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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 ....
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Russia, Tunisia discuss int'l, regional issues
Date: 2015-03-18 09:11:40 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:2189369
Russia's Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov met with the advisor to the Tunisian president, currently visiting here. Talks took up bilateral relations, as well as regional and international ....
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Tuesday set as first grace period for Egyptian workers to adjust their conditions in Jordan
Date: 2015-03-18 09:03:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:2189313
Tuesday has been set as the final date for the first grace period for Egyptian workers in Jordan to adjust their working conditions and work permits. In statements on Wednesday, Minister of Manpower and Immigration Nahed Ashri urged Egyptian ....
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Israel's opposition leader concedes defeat
Date: 2015-03-18 09:02:33 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:2189297
Israel's opposition leader Isaac Herzog has conceded defeat in the country's election, ABC news reported. Herzog, who heads the center-left Zionist Union, said he had called prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer congratulations for his ....
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Pakistan executes nine more prisoners: Officials
Date: 2015-03-18 08:54:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:2189237
Pakistan on Wednesday hanged nine more jailed murderers, officials said, taking the number of convicts executed over the past two days to 21, as the European Union condemned the executions, Euronews network reported. The latest round in Punjab ....