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  • Hamas leader to MENA: Gaza on brink of

    Hamas leader to MENA: Gaza on brink of "explosion"

    Date: 2015-06-10 08:31:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2766561

    Islamic Jihad leader Khaled al Batsh warned against the explosion of the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israeli occupation if Israeli forces maintained the enclave under siege, crossings closed and reconstruction plans of the areas damaged during the ....

  • Hightened security presence along Suez/Sharm el Sheikh road

    Hightened security presence along Suez/Sharm el Sheikh road

    Date: 2015-06-10 08:22:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2766485

    Security forces at Suez governorate stepped up their presence on Suez-Sharm el Sheikh road and the martyr Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel in cooperation with security forces of South Sinai. The move came as the African economic blocs' summit is held in Sharm ....

  • Sisi to open COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit

    Sisi to open COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit

    Date: 2015-06-10 08:17:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2766397

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is scheduled to inaugurate on Wednesday the third COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit. Leaders of 25 African states - which are members in the three African blocs - will take part in the event, but Libya will not ....

  • S. Korea, Japan to meet over wartime sex slaves

    S. Korea, Japan to meet over wartime sex slaves

    Date: 2015-06-10 08:12:47 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:2766429

    South Korea and Japan will meet again this week over Seoul's demand that Tokyo apologize for its wartime sex slavery, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported Wednesday, quoting the Foreign Ministry. The eighth round of talks will be held in Tokyo ....

  • Israeli forces carry out limited incursion into Gaza

    Israeli forces carry out limited incursion into Gaza

    Date: 2015-06-10 07:44:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2766273

    Israeli tanks and military bulldozers penetrated into the eastern area of Gaza and bulldozed a number of farms in Khan Yunis City, south Gaza Strip. Local sources said seven Israeli military vehicles, including three bulldozers and four tanks ....

  • Israel allows 600 trucks into Gaza Strip

    Israel allows 600 trucks into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-06-10 07:42:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2766269

    Israeli authorities decided on Wednesday to allow 600 trucks loaded with commodities into the Gaza Strip through Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are carrying goods for the commercial, agricultural and transportation sectors along with aid ....

  • Foreign Ministry spokesman meets delegation of Egyptian farmers

    Foreign Ministry spokesman meets delegation of Egyptian farmers

    Date: 2015-06-10 07:41:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2766265

    Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Aatti met a delegation of the General Union of Farmers. In a statement, the ministry said talks tackled supporting the union's efforts to enhance relations with its Arab counterparts through ....

  • Sisi entrusts Armed Forces with homeland protection, national projects: Report

    Sisi entrusts Armed Forces with homeland protection, national projects: Report

    Date: 2015-06-09 18:57:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:63 - ID:2764965

    A year has passed since President Abdel Fattah El Sisi took office in a fair and integral election hailed by the entire world. During this year, the Egyptian leader has entrusted the Armed Forces with maintaining homeland security and national ....

  • GCC-US meeting in Riyadh to follow up outcome of summit

    GCC-US meeting in Riyadh to follow up outcome of summit

    Date: 2015-06-09 18:56:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:2764957

    The Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the United States held talks on Tuesday that the General Secretariat of the GCC in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The talks were aimed at following up the implementation of the outcome of a Gulf-US summit ....

  • Tourism inflow rates in May up 16.4% - minister

    Tourism inflow rates in May up 16.4% - minister

    Date: 2015-06-09 18:35:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:61 - ID:2764901

    The tourism inflow to Egypt jumped 16.4 percent in May compared to the same month a year earlier, Tourism Minister Khaled Ramy said. During a press conference on Tuesday, the minister added that rates of tourist arrivals increased in the period ....

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