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Yemeni FM expects delay of Geneva conf.
Date: 2015-05-24 08:17:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2651893
Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen expected that the Geneva conference for dialogue between Yemeni parties due on May 28 under the UN auspices will be delayed. The government does not reject heading for Geneva if that would bring about peace ....
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Egypt supports Libyan dialogue as long as it is compatible with UN resolutions - FM
Date: 2015-05-24 08:13:12 GMT - Algeria - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:2651857
Egypt will continue to support the Libyan dialogue sessions as long as it is compatible with UN resolutions and respects Libyan legitimacy represented in the parliament and the government, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Fahmy. Egypt still ....
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At least 10 Afghan police officers killed in Taliban assault
Date: 2015-05-24 08:12:10 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:2651841
Taliban insurgents attacked police checkpoints Sunday in volatile southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 officers in the ongoing assault, ABC News quoted authorities as saying. Mohammad Ismail Hotaki, the director of Helmand province's Joint ....
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Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack
Date: 2015-05-24 08:08:06 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2651797
A Somali member of parliament has been shot dead in Mogadishu in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the BBC reported on Sunday. Security officials said that Yusuf Dirir was killed when gunmen opened fire on his car. Three workers from ....
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Yemen vice-president meets with UN envoy for Yemen
Date: 2015-05-24 08:01:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2651781
Yemeni Vice President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah met late Saturday with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed at his residence in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Yemeni News Agency said the Yemeni vice-president asserted to the ....
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Jewish organizations call for storming Al Aqsa Mosque for two days
Date: 2015-05-24 07:59:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2651745
Jewish organizations and institutions on Sunday called for storming Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound through Bab El-Magharbeh gate to commemorate the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The organizations called on Israeli occupation forces to secure such storming ....
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Interior minister slams terrorist attack in Qatif
Date: 2015-05-23 15:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:2649649
Egyptian Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghafar condemned the terrorist attack that targeted innocent Saudi worshipers in Qatif on Friday. The minister's remark came during a cable of condolences sent on Saturday to the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy ....
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Chief prosecutor refers 61 MB members to military prosecutor
Date: 2015-05-23 15:59:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:2649641
Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat referred 61 Muslim Brotherhood terrorists in Damietta and Menoufia to the military prosecutor. They are charged with murder and blowing up and burning public facilities along with planning for the assassination of ....
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27 members of MB middle leaders arrested by police
Date: 2015-05-23 15:55:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:2649625
The Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that 27 members of the middle leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested as part of a wide-scale hunt down against the group nationwide. They were arrested over their involvement in ....
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Abbas offers condolences to Saudi king over Qatif blast victims
Date: 2015-05-23 15:53:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2649617
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered condolences to Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud over the victims of the blast that took place in Qatif governorate. In a condolences cable, Abbas condemned this cowardly act which targeted a ....