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  • Representatives of Libyan political powers, activists convene in Cairo to discuss situation in Tripoli

    Representatives of Libyan political powers, activists convene in Cairo to discuss situation in Tripoli

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1993693

    A group of Libyan politicians, writers, and activists assembled Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the situation in Libya and means to confront terror groups. The meeting dubbed, Conference of Libya the Homeland, took up efforts exerted on political, ....

  • Egypt condemns killing of four Tunisian national Guard members

    Egypt condemns killing of four Tunisian national Guard members

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:40:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:1993637

    Egypt, its government and people, condemned on Wednesday, with strongest terms, the killing of four Tunisian national guard members at central Kasserine region Tuesday night. The official spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Badr Abdel Ati offered ....

  • Italy: 'Political solution' only way out for Libya

    Italy: 'Political solution' only way out for Libya

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:38:20 GMT - Italy - International - SN:32 - ID:1993613

    Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni asserted on Wednesday that the political solution is the only way out to resolve the Libyan crisis, warning that the North African country is slipping into chaos. He said his country has backed efforts of ....

  • Egypt calls on AL to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism

    Egypt calls on AL to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:33:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1993573

    Egypt has called on Arab countries to condemn the criminal act committed against Egyptians in Libya in a show of solidarity by the Arab League to Egypt in its measures to uproot terrorism and extremist thoughts and asked for a commitment by the Arab ....

  • Iraq seeks to improve security cooperation with Russia - minister

    Iraq seeks to improve security cooperation with Russia - minister

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:30:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1993549

    Iraqi Interior Minister Mohamed Salem Ghaban expressed on Wednesday desire to boost cooperation with Russia in the security domain. He told Russian Ambassador to Iraq Ilya Morgunov that Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite popular committees ....

  • Russia will work alongside Egypt in issuing UN resolution on Libya, says envoy

    Russia will work alongside Egypt in issuing UN resolution on Libya, says envoy

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:28:04 GMT - Russia - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:1993533

    Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow will work alongside Egypt in issuing a resolution from UN Security Council on Libya, reported Sputnik news agency. Churkin said he met ....

  • Egypt seeking world agreement on Libya -- FM

    Egypt seeking world agreement on Libya -- FM

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:24:58 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1992985

    Egypt is not seeking to lead a new coalition to fight terrorist groups at home and in Libya, the foreign minister has stressed. Cairo is rather after a world agreement to handle the situation in Libya, Sameh Shoukry said in an interview with ....

  • Yemeni intelligence officer assassinated in Aden

    Yemeni intelligence officer assassinated in Aden

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:23:30 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1993169

    Suspected Al Qaeda militants shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in the southern city of Aden Wednesday. A number of unidentified gunmen opened fire at Col. Mohamed Mahdi al Zahrawi near his house and fled the scene, security sources ....

  • Kuwaiti emir receives Palestine PM

    Kuwaiti emir receives Palestine PM

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:21:30 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1993469

    Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah received at the Bayan Palace on Wednesday Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his accompanying delegation. They discussed fostering bilateral ties and cooperation in different ....

  • 32 ships transit Suez Canal

    32 ships transit Suez Canal

    Date: 2015-02-18 13:17:05 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:27 - ID:1993405

    Thirty-two ships carrying around 1.8 million tons transited the Suez Canal in two convoys on Wednesday. The south-bound convoy carried 282,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy carried 1.598 million tons. ....

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