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Sisi completes one year in office
Date: 2015-06-06 10:43:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2739837
Almost a year into the inauguration of Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Egyptian president has launched a number of mega projects meant to revive the economy, atop of which the New Suez Canal. Dry digging of the New Suez Canal is 100 percent complete ....
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More than 1,000 Daesh militants killed per month -- US general
Date: 2015-06-06 10:27:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:2739685
The bombing campaign of the coalition led by the United States against Daesh terrorist group has resulted in more than 1,000 militants getting killed per month, according to one of the American generals directing the operation. The air raids have ....
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IMF plans $833m in emergency aid to Iraq
Date: 2015-06-06 10:23:16 GMT - USA - Economy - SN:9 - ID:2739669
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it's preparing $US833 million in emergency assistance to Iraq, as the country battles Daesh terrorist group, according to Sky News. The IMF says the aid, subject to final approval, is likely to come in ....
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Egypt can benefit from surplus of Jordanian gas, says minister
Date: 2015-06-06 10:11:23 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:2739593
Jordanian Energy Minister Ibrahim Saif has said that a gas port in Aqaba would help meet local needs for electricity and the surplus, if any, could be offered to Egypt, which is suffering from gas shortage itself. In press statements, he added ....
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Iraqi PM to attend G7 summit in Berlin
Date: 2015-06-06 10:08:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2739557
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi will take part in the G7 summit, which will kick off in Berlin on Sunday and run for two days. Abadi's visit to Berlin came in response to an official invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ....
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Taliban launches dawn raid in remote Afghanistan province -- officials
Date: 2015-06-06 10:07:39 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:6 - ID:2739545
Hundreds of Taliban insurgents launched a major assault at dawn on Saturday on a remote district in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, according to ABC News. Some 300 Taliban fighters targeted the Yamgan district, a mountainous area ....
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Egypt to host conference on Syria
Date: 2015-06-06 09:45:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2739361
Egypt will host on Monday a conference under the rubric "The Syrian opposition for the sake of political solution in Syria." A host of Syrian opposition figures will attend the two-day conference. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will attend ....
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Sisi restores Egypt's leading role in region – Palestinian official
Date: 2015-06-06 09:40:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2739341
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi succeeded in restoring Egypt's leading role in the Middle East and the world and is working to rally support for the Palestinian issue through his wide international ties, Palestinian presidential adviser for ....
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Takfiri leaders killed in N. Sinai
Date: 2015-06-06 07:44:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2738605
North Sinai security forces on Friday killed several takfiri leaders. The troopd monitored a car carrying at least four leaders of extremist groups, gun and various weapons, a security source said. "The car was bombed and destroyed." ....
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Washington welcomes resumption of inter-Libyan dialogue in Morocco
Date: 2015-06-06 07:14:51 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2738421
The US welcomed an announcement by the United Nations for the resumption of inter-Libyan political dialogue under the aegis of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Bernardino Leon on June 8 in Morocco. The Libyan crisis ....
