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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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” ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....