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UN assistant secretary general condemns terrorist attacks in Yemen
Date: 2015-03-21 08:02:14 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2209573
UN Assistant Secretary General and his Special Envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Yemen on Friday that killed at least 126 people and wounded several others. The terrorist attacks are ....
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Gunfight kills 10 after ambush on Mexican police
Date: 2015-03-21 07:48:23 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:5 - ID:2209509
Ten people were killed in a gunfight in western Mexico when suspected gang members ambushed a police convoy in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces since Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December 2012. Five members ....
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Park meets with foreign ministers of China, Japan
Date: 2015-03-21 07:46:52 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:2209489
South Korean President Park Geun-hye met Saturday with the foreign ministers of China and Japan, Yonhap News Agency said quoting Park's office said. Park exchanged opinions with Wang Yi from China and Fumio Kishida from Japan on issues of mutual ....
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5.3 quake shakes central Mexico; some evacuations in Capital
Date: 2015-03-21 07:45:43 GMT - Mexico - International - SN:3 - ID:2209477
A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending hundreds of people into the streets. There were no reports of damage or casualties, ABC News reported Saturday. The US Geological ....
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Israel and America: Netanyahu's fourth term gets off to rough start
Date: 2015-03-21 07:41:43 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:2209441
Benjamin Netanyahu did not have long to celebrate his re-election to a fourth term as Israel's prime minister before the reality of his fractured relationship with the Obama administration intruded. Whether, as some are suggesting, this is the ....
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Names of board members of Syndicate of Journalists announced
Date: 2015-03-21 07:40:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:2209429
A committee observing mid-term elections of the Syndicate of Journalists said Saturday that Khaled Miri, Hatem Zakaria and Mahmoud Kamel of Al Akhbar have been elected board members. Al Gomhuria's Ibrahim Abu Kila, Abul Saud Mohamed of Al Masri ....
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Voting in press syndicate elections extended to 9 p.m.
Date: 2015-03-20 19:00:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:2208241
Voting in the mid-term elections of the Syndicate of Journalists was extended to 9 p.m. in order to let as many voters as possible cast their votes in the polls, a source with the committee assigned to supervise the elections said on Friday. The ....
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Tourism minister follows up pilgrim accident
Date: 2015-03-20 18:57:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2208225
Tourism Minister Khalid Ramy on Friday held an emergency meeting to discuss the developments of a pilgrim bus accident, which occurred on the road between Medina and Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Thursday night. Three Egyptians, including an infant, ....
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Libya's GNC warns of wasting time without reaching political solution
Date: 2015-03-20 18:53:53 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:2208213
Libya's General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli on Friday warned of wasting time without achieving a comprehensive political solution in the country. In a statement on the sidelines of the national dialogue in Rabat, GNC Spokesman Omar ....
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Essebsi calls on Tunisians to unify ranks against terror
Date: 2015-03-20 18:50:24 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2208201
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi called on all political powers to close their ranks to fight terrorism. In a keynote speech on Friday on the 59th anniversary of Independence Day, Essebsi stressed that winning the battle against terrorism is ....