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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia resume renaissance dam talks
Date: 2014-08-26 09:01:37 GMT - Sudan - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:891696
The water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed on Tuesday the Sudan-hosted talks on Ethiopia's renaissance dam. The talks started on Monday in Khartoum. It's expected that Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will sign a memorandum of ....
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US top brass in Israel for talks on Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
Date: 2014-08-26 07:39:05 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:891542
US General John Allen, Special Envoy of President Barack Obama for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, arrived in Israel Tuesday for talks on the current situation with the Israeli leaders. Allen will meet with Israeli officials to discuss means to ....
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Some 130 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-08-26 07:38:10 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:891539
Some 130 rockets were fired from Gaza over the course of Monday. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a total of 16 of the projectiles. The paper said one of the rockets was intercepted over Tel Aviv, while two others landed in empty ....
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Japan PM to reshuffle Cabinet on Sept. 3
Date: 2014-08-26 07:16:05 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:891489
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reshuffle his Cabinet on Sept. 3, he said Tuesday in a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives. "I would like to make fresh changes as we enter the second chapter of Japan's recovery featuring (work ....
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Qassam Brigades shell Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon in response to Israeli shelling of Gaza residential buildings
Date: 2014-08-26 06:33:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:891446
Ezz El-Din al-Qassam Brigades on Tuesday claimed responsibility for shelling Haifa, Tel Aviv and Ashkelon in response to the Israeli targeting of residential buildings in Gaza. In a military statement, the brigades said that they have fired seven ....
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Israel launched wide-scale detention campaign against PFLP leaders
Date: 2014-08-26 06:32:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:891444
Israeli occupation forces at dawn Tuesday launched a wide-scale detention campaign against a number of leaders and cadres of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP) in the West Bank. The campaign targeted the leaders in Ramallah, ....
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Shoukry, Italian FM talk Libya
Date: 2014-08-26 06:02:45 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:891406
CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a phone call from his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini. The two sides discussed the latest developments in Libya and its impact on the Mediterranean region in the light ....
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22 people killed, injured in collision in Luxor
Date: 2014-08-26 05:26:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:891362
At least ten people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between two microbuses near Dhabiya village in Luxor's West Bank, said Luxor Investigation Chief Essam El-Desouki. Luxor Security Chief General Montasser Abu Zeid said he ....
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Cabinet agrees to involve private sector in producing renewable energy
Date: 2014-08-26 05:24:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:891360
The Egyptian Cabinet under Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab agreed in its meeting on Monday to a study to involve the private sector in producing new and renewable energy. The study, presented to the cabinet by Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker ....
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US: Egypt leads Gaza ceasefire talks
Date: 2014-08-26 05:20:54 GMT - USA - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:891357
US Secretary of State John Kerry was in constant contact with the Palestinians ad the Israelis as well as the UN and a number of Arab and European countries concerned over reaching a durable ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israel, State ....