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Gaza in critical condition, says UN's Ban Ki-moon
Date: 2014-07-28 19:21:56 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:849253
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged an immediate halt to violence in Gaza, saying the Palestinian territory is in a "critical condition", according to the BBC. "In the name of humanity, the violence must stop," he told reporters. He ....
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10 children killed, 30 injured in Israeli raid on Gaza park
Date: 2014-07-28 19:21:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:849252
At least 10 children were killed and scores others injured in an Israeli air raid targeting a park on the first day of Eidul Fitr in Gaza Strip. Medical and eyewitnesses said the first day of Eid was seeing children visiting the park and that was ....
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Libya denies Egyptians killed in Tripoli's Korayema attack
Date: 2014-07-28 19:20:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:849251
Libya on Monday denied claims that Egyptian nationals were among those killed in a rocket attack on a house in Tripoli's Korayema area, said Egypt's Ambassador to Libya Mohamed Abu-Bakr. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry had said a rocket hit a house in ....
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Self-sufficiency of wheat to be increased by 81% during coming period: min.
Date: 2014-07-28 11:44:38 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:848861
Minister of Agriculture Adel el-Beltagy said that his ministry plans to increase self-sufficiency of wheat by 81% during the coming period. In a statement on Monday, Beltagy noted that the ministry will seek through National Development Strategy ....
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Nayef Hawatmeh calls on Palestinian factions to close ranks
Date: 2014-07-28 10:36:27 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:848766
Head of Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Nayef Hawatmeh has called on all Palestinian resistance factions to unify their ranks to liberate the Gaza Strip from the Israeli occupation and siege. In a statement on Monday, Hawatmeh ....
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Palestinian, Saudi envoys slam UNSC statement over Gaza situation
Date: 2014-07-28 10:18:09 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:848737
Palestinian and Saudi envoys to the United Nations have slammed a statement issued by Security Council over the latest developments in the Gaza Strip. In press statements following the UN Security Council meeting on the early hours of Monday, ....
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Libyan Interior Ministry denies reports on Egyptian deaths in Karimiya
Date: 2014-07-28 09:32:41 GMT - Libya - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:848661
Spokesman for the Libyan Interior Ministry Ramy Kaal denied media reports over the death of several Egyptian workers as a result of a rocket landing on their house in El Karimiya district in southern Tripoli. "Such reports are bare of truth," ....
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UNSC urges immediate ceasefire, protection of civilians in Gaza
Date: 2014-07-28 08:20:54 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:848540
The UN Security Council late Sunday expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Gaza in view of the rising number of deaths among civilians and the huge losses, urging an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. In a presidential ....
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Hamas slams Israel for rejecting 'humanitarian truce'
Date: 2014-07-28 07:14:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:848449
Hamas has slammed Israel for rejecting any "humanitarian truce" in the Gaza Strip on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. "The Israeli occupation still rejects any humanitarian truce linked to Eid Al-Fitr and this represents a disregard for the feelings ....
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Armed Forces continue security campaign in North Sinai
Date: 2014-07-28 07:08:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:848443
The Armed Forces in North Sinai have arrested 11 suspects involved in carrying out terrorist attacks against the police and army. During the security campaign, the Armed Forces destroyed a booby-trapped pickup truck in front of Al-Wefaq water ....