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Two deaths in high court blast: Health Ministry
Date: 2015-03-03 06:30:04 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:2077857
CAIRO, March 2 (MENA) – The death toll from a blast that took place earlier on Monday outside the High Court of Justice headquarters in Cairo rose to two, the Health Ministry spokesman said. In statements to MENA, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said that ....
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Libyan parliament to return to national dialogue
Date: 2015-03-03 06:25:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:2077841
The Libyan parliament decided on Monday to return to United Nations-sponsored peace negotiations one week after suspending its participation. The move came after expanded meetings with UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Léon in the city of Tobruk. ....
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Bill Gates named world's richest person again
Date: 2015-03-03 06:22:40 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:2077809
Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires, the BBC reported on Monday. The Microsoft founder once again beat Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to the top ....
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Bomb defused in New Cairo, another goes off in Maadi
Date: 2015-03-03 06:20:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:2077797
Security forces on Monday defused an explosive device in New Cairo, spokesman for the Interior Ministry Hani Abdel Latif said. Abdel Latif told MENA that another bomb went off in a vacant land in Zahraa Maadi neighborhood in southern Cairo, ....
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Washington denies moving its embassy in Yemen to Aden
Date: 2015-03-03 06:08:32 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2077741
The US has no plans to move its embassy in Yemen from Sanaa to Aden, State Department Spokesperson Mary Harf said Monday night. However, the State Department is mulling the possibility of transferring some of its diplomats from its embassy in ....
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Kerry urges warring parties in South Sudan to reach agreement
Date: 2015-03-03 06:07:22 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2077737
US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the warring parties in South Sudan to seize the current and final round of negotiations to deliver a sustainable peace. In a statement released by the US State Department late Monday, Kerry said: "We ....
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11 injured at High Court of Justice blast, no deaths
Date: 2015-03-02 18:25:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:2076489
The explosion that took place in front of the High Court of Justice on Monday left 11 persons injured, said the Health and Population Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Gaffar. No deaths were reported so far, he told MENA. Ten of the injured ....
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Foreign Ministry motivating world countries to partake in Sharm el Sheikh conf.: spokesman
Date: 2015-03-02 18:23:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:47 - ID:2076481
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry is motivating world countries to take part in the Sharm el Sheikh economic conference planned for this month, Spokesman Badr Abdel Aaty said on Monday. The spokesman told reporters that the ministry's role in the ....
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Libya gov't appoints Haftar chief of army
Date: 2015-03-02 18:21:27 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:2076477
Libya's internationally-backed government has approved to appoint former major general Khalifa Haftar as chief of the army. The decision was okayed by the cabinet, a member of the parliament told MENA reporter. Haftar has been promoted to ....
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Kerry in Geneva vows to stand with Israel at UN against isolation and delegitimization
Date: 2015-03-02 18:12:37 GMT - Israel - International - SN:45 - ID:2076441
The Obama Administration will fight against any effort to isolate and delegitimize Israel at the UN and elsewhere, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Geneva on Monday. His words appeared to lay to rest media speculation that US President ....
