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China cites human rights progress in report
Date: 2015-06-08 09:29:07 GMT - China - International - SN:17 - ID:2752217
China on Monday touted "tremendous achievements" in human rights, citing legal improvements, poverty alleviation, freedom of speech and protection for minorities, even as campaign groups point to a tough crackdown on dissent and civil ....
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Integrated environmental monitoring plan for new Suez Suez canal – min.
Date: 2015-06-08 09:26:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2752185
An integrated environmental monitoring plan has been prepared for the different environmental factors that could be affected by the new Suez Canal project, Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said. The plan will monitor aquaculture activities and ....
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UN mission to Libya calls on conflicting parties in Libya to shoulder historic responsibility
Date: 2015-06-08 09:25:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2752173
The UN mission to Libya called on the conflicting parties in to shoulder their historic responsibility to maintain the higher national interest of the country. The mission said that the only solution possible in Libya is a political one. A ....
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Iraqi president urges building strong Iraqi army
Date: 2015-06-08 09:21:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2752117
Iraqi President Fuad Masum called for building a strong Iraqi army to defend all Iraqis without exception and to protect its democratic system. During a meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Affairs Bert Macgork, the ....
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Two dead in NE Nigeria suicide attack: police
Date: 2015-06-08 09:19:01 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:12 - ID:2752093
A female suicide bomber killed two people and injured four others in northeast Nigeria, while two people were injured when a bomb exploded near a military checkpoint, News 24 quoted police as saying on Sunday. "A female suicide bomber detonated ....
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Back me or resign: David Cameron's ultimatum to Cabinet rebels over EU referendum
Date: 2015-06-08 08:46:00 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:11 - ID:2751733
David Cameron has told his ministers that they will have to resign if they want to campaign and vote for Britain to leave the European Union, The Telegraph reported. Risking a major confrontation with members of his Cabinet, Mr Cameron made his ....
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Sisi meets with French parliament delegation
Date: 2015-06-08 08:23:25 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2751553
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets on Monday with a delegation of the French parliament, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef. The delegation is led by member of French Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Nicole Ameline. ....
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Jewish settlers, students storm Aqsa mosque
Date: 2015-06-08 08:22:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2751545
Groups of Jewish settlers and Israeli institute and university students stormed Al Aqsa Mosque through Bab Magharba early Monday. The Jewish breakers were protected by special Israeli police units while touring the mosque yards. Meanwhile, an ....
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Families of Gaza prisoners visit relatives in Eshel jail
Date: 2015-06-08 08:20:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:2751517
Israeli authorities allowed Monday scores of families of Gaza prisoners to visit their sons in Eshel jail. As many as 48 family members headed for the prison via Erez crossing to visit 36 detainees. Around 6, 500 Palestinians are in Israeli ....
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Israel re-opens Erez, Karm Abu Salem crossings
Date: 2015-06-08 08:18:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2751513
Israeli authorities re-opened on Monday Erez and Karm Abu Salem crossings with the Gaza Strip after they were closed yesterday for security reasons. The two terminals were closed after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern ....
