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  • Amnesty International calls for including Libyan shores in rescue operations

    Amnesty International calls for including Libyan shores in rescue operations

    Date: 2015-04-26 10:26:34 GMT - Libya - International - SN:17 - ID:2457645

    Amnesty International called for having efforts to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean include the Libyan shores, pointing out that usually rescue operations take place around the Italian territorial waters and all boats sail from Libya do not ....

  • Israeli extremist settlers break into Aqsa Mosque

    Israeli extremist settlers break into Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2015-04-26 10:25:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2457617

    Israeli extremist settlers broke into al Aqsa Mosque Sunday guarded by Israeli police, a source in al Quds said. The Israel police intensified measures at the entrances of the mosque, the source added. They banned some students of a nearby ....

  • Patriarch Bechara calls for peace in Middle East

    Patriarch Bechara calls for peace in Middle East

    Date: 2015-04-26 10:21:23 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:2457609

    The UNESCO has welcomed Bechara Boutros Rahi, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant, on the 70th anniversary of its establishment. The Patriarch said he was glad to attend the celebration and seeks to evaluate its performance to ....

  • Israeli forces target Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Strip

    Israeli forces target Palestinian fishermen in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2015-04-26 09:55:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:2456593

    Israeli occupation forces on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coasts, with no injuries reported. Eyewitnesses said Israeli gunboats opened fire at fishermen's vessels in the fishing zone, causing damage to two fishing boats ....

  • Egypt restores 380 artifacts from US, France - ministry

    Egypt restores 380 artifacts from US, France - ministry

    Date: 2015-04-26 09:53:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2457409

    Egypt restored 380 artifacts from France and the US over the past two days, said Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Damaty on Sunday. The pieces representing different Egyptian eras were illegally smuggled out of the country, the minister said. He ....

  • 70 killed, injured in Tibet earthquake

    70 killed, injured in Tibet earthquake

    Date: 2015-04-26 09:51:11 GMT - China - International - SN:13 - ID:2457389

    The Chinese authorities said 17 people were killed, 53 others injured and 12,000 have been evacuated in China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit neighboring Nepal on Saturday. The quake toppled 1,190 ....

  • Sisi gives interview to Spanish newspaper of El Mundo

    Sisi gives interview to Spanish newspaper of El Mundo

    Date: 2015-04-26 09:42:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:2457285

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is to give an interview to the Spanish newspaper of El Mundo Sunday. This comes ahead of Sisi's visit to Spain on April 29-May 1 as part of his European tour that also includes Cyprus, presidential spokesman Alaa ....

  • Egypt, US FMs to meet Monday over regional developments

    Egypt, US FMs to meet Monday over regional developments

    Date: 2015-04-26 09:40:21 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2456805

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will hold talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday over regional developments. On the same day, Shoukry will hold a tripartite meeting with Kerry and the foreign minister Jordan as part of ....

  • Cairo governor following up evacuation of Ramses Square from vendors

    Cairo governor following up evacuation of Ramses Square from vendors

    Date: 2015-04-26 08:45:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2456729

    Cairo Governor Galal Saeed Moustafa is following up the evacuation of Ramses Square from street vendors and the removal of all road obstructions. Cairo police with the help of the Armed Forces are taking part in clearing streets off ....

  • Iran nuclear team heads to New York

    Iran nuclear team heads to New York

    Date: 2015-04-26 08:43:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:9 - ID:2456701

    Iran’s delegation of nuclear negotiators has set off for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York, where nuclear talks will also be held on the sidelines of the event, ....

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