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Israeli artillery fire at forests of Shebaa Farms
Date: 2014-04-09 09:36:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:658009
Israeli artillery fired on Wednesday shells at the forests inside the occupied Shebaa Farms accompanied by intensive aircraft flying over the area, a Lebanese source said. The source told MENA that Israeli forces began combing the area by firing ....
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Netanyahu orders cutback in contacts with Palestinian Authority
Date: 2014-04-09 09:35:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:32 - ID:658005
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a halt to high-level contacts with the Palestinians on non-security related issues, but exempted his chief peace negotiator from the ban, Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported on Wednesday. One ....
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Free Syrian Army deters attempt by pro-Assad troop to storm Qalamoun town
Date: 2014-04-09 09:31:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:657989
The Syrian opposition fighters have deterred an attempt by pro-Assad forces, backed by the Lebanese Hezbollah group, to storm a town in Al-Qalamoun in Rif Damascus from three sides, Al-Arabiya satellite TV reported quoting activists. The Free ....
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Security, economic situation on top of Egypt's challenges - Moussa
Date: 2014-04-09 09:30:02 GMT - Kuwait - Egypt - SN:29 - ID:657987
Head of Egypt's 50-strong constitutional drafting committee Amr Moussa stressed that the security and economic situation are on the top of challenges facing Egypt for the time being. "Never since the rule of Mohammed Ali did Egypt face such ....
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S. Korea pushes to buy 10 low-altitude radars from Israel
Date: 2014-04-09 09:28:07 GMT - south korea - International - SN:28 - ID:657984
South Korea is pushing to buy about 10 low-altitude radars from Israel to better detect small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and thereby counter threats posed by North Korean drones, military officials said Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported. ....
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Two more sets of signals detected, Australian officials say
Date: 2014-04-09 09:26:26 GMT - Australia - International - SN:27 - ID:657980
An Australian search vessel has detected two more sets of signals that might originate from “black box” flight recorders from the Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for more than a month, ABC news reported quoting an Australian official coordinating ....
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Blast kills 23 in market on edge of Pakistani capital
Date: 2014-04-09 09:25:22 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:23 - ID:657899
A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 39, Sky news reported quoting police and hospital officials. The early morning blast, as traders assembled for fruit ....
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Russia urges enhanced economic exchanges with Iran
Date: 2014-04-09 09:22:28 GMT - Russia - International - SN:26 - ID:657963
Russia has called for serious moves to increase economic transaction with Iran, Press TV reported. In a Tuesday meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Morgulov expressed his ....
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Egypt calls on nuclear states to maintain UNDC credibility
Date: 2014-04-09 09:20:38 GMT - United Nations - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:657958
Egypt's delegate to the UN Moataz Ahmed Khalil called on nuclear states and leading exporters of conventional weapons to show the necessary political will to reach objective results to protect the credibility of the UN Disarmament ....
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Finland ready to export education system to Egypt
Date: 2014-04-09 09:03:07 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:24 - ID:657904
Finnish Minister of Education and Science Krista Kiuru, whose country is believed to have one of the world's best performing education systems, said Finland is ready to export its model to the world including Egypt. During a meeting with an ....