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  • Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia resume renaissance dam talks

    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 ....

  • US top brass in Israel for talks on Palestinian-Israeli negotiations

    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 ....

  • Some 130 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza Strip

    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 ....

  • Japan PM to reshuffle Cabinet on Sept. 3

    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 ....

  • Qassam Brigades shell Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon in response to Israeli shelling of Gaza residential buildings

    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 ....

  • Israel launched wide-scale detention campaign against PFLP leaders

    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, ....

  • Shoukry, Italian FM talk Libya

    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 ....

  • 22 people killed, injured in collision in Luxor

    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 ....

  • Cabinet agrees to involve private sector in producing renewable energy

    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 ....

  • US: Egypt leads Gaza ceasefire talks

    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 ....

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