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  • French FM to visit Egypt next week

    French FM to visit Egypt next week

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:56:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2785769

    French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will visit Egypt next week as part of a regional tour that will start on Saturday. The tour will cover Egypt, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, diplomatic sources told MENA on Saturday. During his Cairo ....

  • Coalition jets hit Houthi targets in Sanaa

    Coalition jets hit Houthi targets in Sanaa

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:42:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2785705

    Arab coalition jets hit a number of Houthi targets in Sanaa early on Saturday. The jets raided Jabal al Nahdain camp and the presidential palace in southern Sanaa. On Friday, the coalition jets targeted the houses of former president Ali ....

  • Obama, Biden meet with Iraqi parliament speaker

    Obama, Biden meet with Iraqi parliament speaker

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:34:18 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2785601

    US President Barack Obama stopped by a meeting on Friday between Vice President Joe Biden and Salim al Jabouri, the speaker of Iraq's Council of Representatives. The White House said Obama and Biden commended Jabouri for his leadership in ....

  • Fatah spokesman stresses importance of Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation

    Fatah spokesman stresses importance of Egypt's role in Palestinian reconciliation

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:32:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2785665

    The Palestinian movement of Fatah has welcomed Arab and international efforts to close ranks with its rival Hamas. Egypt's role in mediating the Palestinian reconciliation remains vital, said Fatah spokesman Fayez Abu Eita in statements to MENA ....

  • Mahlab heads for South Africa to attend AU summit

    Mahlab heads for South Africa to attend AU summit

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:2785649

    Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab left for South Africa Friday night to attend the Nepad and AU summits on behalf of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Mahlab is set to deliver Egypt's speech at the 25th session of the AU summit in Johannesburg. He ....

  • 6 persons killed, wounded in 2 road accidents in Behaira

    6 persons killed, wounded in 2 road accidents in Behaira

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:29:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2785637

    Two persons were killed and four more wounded in two road accidents in Behaira. Hanaa Hassan Negm el Din, 40, was killed and four others were injured in a car crash on the desert road in the direction of Alexandria. A van, meantime, overturned ....

  • Kerry leaves hospital, plans to rejoin Iran nuclear talks soon

    Kerry leaves hospital, plans to rejoin Iran nuclear talks soon

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:28:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2785633

    US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday left Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he underwent surgery last week to reset a broken leg, and said he plans to rejoin international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear talks for the “last slog” ....

  • Carter, Jabouri confer on developments in Iraq

    Carter, Jabouri confer on developments in Iraq

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:27:08 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2785617

    US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter met on Friday night with Selim al Jabouri, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, to discuss the latest developments regarding the military campaign against Daesh militants. They also talked about deploying ....

  • US: Iranian nuclear deal can be reached by June 30

    US: Iranian nuclear deal can be reached by June 30

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:24:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2785593

    The US believes that the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran can reach a comprehensive plan of action by June 30. "These are complicated talks and there are complicated issues that we have to work through at this stage… it is still our belief that we ....

  • Huge blast hits Arish

    Huge blast hits Arish

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:22:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2785589

    A huge blast hit Arish overnight Saturday. A bomb planted near the house of a policeman in el Obour neighborhood in Arish went off, destroying the walls of an adjacent building, a security source said. The house of the policeman was empty ....

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