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  • Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine

    Russian deputy foreign minister: RF calls on US to correct rhetoric, policies on Ukraine

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:03:54 GMT - Russia - International - SN:39 - ID:2599653

    The US has not changed their rhetoric or policies regarding Ukraine, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Saturday. "Surely, we have been using every contact with the American counterparts to induce them to refuse from the ....

  • Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

    Russia and America hold talks to prepare for Assad’s defeat

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:02:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:38 - ID:2599641

    Russia and the United States have begun discussing the fall of President Assad amid signs that Syria’s four-year civil war is turning decisively against him, The Times reported. Intelligence reports suggest that recent battlefield gains by rebel ....

  • Arab countries should upgrade peaceful use of atomic energy - AL chief

    Arab countries should upgrade peaceful use of atomic energy - AL chief

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:01:35 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:2599633

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby said that the Arab countries should upgrade their peaceful use of atomic energy so as to catch up with the technological revolutions achieved by other nations. The AL chief's remark came during a ....

  • Mali peace agreement guarantee for stability: Mauritanian president

    Mali peace agreement guarantee for stability: Mauritanian president

    Date: 2015-05-16 14:00:17 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:2599625

    Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Saturday welcomed the signature of a peace agreement between the Government of Mali and members of the Platform coalition of armed groups. The president described the agreement as a guarantee for ....

  • Iraqi forces abort Daesh attack in Ramadi

    Iraqi forces abort Daesh attack in Ramadi

    Date: 2015-05-16 13:58:12 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2598065

    Iraqi army troops aborted Saturday a suicide attack with three car bombs by Daesh militants against a military site in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, in addition to shelling some of their sites in the same city security sources said. The sources said ....

  • 3 judges killed, another injured in armed attack in N. Sinai -- security source

    3 judges killed, another injured in armed attack in N. Sinai -- security source

    Date: 2015-05-16 13:25:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2599361

    Three judges were gunned down on Saturday while another was injured in an armed attack in North Sinai, a security source told MENA. Unknown assailants opened fire on the judges' car in Al Arish city in North Sinai, the source said. An ....

  • Chinese FM asserts to US counterpart keenness on defending sovereignty

    Chinese FM asserts to US counterpart keenness on defending sovereignty

    Date: 2015-05-16 11:58:43 GMT - China - International - SN:34 - ID:2598733

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed his country's keenness on defending its sovereignty and maintaining the unity of its territories. The minister's remark came during a press conference with his US counterpart John Kerry after discussions ....

  • Infiltration bid to Libya foiled

    Infiltration bid to Libya foiled

    Date: 2015-05-16 11:54:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:2598697

    Border guards foiled an attempt by 15 persons to illegally sneak out of the country into the Libyan territories through rough mountainous and desert routes in Salloum. All of them are now being held in police custody pending a probe. ....

  • Syrian army kills tens ofDaesh, Nusra

    Syrian army kills tens ofDaesh, Nusra

    Date: 2015-05-16 11:52:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2598681

    Units of the Syrian army killed tens of militants among the Daesh group and Nusra Front in several parts of the country, a military source said. The army thwarted an armed group’s attempt to infiltrate into Tal Asfar in the northeastern ....

  • Khartoum renews demands to Juba to stop supporting rebels in Darfur

    Khartoum renews demands to Juba to stop supporting rebels in Darfur

    Date: 2015-05-16 11:50:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2598673

    The Sudanese government renewed Saturday its demands to South Sudan to immediately stop its support to militant and rebel groups in Darfur region. In statements after an inspection tour of a hospital in Khartoum to assure the health of wounded ....

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