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  • Investment minister discusses means to cement ties with Georgia

    Investment minister discusses means to cement ties with Georgia

    Date: 2015-04-26 14:55:11 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:33 - ID:2460381

    Minister of Investment Ashraf Salman received on Sunday Georgian Ambassador in Cairo Archil Dzuliashvili and his accompanying delegation. The meeting, which was attended by officials from the Ministry of Investment, tackled means to cement ....

  • Palestine PM: Gaza integral part of Palestine

    Palestine PM: Gaza integral part of Palestine

    Date: 2015-04-26 14:51:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2460349

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah asserted on Sunday that the Gaza Strip is part and parcel of Palestine. The Palestinian leadership, under President Mahmoud Abbas will thwart all attempts aiming to destroy the national project, he ....

  • Assad forces kill gunmen in Aleppo countryside

    Assad forces kill gunmen in Aleppo countryside

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:36:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2457765

    Syrian army forces killed scores of gunmen in Aleppo countryside and Quneitra, a military source said. The gunmen belong to Nusra Front militant group, the Syrian news agency reported. The regime forces destroyed the weapons that were in their ....

  • 55,000 Egyptians rectify their conditions in Jordan - ambassador

    55,000 Egyptians rectify their conditions in Jordan - ambassador

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:34:28 GMT - Jordan - Egypt - SN:31 - ID:2458993

    Some 55,000 Egyptian workers legalized their stay during the deadline granted by the kingdom to all illegal foreign workers, said Egyptian Ambassador here Khaled Tharwet on Sunday. This represents 68 percent of the total number of violating ....

  • 6.5-billion-pound treasury bills auctioned

    6.5-billion-pound treasury bills auctioned

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:25:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:30 - ID:2458897

    The Finance Ministry on Sunday auctioned 91-day and 266-day treasury bills at a total value of EGP 6.5 billion. In an online statement, the ministry said the average yield on the 91-day bills was 11.2 at a total of 2.5 billion pounds. The ....

  • Houthis prevent relief aid from reaching Aden - Red Cross

    Houthis prevent relief aid from reaching Aden - Red Cross

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:24:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2458889

    International Committee of the Red Cross Spokeswoman Marie Claire Feghali said Houthi security checkpoints prevented a Red Cross team from entering Aden to deliver medical supplies to war-inflicted citizens. In a tweet, Feghali wrote that a ....

  • Boko Haram attacks Niger army base, defense ministry says

    Boko Haram attacks Niger army base, defense ministry says

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:23:04 GMT - Niger - International - SN:28 - ID:2458881

    Suspected Boko Haram fighters in motorized canoes attacked a Niger army base on an island in Lake Chad, the body of water touching all four countries that have been targeted by Nigeria's Islamic insurgency, Niger's defense ministry said Saturday as ....

  • Palestinians accused of stabbing Israeli soldier laid to rest

    Palestinians accused of stabbing Israeli soldier laid to rest

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:21:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2458633

    Thousands of Palestinians took part in the funeral of the 22-year-old Palestinian youth who stabbed an Israeli soldier near Haram el Ibrahimi early Sunday. Israeli forces shot dead Mahmoud Abu Gaheisha minutes after he stabbed an Israeli soldier ....

  • UNICEF fears for wellbeing of children after Nepal earthquake

    UNICEF fears for wellbeing of children after Nepal earthquake

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:18:49 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:27 - ID:2458853

    UNICEF is mobilizing an urgent response to meet the needs of children affected by today's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. With children accounting for half the country's population, UNICEF fears the disaster, which is reported to have already killed ....

  • 6 Libyan soldiers killed in clashes in Benghazi

    6 Libyan soldiers killed in clashes in Benghazi

    Date: 2015-04-26 12:17:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2457697

    Six Libyan soldiers were killed during fierce clashes with Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in the Western Axis in Benghazi. The clashes continued for over 38 hours, a military source said. All measures have been taken to secure Al ....

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