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Israeli forces storm several towns in Ramallah
Date: 2018-01-18 10:12:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7197418
Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn Thursday several neighborhoods in Ramallah city as well as Jalazone refugee camp in northern al Bireha city. The troops raided Ramallah neighborhoods by military jeeps, while fierce clashes erupted with ....
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Pope Tawadros leads Epiphany Mass in Alexandria
Date: 2018-01-18 10:06:21 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7197393
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese will lead the Epiphany Mass at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria on Thursday night. A raft of Coptic Orthodox priests, bishops and archbishops are set to take ....
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Sisi starts talks with Ethiopian PM
Date: 2018-01-18 10:03:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7197385
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi started on Thursday talks with visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo. The talks will focus on means of boosting bilateral relations and issues of ....
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Cabinet: January 25 fully paid vacation on occasion of revolution anniv.
Date: 2018-01-18 10:00:40 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7197377
Acting Premier and Housing Minister Mostafa Madboly issued a decision on Thursday decreeing that January 25 will be a fully paid vacation for governmental and private sector workers on the occasion of the January 25 Revolution anniversary and the ....
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Gargash: Qatar's interception of flights 'desperate attempt'
Date: 2018-01-17 07:30:33 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7195195
The United Arab Emirates' Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash deemed Qatari fighters' interception of its civilian flights as a "desperate attempt" for fear of marginalization. Al Arabiya news channel quoted Gargash as saying ....
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US withholds $65m from UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Date: 2018-01-17 06:50:24 GMT - palestine - International - SN:3 - ID:7195130
The US is cutting $65 million in funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, slashing this year's first contribution by more than half, a State Department official announced Tuesday, France 24 reported. The US sent $60 million to keep ....
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US says withholding $65 million from UNRWA 'not aimed at punishing'
Date: 2018-01-17 06:49:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:7195128
The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Trump administration's decision to withhold $65 million from UNRWA, the UN agency aiding Palestinian refugees and their descendants, was "not aimed at punishing" the Palestinian Authority, despite ....
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Pope Tawadros meets OIC chief in Cairo
Date: 2018-01-17 06:06:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7195082
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark received on Tuesday Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Ahmad al-Othaimeen at the St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya. The meeting comes as part ....
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Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi ballistic missile
Date: 2018-01-16 19:19:05 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:7194892
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday, that its forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias targeting the southern province of Jazan, Al Arabiya reported. The attack comes just days after UN experts said that, Iran ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia FMs to meet Wednesday
Date: 2018-01-16 19:19:01 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:28 - ID:7194876
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Ethiopian counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu are due to have consultations in Cairo on Wednesday. They will later co-chair a preparatory ministerial meeting of the Egyptian-Ethiopian High Joint ....
