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Iranian president, Pakistani PM discuss issue of abducted border guards
Date: 2014-03-27 07:28:02 GMT - Iran - International - SN:3 - ID:633316
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, in a phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday called for Islamabad's immediate action to release the Iranian border guards kidnapped into Pakistan as well as the arrest of the ....
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SCAF pays tribute to Sisi
Date: 2014-03-27 07:26:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:633309
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) paid tribute to Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi who sincerely did his duty as a commander of the Armed Forces. "A greeting should be extended to the leader who endangered his life to rescue ....
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Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 80% – Poll
Date: 2014-03-27 07:24:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:633306
Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has reached 80 percent, with a majority of Russians saying the country is heading in the right direction, an independent pollster said Wednesday. Novosti news agency reported that a poll by the ....
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Field Marshal Sisi to deliver speech -- army
Date: 2014-03-26 19:06:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:80 - ID:632885
Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi will deliver a speech soon, said a spokesman for the army on its Facebook account. ....
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Government keen on developing Upper Egypt: PM
Date: 2014-03-26 19:05:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:79 - ID:632884
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has underlined his government keenness on the development of Upper Egypt’s cities. In a press conference at the end of a field tour in the city of Assiut on Wednesday, Mahlab called on all Egyptians to close their ....
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Chief of staff Sedki Sobhi promoted to general
Date: 2014-03-26 18:31:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:78 - ID:632802
Interim president Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree promoting Chief of Staff General Sedki Sobhi to the rank of general, said presidential spokesman Ehab Badawi. The decree was issued during the ongoing meeting of the Supreme Council of ....
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Interior Minister urges youths to back police in confronting extremism
Date: 2014-03-26 18:12:44 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:77 - ID:632774
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim called on youths support security forces in confronting extremism and terrorism. The minister made the remarks in a meeting with representatives of youths and revolutionary groups in the ministry HQ in downtown ....
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EU is drafting powerful sanctions against Russia, says Cameron
Date: 2014-03-26 18:11:09 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:76 - ID:632769
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday that a "strong, robust and powerful" package of trade, financial and economic sanctions is being drawn up by the European Union for use if Russia intervenes in eastern Ukraine, The Guardian ....
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Kerry to visit Europe, North Africa next week
Date: 2014-03-26 18:10:01 GMT - USA - International - SN:75 - ID:632767
The US State Department said Thursday that Secretary of State John Kerry will travel next week to Europe and then make a brief tour of North Africa, the ABC News reported. The department said Wednesday that Kerry will visit Brussels for a NATO ....
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Police arrest guard for allegedly sexual assault on holidaymaker
Date: 2014-03-26 18:07:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:74 - ID:632761
Tourism police arrested a guard working in a hotel in the city of South Sinai for allegedly sexual assault on a foreign holidaymaker. A foreign tourist complained that she was subjected to a sexual harassment in her hotel room by a worker at ....