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  • Libya's new parliament holds 1st session in eastern city

    Libya's new parliament holds 1st session in eastern city

    Date: 2014-08-04 11:43:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:857511

    Libya's new parliament held its first session in the eastern city of Tobruk. Authorities had failed to hold the session in Tripoli or Benghazi due to deadly clashes between rival militias there. The lawmakers are scheduled to discuss the ....

  • Egypt intelligence chief meets Palestinian delegation

    Egypt intelligence chief meets Palestinian delegation

    Date: 2014-08-04 11:42:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:857530

    Egypt's intelligence agency chief Farid Tohamy met on Monday with a Palestinian delegation over truce negotiations with Israel. The team delivered to Tohamy a paper on a unified Palestinian stance on any possible ceasefire with Israel, said ....

  • Nilesat 202 about to be launched

    Nilesat 202 about to be launched

    Date: 2014-08-04 11:40:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:44 - ID:857523

    Board Chairman of the Egyptian Satellite Company (Nilesat) Ahmed Anis said that the company is about to launch (Nilesat 202). Anis said that it is necessary to achieve the biggest economic benefit from the new satellite. ....

  • Cairo University among 500 best universities worldwide

    Cairo University among 500 best universities worldwide

    Date: 2014-08-04 11:29:48 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:857510

    The Webometrics ranking of world universities showed that Cairo University kept its ranking as one of the best 500 universities. Cairo university is the best one the level of the Egyptian universities and the second on the level of the African ....

  • Egypt, Czech to sign MoU to form trade committee

    Egypt, Czech to sign MoU to form trade committee

    Date: 2014-08-04 10:17:36 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:41 - ID:857334

    Egypt and Czech will sign a memorandum of understanding to form a committee tasked with addressing the problems facing trade exchange and attracting investments between the two sides, a Trade and Industry Ministry official said on Monday. Saeed ....

  • Britain PM says UN right to speak out on Gaza strike

    Britain PM says UN right to speak out on Gaza strike

    Date: 2014-08-04 10:16:19 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:40 - ID:857329

    The United Nations was right to speak out against an Israeli attack near a UN-run school in Gaza, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said as quoted by the BBC. Palestinian officials said at least 10 people died in the attack on Sunday. UN ....

  • Egyptian hospitals received 154 injured from Gaza since start of Israeli aggression - official

    Egyptian hospitals received 154 injured from Gaza since start of Israeli aggression - official

    Date: 2014-08-04 09:46:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:857255

    Egyptian hospitals received 154 Palestinian injured since the start of the Israel aggression 29 days ago, Minister of Health and Population Adel Adwy said. Sixteen Palestinians left hospital after receiving treatment while 16 others died and the ....

  • NCW: Cases of harassement during eid lower than previous years

    NCW: Cases of harassement during eid lower than previous years

    Date: 2014-08-04 09:45:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:857252

    The National Council for Women (NCW) has said that cases of harassment reported during the Lesser Bairam this year are less than previous years. Sexual harassment has become a phenomenon in Egypt, said NCW chairwoman Mervat el-Talawi Monday, ....

  • 4 soldiers kille in Yemen ambush

    4 soldiers kille in Yemen ambush

    Date: 2014-08-04 09:43:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:857247

    Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in an ambush by Al Qaeda gunmen in Hadhramout Province in eastern the country, Sky news reported. No further details were available. Yemen faces continued attacks by Al-Qaeda operatives who are controlling ....

  • Rouhani urges NAM to take solid action to restore Palestinians rights

    Rouhani urges NAM to take solid action to restore Palestinians rights

    Date: 2014-08-04 09:35:28 GMT - Iran - International - SN:36 - ID:857233

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed hope that the ministerial meeting of Palestine in Tehran could provide a good opportunity for exploring the ongoing conditions in the occupied Palestine especially in Gaza. The President made the remarks ....

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