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  • Palestinian PM calls on Blair to press Israel to end Gaza offensive

    Palestinian PM calls on Blair to press Israel to end Gaza offensive

    Date: 2014-07-30 13:17:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:850929

    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called on Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair to step up pressure on Israel to end its offensive on the Gaza Strip. He called on the former British prime minister to ask Israel to end its seven-year ....

  • Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch greets Muslims on Eidul-Fitr

    Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch greets Muslims on Eidul-Fitr

    Date: 2014-07-30 13:16:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:850926

    Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi extended greetings to Muslims all over the world on the occasion of Eidul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam). He wished also stability and prosperity for Lebanon and the Middle East. ....

  • Russian newspaper: New Russian weapons arrive to Iraq

    Russian newspaper: New Russian weapons arrive to Iraq

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:58:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:34 - ID:850894

    Russian Vedomosti Newspaper reported on Wednesday that a fresh batch of Russian weapons has arrived to Iraq. The Iraqi delegation, which paid a visit to Russia last week, signed up to one-billion dollar contracts relating to the supply of large ....

  • Shoukry, Kerry discuss Gaza on phone

    Shoukry, Kerry discuss Gaza on phone

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:41:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:850853

    Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed over phone Wednesday the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. The top diplomats agreed to have other telephone conversations and to continue ....

  • Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian expats in Libya

    Foreign ministry follows up conditions of Egyptian expats in Libya

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:27:13 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:850832

    Egypt's Foreign Ministry is closely following up conditions of Egyptians in Libya in coordination with the relevant Egyptian bodies along with the Libyan and Tunisian authorities to provide necessary needs and facilities amid the growing lawlessness ....

  • UN official expresses deep concern over shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza

    UN official expresses deep concern over shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 12:02:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:850797

    UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry expressed Wednesday deep concern over the Israeli shelling of UNSCO premises in Gaza, according to WAFA News Agency. The UNSCO compound in Gaza was hit early Tuesday by a ....

  • No viral infections among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia -- Official

    No viral infections among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia -- Official

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:39:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:850751

    No viral infections have so far been detected among pilgrims returning home from Saudi Arabia, the chairman of the Red Sea Ports Authority said Wednesday. A ship carrying 666 passengers, 500 of them pilgrims, arrived at Nuweiba port in South ....

  • Police working to identify occupants of booby-trapped truck

    Police working to identify occupants of booby-trapped truck

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:37:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:850749

    The police are acting to identify the passengers of a pick-up truck that exploded in el-Saff district of Giza early Wednesday. All three passengers of the unlicensed vehicle were killed in the blast, a statement by the Interior Ministry ....

  • Zarif calls for forcing Zionist regime to stop continued attacks on defenseless Gazans

    Zarif calls for forcing Zionist regime to stop continued attacks on defenseless Gazans

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:27:54 GMT - Iran - International - SN:28 - ID:850738

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Wednesday underlined piling up pressure on the Zionist regime to stop ceaseless attacks on the defenseless people, while rushing up aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, according to ....

  • Iran diplomat urges Egypt to reopen crossing to allow aid to Gaza

    Iran diplomat urges Egypt to reopen crossing to allow aid to Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 11:13:26 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:850585

    A senior Iranian diplomat has urged Egypt to immediately reopen the Rafah border crossing to be able to deliver aid to Gaza. “We strictly call on the relevant officials in Cairo to accelerate the issuance of permits,” said Iran’s Deputy Foreign ....

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