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11 terrorists killed in North Sinai
Date: 2014-08-04 09:31:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:35 - ID:857221
Eleven terrorists were killed in security raids in North Sinai, said an army spokesman on Monday. The raids were launched on Sunday, said Mohamed Samir in a statement. Three vehicles, including a pickup truck, used by terrorists as well as ....
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Hamas does not trust "humanitarian truce" of Israel
Date: 2014-08-04 09:30:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:857109
Hamas considered Israel's one-sided announcement of "a humanitarian truce" in Gaza an attempt to divert the attention away from the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians. Hamas does not trust such a truce, said Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu ....
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Petroleum minister makes surprise visits to oil companies in Suez
Date: 2014-08-04 09:27:34 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:34 - ID:857205
Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail made surprise visits to a number of oil companies in Suez on Monday. He also inspected oil refinery labs at the companies. Ismail visited the oil pump company, the Nasr Petroleum Company and the oil pipeline ....
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Syria on track towards peace, unity: Iran official
Date: 2014-08-04 08:46:52 GMT - Iran - International - SN:33 - ID:857135
A senior Iranian official says Syria is moving towards peace and national reconciliation more than three years into the foreign-sponsored turmoil plaguing the Arab country, Press TV reported. On Sunday, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and ....
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S. Korea mulling withdrawal of diplomatic staff from Libya
Date: 2014-08-04 08:46:04 GMT - south korea - International - SN:32 - ID:857132
South Korea is carefully considering withdrawing its ambassador and other diplomatic staff from Libya due to the worsening security situation in the violence-ravaged country, government officials said Monday as quoted by Yonhap. Seoul last week ....
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More bodies recovered in massive Nepal landslide
Date: 2014-08-04 08:45:03 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:31 - ID:857130
Rescuers recovered nine more bodies Monday from a massive weekend landslide in northern Nepal, raising the official death toll in the disaster to 19, but say there is no chance of finding alive any of the more than 150 people believed still buried ....
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Bangladesh official says ferry has capsized
Date: 2014-08-04 08:43:12 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:30 - ID:857124
A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized Monday in central Bangladesh, ABC News quoted a government official as saying. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority Chairman Samsuddoha Khondaker said M.V. Pinak was crossing the River ....
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Israel police attack Muslim worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque
Date: 2014-08-04 08:42:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:857115
A large force of Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday through Al Magharba gate and fired stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets at worshipers inside, wounding a number of them. Witnesses said police attacked the ....
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Egypt UNESCO amb: Int'l delegation in Cairo to restore Museum of Islamic Art
Date: 2014-08-04 08:38:38 GMT - Egypt - Culture - SN:27 - ID:857108
Egypt's Ambassador to UNESCO Mohamed Sameh Amr said Monday a delegation of the International Council of Museums arrived in Cairo to meet with Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damati. The meeting will focus on plans to restore the Museum of Islamic ....
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Alexandria to have solar cells plant
Date: 2014-08-04 08:36:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:26 - ID:857105
Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdi laid down on Monday the foundation stone for establishing a factory specialized in producing solar energy cells. The factory will be set up at Moharam Bek technical school, Mahdi said in statements. The project ....
