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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....