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  • Palestinian FM hands over documents on Palestine's membership in international agreements

    Palestinian FM hands over documents on Palestine's membership in international agreements

    Date: 2014-04-02 11:11:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:645115

    Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad el-Maliki Wednesday handed over in the name of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas documents on membership in the international organizations for the “State of Palestine” to the bodies concerned. Abbas signed on ....

  • AL calls for urgent relief aid to Somalia

    AL calls for urgent relief aid to Somalia

    Date: 2014-04-02 11:09:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:645112

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi called on Arab and international relief aid organizations, the Red Crescent and civil society organizations to swiftly interfere and offer urgent humanitarian aid to Somalia in coordination with the ....

  • Fahmy receives phone call from British counterpart

    Fahmy receives phone call from British counterpart

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:55:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:645065

    Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi received on Wednesday a phone call from British Foreign Secretary William Hague. They discussed bilateral relations, mainly the British decision to order an inquiry into the Moslem Brotherhood's activities ....

  • Libyan bank employee shot dead in Sabha

    Libyan bank employee shot dead in Sabha

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:33:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:644540

    An employee at Libya's Jumhouria Bank in Sabha city was killed on Tuesday, said an official at the bank. A group of unidentified gunmen shot the employee dead from a vehicle while he was entering the bank, added the official. A Libyan official ....

  • Old Bomb Explodes in Bangkok Scrap Shop, Killing 7

    Old Bomb Explodes in Bangkok Scrap Shop, Killing 7

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:32:29 GMT - Thailand - International - SN:39 - ID:644881

    Police say workers at a scrap shop in Thailand's capital accidentally detonated a large bomb believed to have been dropped during World War II, killing at least seven people and injuring 19 others, ABC reported on Wednesday. Police bomb squad ....

  • 13 army recruits killed, injured in suicide attack in Kirkuk

    13 army recruits killed, injured in suicide attack in Kirkuk

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:30:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:644777

    Five recruits in the Iraqi army were killed and nine more injured on Wednesday in a suicide attack targeted an Iraqi Army recruitment center in Kirkuk, security source said. The source added that the suicide bomber used an explosive belt in the ....

  • Labib: Number of eligible voters reached 53.882.406

    Labib: Number of eligible voters reached 53.882.406

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:27:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:644957

    Minister of Local and Administrative Development Major General Adel Labib announced that the number of eligible voters reached 53,882,406 million according to a latest update of the voters database. At a press conference held on Wednesday, Labib ....

  • 2 blasts outside Cairo Engineering Faculty, casualties reported

    2 blasts outside Cairo Engineering Faculty, casualties reported

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:26:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:42 - ID:644955

    Two explosions took place outside the Cairo University's Engineering Faculty on Wednesday, leaving casualties, a high-level source at the Interior Ministry said. The number of casualties has not been immediately clear. Explosives experts are ....

  • PA regains dignity of prisoners by joining 15 int'l agreements

    PA regains dignity of prisoners by joining 15 int'l agreements

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:07:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:644883

    Palestinian Minister of Prisoners Affairs Eissa Qaraq said the Palestinian Authority's decision to sign 15 international agreements and treaties has regained the dignity of the Palestinian prisoners. In a phone call with MENA, he said the ....

  • Interior Minister rides Metro on surprise tour to check on security

    Interior Minister rides Metro on surprise tour to check on security

    Date: 2014-04-02 10:04:41 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:38 - ID:644877

    Interior Minister Major General Mohammad Ibrahim on Wednesday made a surprise tour to inspect security services at Cairo's underground Metro. In statements to MENA, a security source said the interior minister has made the surprise ride from Dar ....

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