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  • 3 MB members held in custody in Suez

    3 MB members held in custody in Suez

    Date: 2015-02-28 10:26:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:2058933

    The public prosecution held three terrorist Muslim Brotherhood elements in custody over torching two vehicles. Last week, the three had torched the car of the prosecution secretary's wife and a Tax Authority vehicle in the governorate. ....

  • Interior Ministry denies 'de-radicalizing' MB prisoners

    Interior Ministry denies 'de-radicalizing' MB prisoners

    Date: 2015-02-28 10:25:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:2058917

    The Interior Ministry denied online stories about adopting a plan with the Awqaf Ministry to 'de-radicalize' Muslim Brotherhood prisoners. The news reports in this regard are baseless and unfounded, the ministry said in a statement ....

  • Kidnapped chief, assistant of Libyan national committee for human rights released

    Kidnapped chief, assistant of Libyan national committee for human rights released

    Date: 2015-02-28 10:22:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:2058909

    Chairman of the Libyan National Committee for Human Rights Abdel Hadi ben Taleb and his assistant Ali el Asti, were released after they had been kidnapped two weeks ago in Tripoli. In a statement, the Libyan National Committee for Human Rights ....

  • Former official stresses importance of Arab summit in fighting terrorism

    Former official stresses importance of Arab summit in fighting terrorism

    Date: 2015-02-28 10:21:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:2058885

    Former assistant foreign minister Mokhles Qotb underlined the importance of the next Arab summit, which will take place in Egypt in March, in fighting terrorism in the region. The summit will be a breakthrough in Arab cooperation against ....

  • 15 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    15 Daesh militants killed in Iraq

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:35:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:2058469

    Iraqi security forces launched an attack in Salahuddin province and managed to kill 15 members of Daesh group. Also, three Iraqi civilians were killed when two bombs went off inside a popular market in Diyala Province. ....

  • 2 Syrians arrested in Libya over joining Daesh group

    2 Syrians arrested in Libya over joining Daesh group

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:33:02 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:2058433

    Lebanese security forces arrested two Syrians over charges of joining Daesh group. During investigations, the pair confessed that they were fighting in Daesh group in Syria. ....

  • Palestinian reconciliation efforts ongoing but at slow pace - FM

    Palestinian reconciliation efforts ongoing but at slow pace - FM

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:31:49 GMT - China - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2058417

    Inter-Palestinian reconciliation efforts are ongoing but at a slow pace due to reasons related to Hamas, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki said. Speaking to MENA correspondent in the Chinese capital, Malki said the Hamas movement still ....

  • Supply minister meets Japan's Hitachi officials

    Supply minister meets Japan's Hitachi officials

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:30:07 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:22 - ID:2058405

    Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy met on Saturday with the visiting president of Tokyo-based Hitachi company and its executive director. During the meeting, the minister discussed with the two Japanese officials ways to establish global logistics ....

  • Peshmerga forces thwart Daesh attack in Ninawa

    Peshmerga forces thwart Daesh attack in Ninawa

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:25:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2058369

    Kurdish Peshmerga forces have foiled an attack by Daesh militants on their sites in Sinjar in Ninawa province. The Peshmerga - the official military forces of the autonomous region of Kurdistan – backed by the anti-Daesh international coalition, ....

  • Egypt restored its leading role in Arab region - Palestinian FM

    Egypt restored its leading role in Arab region - Palestinian FM

    Date: 2015-02-28 09:22:16 GMT - China - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:2058337

    Egypt had returned to its key role in the Arab region after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi assumed power, affirmed Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al Malki. In an interview with MENA during his current visit to China as part of a delegation ....

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