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  • Iranian president, Pakistani PM discuss issue of abducted border guards

    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 ....

  • SCAF pays tribute to Sisi

    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 ....

  • Putin’s Approval Rating Rises to 80% – Poll

    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 ....

  • Field Marshal Sisi to deliver speech -- army

    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. ....

  • Government keen on developing Upper Egypt: PM

    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 ....

  • Chief of staff  Sedki Sobhi promoted to general

    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 ....

  • Interior Minister urges youths to back police in confronting extremism

    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 ....

  • EU is drafting powerful sanctions against Russia, says Cameron

    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 ....

  • Kerry to visit Europe, North Africa next week

    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 ....

  • Police arrest guard for allegedly sexual assault on holidaymaker

    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 ....

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