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  • 2 killed, wounded in Baghdad

    2 killed, wounded in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:31:11 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:653825

    One civilian was killed and another wounded in different parts of the Iraqi capital on Monday, security sources said. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a civilian in southern Baghdad, killing him at once, the source said. Another civilian was ....

  • Transitional justice minister: Egypt resolved to continue future roadmap

    Transitional justice minister: Egypt resolved to continue future roadmap

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:33 - ID:653895

    Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Transitional Justice Counselor Mohammad Amin Al-Mahdi asserted that the Egyptian government was resolved to continue the future roadmap plan by holding the presidential elections, set for May 26-27, and then the ....

  • Egypt to buy 5-million-pound spectrograph

    Egypt to buy 5-million-pound spectrograph

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:15:44 GMT - Egypt - Science - SN:32 - ID:653872

    Egypt's National Institute for Astronomical Researches will buy a five-million-pound spectrograph that will help analyze light coming from distant stars and galaxies. Dr Ashraf Latif, head of the astronomy department at the institute, told MENA ....

  • Samsung remains silent over 'Obama-selfie'

    Samsung remains silent over 'Obama-selfie'

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:10:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:31 - ID:653858

    South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. declined to comment Monday on the controversy over its latest marketing attempt that the White House has criticized as using the U.S. president for commercial purposes, Yonhap reported. "Let's just ....

  • Protesters storm security HQs in Ukraine

    Protesters storm security HQs in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:08:10 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:30 - ID:653852

    Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have seized state security buildings in the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian officials were quoted by the BBC News as saying. Reports said that in Luhansk the protesters have raided the arsenal in ....

  • Iran nuclear negotiating team heads to Vienna

    Iran nuclear negotiating team heads to Vienna

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:07:08 GMT - Iran - International - SN:29 - ID:653848

    Iran’s negotiating team led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has headed to the Austrian capital of Vienna for the next round of high-level talks with the P5+1 group over Tehran’s nuclear energy program, Press TV reported. At a dinner ....

  • Families of Gazan prisoners visit their kins in Nafha prison

    Families of Gazan prisoners visit their kins in Nafha prison

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:05:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:653835

    Israeli occupation forces on Monday allowed 89 family members of the Gazan prisoners to visit their kins at the Israeli "Nafha" desert prison. Spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Nasser Al-Najar said the family ....

  • Syrian artillery shell lands in Golan Heights

    Syrian artillery shell lands in Golan Heights

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:03:56 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:653828

    A Syria artillery shell, fired by pro-Assad troops, landed at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Monday, said Syrian activists. No casualties were reported, According to Sky News. ....

  • Ale governor orders reoval of road obstructions under Kabari bridge

    Ale governor orders reoval of road obstructions under Kabari bridge

    Date: 2014-04-07 09:00:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:25 - ID:653817

    Alexandria Governor Tarek al-Mahdi ordered on Monday removing all road obstructions located under Kabari bridge in western Alexandria. The removal includes all booths and roughly-built restaurants and cafes, said the official in charge of ....

  • Palestinian leadership to demand membership of more world bodies -- Fatah member

    Palestinian leadership to demand membership of more world bodies -- Fatah member

    Date: 2014-04-07 08:59:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:653815

    The Palestinian Authority will seek membership of 63 more international organizations and conventions, said Nabil Shaas, the member of the Fatah movement central committee said on Monday. Earlier this month, the Palestinian leadership applied ....

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