Hossam el Qawish said that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail canceled his visit to Ismailia in order to follow up news on a missing Russian plane that disappeared from the radar screen after it took off from Sharm el Sheikh ....

  • Aviation ministry confirms Russian passenger plane crashed over Sinai

    Aviation ministry confirms Russian passenger plane crashed over Sinai

    Date: 2015-10-31 09:30:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:3636193

    The Aviation Ministry confirmed that the Russian passenger plane crashed in al Hasana area in south of Arish. The plane, carrying 217 people along with 7 crew, vanished from radar after taking off from Sharm el Sheikh on its way to the Russian ....

  • Syria conflict: Russia warns US of 'proxy war risk'

    Syria conflict: Russia warns US of 'proxy war risk'

    Date: 2015-10-31 07:45:44 GMT - Austria - International - SN:6 - ID:3635465

    Russia has warned of the risk of a "proxy war" in the Middle East after the US said it would send special forces to Syria, the BBC reported. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this increased the need for co-operation between the US and ....

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