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Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza
Date: 2014-04-23 08:11:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:682960
Israeli gunboats on Wednesday opened machine gun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the western coasts of Gaza and Northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation gunboats showered the Palestinian fishing boats in ....
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Anti-Obama protesters clash with police in Manila
Date: 2014-04-23 08:07:32 GMT - Philippines - International - SN:15 - ID:682948
Philippine police armed with truncheon, shields and water hose clashed Wednesday with more than 100 left-wing activists who rallied at the U.S. Embassy in Manila to oppose a visit by President Barack Obama and a looming pact that will increase the ....
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Assiut physician back to work after days in abduction
Date: 2014-04-23 08:03:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:682938
The Health Ministry has announced that the physician who was kidnapped from his clinic in Assiut, upper Egypt Friday returned to work in Sahel Selim town. Physician Mohamed el-Qabani was released immediately following swift coordination between ....
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ISIL's senior leader killed in Anbar blast - ministry
Date: 2014-04-23 08:02:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:682933
The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Tuesday that a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed when an explosive device went off in his house in Al Anbar, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad. According ....
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Basher eligible for running for presidency- NCP
Date: 2014-04-23 08:00:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:682928
Sudan's President Omar Al-Basher is eligible for running for another term of presidency, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has said. The NCP's regulations don't contradict with his running for another term in presidency, during the ....
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Fatah official briefs Egypt amb. on Palestinian updates
Date: 2014-04-23 07:56:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:682919
Member of the Central Committee of Fatah movement Abbas Zaki briefed Egypt's ambassador to Palestine Wael Nasruddin Attia on the internal situation in Palestine. Zaki discussed with the Egyptian diplomat the policies of the Israeli occupation ....
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2 set ablaze police vehicle in Qena
Date: 2014-04-23 07:54:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:682915
Two people set fire to a police vehicle in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena on Tuesday. The incident occurred after two people threw Molotov Cocktail at the police vehicle, parking in the city's downtown. Fire fighters managed to contain ....
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Egypt gets $ 700 mln in petroleum aid from Arab countries
Date: 2014-04-23 07:52:42 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:682909
Petroleum Minister Sherief Ismail has said Egypt receives 700 million dollars per month in petroleum aid from Arab countries. "These countries include Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait," the minister said in statements to CBC satellite channel on ....
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Bouteflika thanks supporters
Date: 2014-04-23 07:51:32 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:682903
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika expressed thanks Tuesday to hundreds of thousands of people who cast their votes in the election staged on April 17. Bouteflika made the remarks in a written letter issued after announcing the results of ....
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Israel not about to enter Russia, Ukraine fray- Liberman
Date: 2014-04-23 07:49:58 GMT - Israel - International - SN:7 - ID:682898
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman made clear Tuesday that Israel intended to refrain from taking a firm position on the Ukrainian crisis, saying there was "no lack" of problems in the Middle East that Israel needed to contend with, the ....