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  • Obama’s goal to make deal with Iran gets new test in Congress

    Obama’s goal to make deal with Iran gets new test in Congress

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:59:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:52 - ID:2378845

    US President Obama’s quest to get a deal with Iran on its nuclear program hinges on not only reaching across the aisle in Congress but also across oceans to find common ground with enemies, The Washington Post reported. That strategy — which ....

  • UNSC approves Gulf resolution on Yemen

    UNSC approves Gulf resolution on Yemen

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:55:37 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:2378817

    The UN Security Council approved on Tuesday a Gulf resolution to end the Houthi military operations in Yemen and force the Shiite group to withdraw from Sanaa and other controlled cities. The 15-member council adopted the resolution with 14 votes ....

  • Merkel urges unified approach to Iran sanction removal

    Merkel urges unified approach to Iran sanction removal

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:52:43 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:50 - ID:2378793

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged countries which imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme to keep a unified approach to removing them, following Russia's decision to prepare to deliver missile systems to the Islamic ....

  • S. Korea PM to undergo investigation into bribery scandal

    S. Korea PM to undergo investigation into bribery scandal

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:50:57 GMT - south korea - International - SN:49 - ID:2378777

    South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo said Tuesday he will step down if he is found to have received money from a late businessman at the center of a corruption scandal, Yonhap reported Lee claimed that he had no financial transactions with ....

  • Arab Lawyers Union condemns Daesh, Nusra crimes against Palestinians in Syria

    Arab Lawyers Union condemns Daesh, Nusra crimes against Palestinians in Syria

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:47:05 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:2378229

    The Arab Lawyers Union strongly condemned the crimes of Daesh and Nusra against the Palestinians in Syria as they seized Yarmouk camp in Damascus where the Palestinian refugees have safely lived for years. In statement Tuesday, the union said ....

  • Egypt presents new visions to face international water challenges

    Egypt presents new visions to face international water challenges

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2378745

    Egypt’s former irrigation minister Mohamed Abdel Motaleb, head of Egypt’s delegation to World Water Forum held in South Korea, said that Egypt presented new, several and non-traditional visions on facing international water problems. In press ....

  • Qurei condemns Israeli decision to demolish unfinished building in al Quds

    Qurei condemns Israeli decision to demolish unfinished building in al Quds

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:29:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:2378589

    Member of Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Ahmed Qurei condemned Israel's decision to demolish an unfinished four-storey building in Wadi el Jouz in al Quds (East Jerusalem) under the pretext of being built without a ....

  • OIC chief condemns terrorist attacks in Sinai

    OIC chief condemns terrorist attacks in Sinai

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:20:41 GMT - Malaysia - Egypt - SN:46 - ID:2378549

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Sinai, causing the death and injury of army and police personnel and civilians, Malaysian Pernama news agency ....

  • Aswan police arrest 4 Ethiopians

    Aswan police arrest 4 Ethiopians

    Date: 2015-04-14 15:05:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:2378397

    Aswan police have foiled an attempt by four Ethiopians to infiltrate into Egypt en route to Israel with the help of two Egyptian citizens. A plateless car was seized with six passengers inside. The Ethiopians admitted they wanted to sneak into ....

  • EGX up; index gains EGP 1.08 billion

    EGX up; index gains EGP 1.08 billion

    Date: 2015-04-14 14:43:24 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:41 - ID:2378197

    The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) indices were collectively up at the close of Tuesday's trading, backed by purchases of Arab and Egyptian investors. The market capital gained EGP 1.08 billion to reach EGP 511.96 billion after transactions worth ....

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