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Conference party to hold press conf. Sunday to announce plan to support Sisi in presidential polls
Date: 2014-05-03 08:41:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:700512
The Conference Party will hold a press conference on Sunday to announce the party's plan to support presidential runner Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. In statements Saturday, former foreign minister and the party's chief Mohamed el-Orabi said that the ....
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Tight security ahead of MB trial in Hurghada
Date: 2014-05-03 08:36:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:700498
Tight security measures were adopted in Hurghada in tandem with the trial of 21 terrorist Muslim Brotherhood defendants over rioting charges. The 21 are accused of spreading chaos and violence in Hurghada after the dispersal pro-MB sits-in last ....
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Israel committed various aggressions against journalists within year - PCHR
Date: 2014-05-03 08:35:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:700495
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said that the Israeli occupation forces committed various aggressions against the journalists working in the occupied Palestinian territories during the period from January 1, 2013 and until March 31, ....
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Freedom House report categorizes Turkey among ‘Not Free’ countries
Date: 2014-05-03 08:32:25 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:14 - ID:700492
Citing a “significant decline” in press freedom in Turkey, US-based watchdog Freedom House downgraded Turkey from “Partly Free” to “Not Free” in its “Freedom of the Press 2014” report, Today's Zaman newspaper said. Freedom House, which describes ....
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FBI: Flow of foreign fighters into Syria growing
Date: 2014-05-03 07:28:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:13 - ID:700382
The flow of foreign fighters into Syria has grown in just the last few months, with dozens of Americans joining the country's conflict along with thousands of Europeans, FBI Director James Comey said. US law enforcement and intelligence officials ....
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Libyan special forces protect Benghazi security HQ
Date: 2014-05-03 07:26:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:700375
Libyan special forces were assigned with surrounding the area where the security HQ in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, is located and be on stand-by in case of any emergency. Special forces were deployed across Al-Hawary area to protect ....
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Sisi: With Egyptians will, ability, we can achieve stability, security, bring hope
Date: 2014-05-03 07:23:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:11 - ID:700370
Presidential candidate Field Marshal Abdel-Fatah el-Sisi has launched the official propaganda campaign for the presidency. In a tweet on Friday, Sisi addressed Egyptian people saying "with our will and abilities, we can achieve stability and ....
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UN officials urge Security Council to act before South Sudan plunges deeper into crisis
Date: 2014-05-03 07:21:55 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:10 - ID:700364
Senior United Nations officials Friday reported a drastic deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan, marked by increasing ethnic violence and revenge killings, and urged the Security Council not to simply stand by as the world’s ....
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3 MB elements arrested over inciting violence in Beheira
Date: 2014-05-03 07:20:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:700338
Beheira security forces arrested on Friday three Muslim Brotherhood elements over charges of inciting violence and illegal protests in the province. All legal measures have been taken against the defendants and the prosecution was notified to ....
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Health min. asserts only one case infected with corona virus in Egypt
Date: 2014-05-03 07:18:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:700362
Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou received a report from Health Minister Adel Adawi asserting that there is only one infection with coronavirus in Egypt. The report said that suspected cases tested negative to the virus. It added that the ....