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  • 71 wanted criminals arrested in N. Sinai

    71 wanted criminals arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-04-14 07:04:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:2373929

    Police arrested 71 wanted criminals in a crackdown in El Arish city of North Sinai on Monday. Also, 244 traffic violations were registered, a security source said. The campaign is part of the Interior Ministry's efforts to bring back security ....

  • Pakistani PM urges Iran to bring Yemen's Houthis to talks

    Pakistani PM urges Iran to bring Yemen's Houthis to talks

    Date: 2015-04-14 06:36:36 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:3 - ID:2373793

    Pakistan's prime minister on Monday called on Iran to use its influence to help bring Yemen's Houthis to the negotiating table on the crisis roiling their country, where Saudi-led airstrikes have been targeting the Houthis for over two weeks, ABC ....

  • Palestine FM urges EU recognition

    Palestine FM urges EU recognition

    Date: 2015-04-14 06:04:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2373669

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki has called on the European Union countries which have not recognized the Palestinian state to do so. Maliki was speaking on Monday at the informal ministerial meeting on the future of European ....

  • Increasing security threats in Egypt prompt resuming military aid: US

    Increasing security threats in Egypt prompt resuming military aid: US

    Date: 2015-04-14 05:37:15 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2373581

    The decision to resume the US military aid to Egypt is based on the fact that "the threats to Egypt’s security have increased over the past few months," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Monday. "That includes the growth of ISIL and ....

  • Hadi probes with Saudi FM Yemen developments

    Hadi probes with Saudi FM Yemen developments

    Date: 2015-04-13 15:25:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:2371589

    Yemeni president Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi received at his residence in Riyadh on Monday Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal. They discussed issues of mutual concern and the latest developments in Yemen. The meeting was attended by Yemeni ....

  • Shoukry calls for timetable to end Israel's occupation of Palestine

    Shoukry calls for timetable to end Israel's occupation of Palestine

    Date: 2015-04-13 15:24:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2371561

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry took part on Monday in the meeting of the ministerial committee entrusted by the recently-held Arab summit in Sharm El Sheikh with following up the summit resolutions on the Palestinian issue. Foreign Ministry ....

  • Putin signs decree lifting ban on delivering S-300 to Iran

    Putin signs decree lifting ban on delivering S-300 to Iran

    Date: 2015-04-13 15:17:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:33 - ID:2371501

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a presidential decree paving the way for the long-overdue delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran, the Kremlin says. Putin’s decree lifts a ban on "the shipment from Russia to Iran" of the S-300 ....

  • FM urges adopting new neighborhood policy with EU

    FM urges adopting new neighborhood policy with EU

    Date: 2015-04-13 15:07:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:2371413

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry underlined that the European Union (EU) and Southern Mediterranean countries face huge challenges which entail joint cooperation and adopting new neighborhood policies. These policies depend on mutual ....

  • Gov't approves contracting 8 investment projects - governor

    Gov't approves contracting 8 investment projects - governor

    Date: 2015-04-13 13:16:37 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:31 - ID:2370785

    Matrouh Governor Alaa Abu Zaid announced that the government approved of contracting eight investment projects in Matrouh and northwestern coast with a total cost of 15 billion pounds for the first time since 2011 so as to push forward the wheel of ....

  • OIC stands by Egypt in its war on terrror

    OIC stands by Egypt in its war on terrror

    Date: 2015-04-13 13:11:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2370717

    Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Madani condemned on Monday the terrorist attacks in North Sinai on Sunday which left scores of people, mostly policemen and servicemen dead and wounded. Madani offered ....

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