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  • Plans developed to raid criminal hotbeds - Qalyubia security chief

    Plans developed to raid criminal hotbeds - Qalyubia security chief

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:37:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:2353961

    Qalyubia security chief Mahmoud Yousri on Friday said fresh security plans have been developed to raid criminal drug dealers hotbeds in all the governorate. Yousri, who was leading a security campaign, told MENA that the police managed to ....

  • Qalubiya governor, Azerbaijan amb. discuss boosting cooperation

    Qalubiya governor, Azerbaijan amb. discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:36:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:2353945

    Qalubiya Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher discussed with Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Egypt Shahin Abdullayev means of boosting bilateral relations in political, economic and cultural fields. Abdel Zaher said they discussed also preparations to ....

  • China opposes Obama's criticism on South China Sea issue

    China opposes Obama's criticism on South China Sea issue

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:34:01 GMT - China - International - SN:20 - ID:2353125

    China on Friday reaffirmed that it was committed to peace and stability in the South China Sea, rejecting US President Barack Obama's comments that Beijing was using its "sheer size and muscle" to intimidate its neighbors, China Daily ....

  • Palestinian young man killed, 2 injured as Israeli forces attack funeral

    Palestinian young man killed, 2 injured as Israeli forces attack funeral

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:32:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:2353109

    A Palestinian young man was killed and two others were injured after the Israeli forces attacked a funeral in Hebron Friday. Ziad Omar, 27, was killed as Israeli forces fired bullets and tear gas bombs at the funeral of 22-year-old Jafar Awad, a ....

  • Spain: Judge wants 7 Moroccan officials tried for genocide

    Spain: Judge wants 7 Moroccan officials tried for genocide

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:22:11 GMT - Spain - International - SN:33 - ID:2353861

    A Spanish judge has decided genocide charges for seven current and former Moroccan officials accused of killings and torture in Western Sahara from 1975-1991 are justified and asked for them to be arrested and extradited to face trial in ....

  • Yemen crisis ‘getting worse by the hour’ – UN humanitarian official

    Yemen crisis ‘getting worse by the hour’ – UN humanitarian official

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:10:57 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:2353765

    The humanitarian situation in Yemen is “getting worse by the hour,” the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country warned today, saying that the escalating conflict has put millions of people at risk of physical injury or death. “We ....

  • Jumblatt calls for amendments to Taif agreement

    Jumblatt calls for amendments to Taif agreement

    Date: 2015-04-10 18:09:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:2353749

    Leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt called on Friday for amendments to the Taif agreement, signed in 1989. In a Twitter post, Jumblatt said this move will help the experienced persons to assume posts, regardless of ....

  • Aden petroleum refinery closed due to deteriorating security conditions

    Aden petroleum refinery closed due to deteriorating security conditions

    Date: 2015-04-10 17:53:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2353381

    Aden petroleum refinery, whose capacity hits 150,000 barrels daily, was closed due to the deteriorating security conditions, as well as clashes taking place between the Yemenis and Houthis loyal to the former Yemeni president. Well-placed sources ....

  • NATO condemns attack on attorney general’s office in Afghanistan

    NATO condemns attack on attorney general’s office in Afghanistan

    Date: 2015-04-10 17:47:05 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:30 - ID:2353629

    The NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission strongly condemned attack on attorney general’s office in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Balkh province, Khaama Press reported on Friday. The Resolute Support (RS) issued a statement following the attack saying ....

  • UK's Labor leader Miliband says would recognize 'Palestine' at right moment

    UK's Labor leader Miliband says would recognize 'Palestine' at right moment

    Date: 2015-04-10 17:42:51 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:29 - ID:2353597

    The leader of Britain's opposition Labor Party said on Friday he favored recognizing Palestine as a state if such a move would help bring about a broader peace deal in the Middle East. Ed Miliband was asked by a reporter if Britain would ....

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