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  • Iranian speaker: Success of Geneva agreement depends on removal of all oppressive sanctions

    Iranian speaker: Success of Geneva agreement depends on removal of all oppressive sanctions

    Date: 2013-11-26 11:09:02 GMT - Iran - Egypt - SN:15 - ID:407660

    Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that the agreement reached between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) will bear its fruit only if the western countries remove all the sanctions ....

  • Top Takfiri leader in Sinai killed

    Top Takfiri leader in Sinai killed

    Date: 2013-11-26 10:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:407499

    Second Field Army forces Tuesday killed the leader of Takfiris in Sinai and his son, a military source announced. Mohamed Hussein Mohareb, aka Abu Mounir, and his son, are accused of killing soldiers in Rafah, the source said. The successful ....

  • Fahmy welcomes convocation of Geneva II conf. on Jan 22

    Fahmy welcomes convocation of Geneva II conf. on Jan 22

    Date: 2013-11-26 10:06:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:407481

    Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy welcomed a decision on holding the Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis on January 22. Fahmy voiced hope that the meeting would come up with a political settlement satisfactory to the Syrian people. Egypt's ....

  • Karzai stands by refusal to sign US deal

    Karzai stands by refusal to sign US deal

    Date: 2013-11-26 09:58:45 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:12 - ID:407458

    The Afghan president Hamid Karzai has refused to back down on his decision not to sign a key security deal in a meeting with the US national security adviser, the BBC reported. The pact allows thousands of US troops to remain in Afghanistan after ....

  • Libyan defense minister hails troops in Benghazi

    Libyan defense minister hails troops in Benghazi

    Date: 2013-11-26 09:41:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:407423

    Libyan Minister of Defense Abdullah al-Thinni hailed painstaking efforts exerted by troops in Benghazi which has been hit with bloody clashes between troops and militants. "Army units in Benghazi played a heroic role in preserving the city," he ....

  • Benghazi local council declares 3-day mourning, calls for civil disobedience

    Benghazi local council declares 3-day mourning, calls for civil disobedience

    Date: 2013-11-26 07:37:18 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:407141

    Benghazi municipal council declared a three-day mourning as of Tuesday after the fall of victims in Benghazi clashes. In statements on Tuesday, Head of the Municipal Council Ahmed Bousenina said the council has declared mourning over Monday's ....

  • Helicopters hover over Suez Canal waterway

    Helicopters hover over Suez Canal waterway

    Date: 2013-11-26 07:27:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:9 - ID:407124

    Army helicopters hovered over Suez governorate on Thursday to secure the strategic Suez Canal, petroleum companies and mountainous areas along borders with Sinai, a military source said. The move comes as part of the Armed Forces' security ....

  • No backtrack on disarmament decision -- Libya PM

    No backtrack on disarmament decision -- Libya PM

    Date: 2013-11-26 06:27:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:407052

    Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zidan asserted on Monday that his government will not backtrack its decision to disarm all militias in the country. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Zidan said that all those who committed crimes will be brought to ....

  • Interior Ministry warns Brotherhood supporters against hindering tourism movement

    Interior Ministry warns Brotherhood supporters against hindering tourism movement

    Date: 2013-11-26 06:23:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:7 - ID:407044

    The Interior Ministry has warned supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood group against any attempt to hinder the tourism movement in the pyramids area. The ministry said it monitored bids by the Brotherhood supporters to obstruct the tourism ....

  • Police capable of facing up to 'black terrorism' -- security chief

    Police capable of facing up to 'black terrorism' -- security chief

    Date: 2013-11-26 06:18:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:407042

    Gharbiya's security chief asserted that the police apparatus is capable of facing up to 'black terrorism' that has shown its ugly face in a desperate attempt to undermine the nation. Major General Osama Bedeir promised in a meeting with officers ....

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