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Israeli reopens Karam Abu Salem crossing to allow commodities into GS
Date: 2015-03-18 11:23:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2190717
Israeli authorities on Wednesday reopened Karam Abu Salem crossing after its closure on Tuesday under the pretext of the Israeli parliamentary elections. Head of the Commodities Coordination Committee in Gaza said 640 trucks are scheduled to ....
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Sisi greets Arab League on anniversary of its foundation
Date: 2015-03-18 10:40:37 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:2190297
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Wednesday delegated Presidential Secretary Ahmed al Ansari to the Arab League premises to offer greetings on the 70th anniversary of the Arab League's establishment. The Arab League is one of the oldest regional ....
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Mufti of Egypt says no place for terror in Islam
Date: 2015-03-18 10:25:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:2190149
Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam stressed that Islam is against extremism and terrorism and urged for international action to face this growing phenomenon. Every Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie ....
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7 dead in suicide blast on Afghanistan government compound
Date: 2015-03-18 10:24:26 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:21 - ID:2190129
A massive car bomb attack on the governor's compound in southern Helmand province on Wednesday killed at least seven people and wounded 43, ABC News said. The governor's spokesman was among several bureaucrats hurt in the attack in the volatile ....
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Israeli occupation forces open fire at farmers in central, south GS
Date: 2015-03-18 10:23:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2190117
Israeli occupation forces stationed at the borderline with the Gaza Strip opened Wednesday machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers, with no injuries reported. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces stationed at the military towers in Al Barij camp in ....
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Cabinet discusses economic, security files
Date: 2015-03-18 10:21:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:2190101
The Cabinet held on Wednesday its weekly meeting to discuss a number of political, economic and security files. The meeting will review the outcome of the three-day Egypt Economic Development Conference that wound up in the Red Sea city of Sharm ....
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Partial solar eclipse over Egypt Friday
Date: 2015-03-18 10:19:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2190053
A partial solar eclipse will be observed in Egypt on Friday, said the media center of the Pyramids Monuments Area on Wednesday. The partial cover-up of the sun will run for one hour and 27 minutes starting from from 11.03 a.m. till 12:30 p.m., it ....
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Tunisian Interior Ministry: Terrorist cells arrested in northern Tunis
Date: 2015-03-18 10:06:46 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:2189909
Tunisia Interior Ministry has said it had dismantled a recruiting cell sending jihadis to fight in Libya and arrested dozens as part of tighter security and border controls to counter Islamist militants. Tunisia is worried that violence will ....
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Tripoli army commander pledges to regain control over Benghazi next month
Date: 2015-03-18 09:18:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2189421
Commander of the Libyan army General Khalifa Haftar promised to regain control over the Libyan city of Benghazi, the scene of fierce fighting with rebels, next month. "In a short time we will manage to remove all armed elements in Benghazi," ....
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Serbia arrests 7 suspects in 1995 Srebrenica massacre
Date: 2015-03-18 09:17:18 GMT - Serbia - International - SN:13 - ID:2189409
Prosecutors on Wednesday made Serbia's first arrests of people suspected of carrying out killings in the Srebrenica massacre, BBC reported. It is a milestone in healing the wounds of Europe's worst civilian slaughter since World War ....