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UN mourns Saudi king
Date: 2015-01-23 08:32:07 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:1803693
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon extended his condolences to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah ben Abdul Aziz Saud on Friday. A UN statement said the secretary general "has learnt with sadness of the passing of the Custodian of ....
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Suez police chief denies jailbreak from police stations
Date: 2015-01-23 08:31:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:1803685
The Suez police chief has denied reports about jailbreak from police stations. "These reports are false and baseless," Tarek el Gazar said in statements on Thursday. Such rumors are mongered by members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood to ....
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Saudi King Abdullah dies
Date: 2015-01-23 08:30:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1803673
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has died, the state TV said in a statement. "His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and all members of the family and the nation mourn the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin ....
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Yemeni President Hadi resigns: source
Date: 2015-01-22 18:49:26 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1801229
Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned on Thursday, a government source said. Hadi said he submitted the resignation after the situation in Yemen reached a deadlock. Earlier, Prime Minister Khaled Baha offered his government's ....
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Kerry: Coalition halts Islamic State momentum
Date: 2015-01-22 18:46:59 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1801221
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that the Islamic State group's momentum in Iraq had been halted or reversed and that U.S. weapons for government forces would be arriving very shortly, Voice of America reported. “In recent ....
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Palestinian president arrives in Tunisia
Date: 2015-01-22 18:45:55 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1801213
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Tunisia on Thursday on a three-day visit. During the visit, Abbas will congratulate Beji Caid Essebsi on his election as Tunisian president, a spokesman for the Tunisian presidency said. The two ....
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Trial of 11 MB members in Fayyoum delayed to April 6
Date: 2015-01-22 18:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:1801157
Fayyoum Criminal Court decided to postpone until April 6 the trial of four members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group. The defendants face charges of staging unlicensed protests and using weapons to terrorize people. The court ordered the ....
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Sisi's speech at Davos forum call to world to deal with terrorism - FM
Date: 2015-01-22 18:36:39 GMT - Switzerland - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:1801149
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos is an invitation to world countries to handle the terrorism issue from a comprehensive perspective, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. On the sidelines of the ....
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Egypt to spend over EGP 336mn on water projects in New Valley
Date: 2015-01-22 18:34:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:1801137
Irrigation Ministry plans to invest EGP 336, 5 in water projects in the New Valley governorate in 2014-15, the irrigation minister said on Thursday. During a visit to the governorate, Hosam Moghazi said the projects include drilling new wells, ....
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Sisi leads Egypt delegation to AU summit
Date: 2015-01-22 18:31:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:1801117
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will chair the Egyptian delegation to the African Summit in Addis Ababa due on Jan 30-31. The 24th African Union Summit will dwell on The “Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda ....
