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UN: More than 300,000 driven from homes in Yemen's conflict
Date: 2015-04-28 18:50:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:2478181
More than 300,000 Yemenis have been driven from their homes by a month of violence in the impoverished Arab nation, double the number only two weeks ago, amid escalating fighting with Shiite rebels and the continued Saudi-led air campaign, a United ....
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Palestinian PM hopes Germany would recognize Palestinian state
Date: 2015-04-28 18:27:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:2476865
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said he hopes Germany will recognize the Palestinian independent state on the 1967 borders with al Quds as its capital. Hamdallah received a German delegation, under Speaker of the Lower Saxony parliament ....
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Hamas contacts with Israel violate Palestinian national action, says DFLP official
Date: 2015-04-28 18:24:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:2478041
Hamas's unilateral contacts with Israel to establish a state in the Gaza Strip are violating the basics of the Palestinian national action, Assistant Secretary General of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Qais Abdel Karim ....
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US-owned ship seized under court order - Iranian source
Date: 2015-04-28 18:15:43 GMT - Iran - International - SN:66 - ID:2478009
An informed source in Iran confirmed earlier reports that the Iranian Navy has seized a US ship in the Persian Gulf, Fars reported on Tuesday. The ship is Marshall Islands-flagged, but is owned by the US," the source added. "The ship is a ....
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Abbas congratulates Sudan president on election win
Date: 2015-04-28 18:13:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:2476741
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated on Tuesday Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on his victory in the elections. In a congratulatory cable, Abbas expressed keenness on bolstering ties with Sudan in all fields. Official results ....
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Former Sharqiya governor gets reduced term for participating in illegal protest
Date: 2015-04-28 18:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:65 - ID:2477973
A misdemeanor court in Cairo has reached a final verdict to sentence Hassan el Naggar, a former governor of Sharqiya during the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, and another defendant, Sayyed Hassan Mohamed, to two years on charges of ....
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7 workers, including Egyptian, killed in Saudi Qassim University building collapse
Date: 2015-04-28 18:07:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:64 - ID:2477957
Seven workers, including an Egyptian engineer, were killed and six others seriously injured after an under construction convention center collapsed in Saudi Qassim University, northwest of Riyadh. Qassim Governor Prince Faisal bin Mishaal visited ....
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Essebsi urges Germany to support Tunisia in talks with EU on free trade area
Date: 2015-04-28 17:59:27 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:2477921
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi called Tuesday on Germany to support his country's upcoming negotiations with the European Union to create a free trade area and establish a partnership that guarantees free movement of persons, the Presidency ....
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Iraqi PM says not to let army down
Date: 2015-04-28 17:57:34 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:2477905
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday warned against attempts to destroy the Iraqi army saying he "would not let the army down'. "We should not adopt different stances on war against Daesh, we should support our fighters," al-Abadi ....
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Pentagon denies ship held by Iran US-flagged
Date: 2015-04-28 17:45:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:61 - ID:2477873
A Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday that a cargo ship held by Iran was not hoisting the US flag. Col. Steve Warren told reporters that the vessel had no Americans on board. The ship was passing through Strait of Hormuz when it was held by the ....
