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  • 4 people injured in explosion near mall in Indonesia

    4 people injured in explosion near mall in Indonesia

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:19:10 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:20 - ID:2337537

    At least four people were injured in a blast close to a shopping mall in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, police sources said on Wednesday. The sources confirmed that the explosion was caused by a bomb. ....

  • Israel presents unworkable demands on Iran

    Israel presents unworkable demands on Iran

    Date: 2015-04-08 11:12:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:2337453

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has gone into overdrive against a nuclear agreement with Iran, The New York Times newspaper reported. On Monday, his government made new demands that it claimed would ensure a better deal than the ....

  • Shoukry heads for Rome

    Shoukry heads for Rome

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:57:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:2336657

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left here on Wednesday for Rome to take part in a tripartite meeting on Libya. Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Algerian Minister for Moroccan and African Affairs Abdel-Qadir Mesahel will take part in ....

  • 379 MB members referred to criminal court on charges of premeditated murder, sabotage

    379 MB members referred to criminal court on charges of premeditated murder, sabotage

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2337157

    Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat Wednesday referred 379 members of the Muslim Brotherhood who had taken part in the Nahda Square sit-in to the criminal court on charges of premeditated murder and sabotage. Barakat also referred to police officers ....

  • 55 ships transit Suez Canal

    55 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:15 - ID:2336753

    Fifty-five vessels crossed the Suez Canal on Wednesday, carrying a total cargo of 2,403 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 29 ships carrying 908,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 26 vessels carrying 1.495 million tons. ....

  • Borie among Egyptian delegation to ALO conference

    Borie among Egyptian delegation to ALO conference

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:10:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2336737

    Former Egyptian Solidarity and Manpower Minister Ahmed Borie will be among the Egyptian delegation to the 42nd conference of the Arab Labor Organization, to take place on April 18. The Egyptian delegation includes representatives from the ....

  • US remains committed to Gulf allies, amb. in Kuwait says

    US remains committed to Gulf allies, amb. in Kuwait says

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:09:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2336725

    US Ambassador in Kuwait Douglas A. Silliman has assured Kuwait that the nuclear deal sealed recently with Tehran would guarantee it does not obtain nuclear weapons. The agreement will also help restore stability to the region, Silliman said in ....

  • Bourse loses 4.5 billion pounds in early trading

    Bourse loses 4.5 billion pounds in early trading

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:2336705

    The Egyptian bourse lost EGP 4.5 billion to hit 498 billion pounds at the first hours of Wednesday session prompted by the release of the executive statutes of the tax law. The EGX 30 benchmark index dropped by 1.8 percent to 8,555 points in the ....

  • Future Movement leader: Operation Decisive Storm aims at banning repetition of Hezbollah in Yemen

    Future Movement leader: Operation Decisive Storm aims at banning repetition of Hezbollah in Yemen

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:05:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:2336681

    Lebanese Future Movement leader Saad Hariri voiced belief that Iran is seeking to repeat the experiment of Hezbollah in Yemen through the armed organization of Houthis. In a press statement distributed by his media office on Wednesday, Hariri ....

  • Turkey arrests dozens trying to cross ‘international’ border with Syria

    Turkey arrests dozens trying to cross ‘international’ border with Syria

    Date: 2015-04-08 10:02:40 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:2336637

    As Turkey increased its efforts to prevent foreign fighters from joining Daesh in Syria and maintain its domestic security, both the number and the variety of people illegally trying to cross the border has increased, Daily Sabah said. Turkish ....

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