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  • Sudan refuses second probe on Darfur’s mass rape allegations

    Sudan refuses second probe on Darfur’s mass rape allegations

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:37:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1957641

    Sudan's foreign ministry on Friday refused to authorize a second investigation on allegations of a mass rape incident in North Darfur’s village of Tabit . In statements today, Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdullah ....

  • 40 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Anbar

    40 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Anbar

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:31:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1957621

    Forty Daesh militants, including four would-be suicide bombers, were killed in an attack launched by the terrorist group in the province of Al Anbar, local sources said on Friday. Security forces and tribesmen managed to ward off Daesh attacks on ....

  • Terrorist cell arrested in Qena

    Terrorist cell arrested in Qena

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:29:12 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1957605

    A five-member terrorist cell was arrested on Friday in Farshout town in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena. They were nabbed with Molotov cocktails, flammable materials and cold weapons in their possession. The public prosecution was notified to ....

  • 3 new H5N1 cases detected, one case dead -- Health Ministry

    3 new H5N1 cases detected, one case dead -- Health Ministry

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:27:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1957597

    The Health Ministry said Friday that three new bird flu cases have been detected in Beheira, Sharqiya and Cairo. In a statement, the ministry added that two cases have been discharged from hospital after recovering. Meanwhile, a 35-year-old ....

  • Families of abducted nationals in Libya stage protest

    Families of abducted nationals in Libya stage protest

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1957593

    Families of abducted Christian Egyptians in Libya staged on Friday a protest inside the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassiya. The families called upon the Egyptian government and all bodies concerned, atop of which the Arab League, ....

  • Sisi to restore Egypt's glory- Lebanese minister

    Sisi to restore Egypt's glory- Lebanese minister

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:22:01 GMT - Lebanon - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:1957585

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will restore Egypt's glory and leading role in the region, the Lebanese economy minister said Friday. In his speech during the Egyptian-Lebanese Business Forum, Alan Hakim said that Egypt has always been ....

  • 8 new coronavirus cases reported, one dies in Saudi Arabia

    8 new coronavirus cases reported, one dies in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:18:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1957561

    The Saudi Health Ministry reported Friday eight new cases of coronavirus and confirmed the death of a ninth. In a statement, the ministry said one case was treated and discharged from hospital. The number of cases infected with the virus hit ....

  • Mideast peace envoy arrives in Cairo

    Mideast peace envoy arrives in Cairo

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:17:23 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:1957557

    Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair arrived in Cairo Friday on a two-day visit to Egypt. He will discuss with senior Egyptian officials ways to resume the stalled peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Delegates from the foreign ....

  • FM intensifies contacts to follow up issue of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya

    FM intensifies contacts to follow up issue of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:13:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:22 - ID:1957541

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has intensified contacts with Libyan authorities to follow up the developments of the crisis of abducted Egyptian nationals in Libya. During his visit to Ethiopia, Shoukry held talks over phone with US Secretary of ....

  • Matrouh governor says working to push development wheel

    Matrouh governor says working to push development wheel

    Date: 2015-02-13 18:12:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:21 - ID:1957537

    Matrouh governor Alaa Fathi Abu Zaid said that he would work to overcome all obstacles to puch the wheel of development in the governorate. In press remarks following Friday payers, Abu Zaid stressed that he would seek to resolve all problems of ....

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