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  • Iraqi PM to lift night curfew in Baghdad on Saturday

    Iraqi PM to lift night curfew in Baghdad on Saturday

    Date: 2015-02-05 09:14:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1899221

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi decided on Thursday to lift the night curfew in Baghdad as of Saturday. Al Abadi took the decision to alleviate the suffering of Iraqi citizens, according to a press statement released by the Information ....

  • Jordan denies king 's participation in air raids against Daesh

    Jordan denies king 's participation in air raids against Daesh

    Date: 2015-02-05 09:13:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1899213

    Jordan denied reports that King Abdullah II was personally taking part in air raids launched against Daesh militant group. Speaking to Al Ghad newspaper out Thursday, Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohamed Mo'omani said reports ....

  • Azhar scholar says Abu Bakr al-Siddiq has never burnt anyone to death

    Azhar scholar says Abu Bakr al-Siddiq has never burnt anyone to death

    Date: 2015-02-05 09:11:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:1899193

    Head of Al Azhar Research Academy Mohi Eddin Afifi asserted that Abu Bakr al Siddiq has never burnt anyone to death as Daesh said in its issued Fatwa in a bid to justify the burning the Jordanian pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh. In a press release on ....

  • Egypt urges Arab states to adopt tougher anti-terror in March meeting

    Egypt urges Arab states to adopt tougher anti-terror in March meeting

    Date: 2015-02-05 08:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:1898757

    Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Abdul Rahman Salah and Minister Plenipotentiary Karim Haggag held a meeting on Wednesday with ambassadors accredited to Cairo. The meeting took up measures adopted by the Egyptian government to ....

  • Shoukry leads OIC delegation in Norway

    Shoukry leads OIC delegation in Norway

    Date: 2015-02-05 08:14:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:1898725

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is heading a ministerial delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) now in Norway to mobilize support for the Palestinian cause, the ministry's spokesman Badr Abdel-Atti said. The ....

  • Solidarity against terror is must: Alexandria gov.

    Solidarity against terror is must: Alexandria gov.

    Date: 2015-02-05 08:00:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:1898585

    Alexandria Governor Tarek Mahdi on Wednesday called for solidarity against terrorism. Mahdi made his remarks at a meeting with French Consul General in Alexandria Dominique Waag and a French member of parliament. The meeting tackled ways to ....

  • Kerry to visit Kiev on latest Ukrainian developments

    Kerry to visit Kiev on latest Ukrainian developments

    Date: 2015-02-05 08:00:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:1898577

    US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Kiev on Thursday to discuss the latest developments of the Ukrainian crisis. The issue of sending lethal defensive weaponry to Kiev to help fight off pro-Russia rebels is expected to be on top of ....

  • KFC restaurant fire claims one life

    KFC restaurant fire claims one life

    Date: 2015-02-05 07:57:55 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:1898561

    One worker was killed and another wounded when unidentified men set fire to a KFC fast food restaurant on the Cairo/Alexandria agricultural road in Qwesina of Menouifia on Thursday and fled away. The gunmen threw Molotov cocktail bottles at the ....

  • Merkel expresses concern over developments in Libya

    Merkel expresses concern over developments in Libya

    Date: 2015-02-05 07:56:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1898557

    Germany will be ready to support a UN peace keeping mission in Libya, Times of Malta‎ quoted Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying on Thursday. She spelt out the German commitment in talks with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who raised the ....

  • Sisi meets US delegation today

    Sisi meets US delegation today

    Date: 2015-02-05 07:55:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:1898549

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi meets on Thursday a visiting US delegation, said Presidential Spokesman Alaa Youssef, The meeting will be held at the presidential palace. ....

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