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  • 8 Palestinians killed as Israel resumes shelling of Gaza Strip

    8 Palestinians killed as Israel resumes shelling of Gaza Strip

    Date: 2014-07-27 11:28:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:847418

    Eight Palestinians were killed Sunday in the Israeli aggression across several areas in the Gaza Strip. Israel pounded several areas in the coastal enclave, Sky News reported on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the Israeli army announced that it ....

  • Abbas arrives in Saudi Arabia Sunday -- Palestinian envoy

    Abbas arrives in Saudi Arabia Sunday -- Palestinian envoy

    Date: 2014-07-27 10:32:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:847315

    Palestinian Ambassador in Riyadh Bassem Abdullah Alagha said on Sunday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Saudi Arabia today and meet with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. In statements to Saudi Okaz Newspaper, he added that ....

  • South Kores PM vows strong defense on armistice anniversary

    South Kores PM vows strong defense on armistice anniversary

    Date: 2014-07-27 09:53:32 GMT - south korea - International - SN:12 - ID:847238

    South Korea will try to build a strong defense capability to protect the country from any outside aggression on its own, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the prime minister as saying Sunday. "Based on the public's strong sense of national ....

  • Algerian PM terms as

    Algerian PM terms as "excellent" Algerian-Egyptian relations

    Date: 2014-07-27 09:45:49 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:847231

    Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal uncovered mediation efforts made by Algeria with Arab and foreign parties, including Egypt, to halt the Israeli aggression on Gaza. In statements on Sunday, Sellal pointed out that series of secret ....

  • Putin facing multi-million pound legal action over alleged role in MH17 crash

    Putin facing multi-million pound legal action over alleged role in MH17 crash

    Date: 2014-07-27 09:12:11 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:847178

    Vladimir Putin is facing a multi-million-pound legal action for his alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, The Sunday Telegraph said. British lawyers are preparing a class action against the ....

  • Taliban Attack Afghan Police Chief's Home

    Taliban Attack Afghan Police Chief's Home

    Date: 2014-07-27 08:51:42 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:9 - ID:847145

    An Afghan official says that a civilian and a border policeman were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked the house of a police chief in the country's restive south, ABC News reported on Sunday. Zia Durani, the Spokesman for the provincial ....

  • N. Korea should drop nuke activities for dialogue: U.S. envoy

    N. Korea should drop nuke activities for dialogue: U.S. envoy

    Date: 2014-07-27 08:50:30 GMT - south korea - International - SN:4 - ID:847111

    North Korea should end its nuclear activities and provocative acts if it hopes to see the resumption of long-stalled talks aimed at giving up Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the outgoing U.S. ambassador said Sunday. Ambassador Sung Kim said ....

  • 200,000 Palestinian IDPs in Gaza due to Israeli military op.

    200,000 Palestinian IDPs in Gaza due to Israeli military op.

    Date: 2014-07-27 08:49:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:847142

    Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes in search of a safe haven in which UNRWA is hosting 165,548 IDPs in 92 schools operating as emergency shelters, an additional 6,000 compared to yesterday, OCHA said in a report. It is ....

  • 36 soldiers killed, 50 others injured in clashes between army, militants in Libya

    36 soldiers killed, 50 others injured in clashes between army, militants in Libya

    Date: 2014-07-27 08:48:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:847140

    At least 36 soldiers were killed and 50 others injured in clashes between the so-called Shura council of Benghazi revolutionaries and Libya Saeqa forces late Saturday. Three days ago, violent clashes broke out in the surroundings of Saeqa troops ....

  • 6 suspects arrested in security crackdown in Minya

    6 suspects arrested in security crackdown in Minya

    Date: 2014-07-27 08:25:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:847120

    Minya security forces arrested six suspects involved in several cases during a security crackdown in the Upper Egypt governorate. All legal measures have been taken against the suspects and the prosecution was notified to launch a probe. ....

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