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  • 3 sites liberated from Houthis in northern Aden

    3 sites liberated from Houthis in northern Aden

    Date: 2015-07-30 07:17:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:3067961

    Members of the Yemeni popular resistance committees (PRC) on Thursday purged three areas in northern Aden city from Houthi fighters and army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to sources with the PRC. The PRC ....

  • Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds

    Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds

    Date: 2015-07-29 18:24:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:3066709

    The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday submitted a list of its members' signatures calling for lifting their parliamentary immunity. HDP's leader Selahattin Demirtas said that the party refuses parliamentary immunity and its ....

  • Retrial of 128 MB members in Minya delayed to Sept. 2

    Retrial of 128 MB members in Minya delayed to Sept. 2

    Date: 2015-07-29 16:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:3066193

    Minya Criminal Court postponed until September 2 the retrial of 128 members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group in Adawa riot incidents. The court decided to postpone the retrial session to listen to witnesses. Earlier, the Prosecution ....

  • 312 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    312 Egyptians return home from Libya over past 24 hours - official

    Date: 2015-07-29 16:48:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:3066185

    About 312 Egyptians came back home from Libya via Salloum border crossing over the past 24 hours. In statements on Wednesday, Matrouh Security Chief Hisham Lotfy said that 172 Egyptians returned legally, while 140 came back illegally. ....

  • Cabinet convenes to discuss political, economic files

    Cabinet convenes to discuss political, economic files

    Date: 2015-07-29 14:42:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:3065269

    The Cabinet held a meeting on Wednesday under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to discuss political, economic and security files and ways of securing the Egyptian street and taking the necessary measures to confront terrorism. The meeting discussed ....

  • EGX gains EGP 6.2bn

    EGX gains EGP 6.2bn

    Date: 2015-07-29 14:41:35 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:3065261

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) gained 6.2 billion pounds at the end of Wednesday's trading backed by purchase operations by Arab and foreign investment funds and institutions. The EGX 30 benchmark index leapfrogged by 1.96 percent to close at ....

  • Interior minister delivers speech at graduation of Police Academy students

    Interior minister delivers speech at graduation of Police Academy students

    Date: 2015-07-29 12:52:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:3064265

    Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar has delivered a speech in the graduation ceremony of a new batch of Police Academy. Addressing the audience, who attended the ceremony on Wednesday, Abdel Ghaffar first welcomed President Abdel Fattah El ....

  • Int'l community urged to compel Israel to stop deportation policy

    Int'l community urged to compel Israel to stop deportation policy

    Date: 2015-07-29 12:49:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:3064241

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah urged the international community to compel Israel to stop its deportation policy and forced displacement and abide by international law. He also called on the international community to end the ....

  • Azhar deplores terrorist attack on Niger Embassy in Cairo

    Azhar deplores terrorist attack on Niger Embassy in Cairo

    Date: 2015-07-29 12:48:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:3064237

    Al Azhar has strongly condemned an attack on the Niger Embassy in Cairo, which left one conscript dead and two others injured. In a statement on Wednesday, Al Azhar said that such terrorist acts are increasing nowadays due to Egypt's success in ....

  • Israeli PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank

    Israeli PM approves 300 settler homes in occupied West Bank

    Date: 2015-07-29 12:38:50 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3064133

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved the "immediate" construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government came under pressure from right-wing Jewish groups, according to France 24. "After ....

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