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Palestine's Abbas will not meet with US VP--official
Date: 2017-12-09 10:24:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7131539
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not receive US Vice President Mike Pence, who is set to visit the Middle East in the second half of the month, Abbas's Adviser for Diplomatic Affairs Majdi al Khaldi said Saturday. Speaking to the Voice of ....
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Awqaf minister reviews plan of action with senior Ministry officials
Date: 2017-12-09 10:23:46 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7131521
In an extra-ordinary meeting with senior officials at his Ministry, Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa reviewed a plan of action after a US decision to move its embassy in Israel to al Quds. The minister shed light on cultural programs, as ....
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Iraq announces end of UN oil-for-food program imposed after Gulf War
Date: 2017-12-09 10:16:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7131509
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday announced the end of Iraq's obligation of the Oil-for-Food program within Chapter VII of the United Nations charter. The decision to remove Iraq from the Chapter VII on the oil-for-food program came after ....
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African Union Commission chairman condoles with Sisi over Sinai attack victims
Date: 2017-12-08 18:08:59 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:24 - ID:7130835
Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki on Friday offered his condolences to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptian people over the victims of the recent terrorist attack that targeted Al Rawda mosque in Bir al ....
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Sisi meets Ivorian president on sidelines of Africa 2017 Forum in Sharm el Sheikh
Date: 2017-12-08 18:08:56 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:7130823
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met Friday with his Cote Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara on the sidelines of Africa 2017 forum held in Sharm El Sheikh. Sisi praised Ouattara's participation in the forum, underlining distinguished ties ....
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Palestinian young man killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Khan Younis
Date: 2017-12-08 16:03:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:7130732
A 30-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Friday. As many as 36 people were hurt in Gaza clashes that broke out ....
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Lavrov: US wants to sign 'deal of century' on Israeli-Palestinian settlement
Date: 2017-12-08 16:00:31 GMT - Austria - International - SN:21 - ID:7130710
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said about Washington’s plans to make a "deal of the century" to settle the Israeli-Palestinian problem that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had told him at a meeting, TASS news agency reported Friday. ....
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Al Azhar grand imam calls on AL, OIC to stop moving US embassy to Jerusalem
Date: 2017-12-08 15:44:20 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:7130667
Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb called Friday on leaders of the Islamic countries, the Arab League (AL), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United Nations to stop the implementation of a US decision on Jerusalem. In a ....
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Tillerson: Jerusalem embassy move not this year or next
Date: 2017-12-08 15:44:02 GMT - France - International - SN:19 - ID:7130693
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "is not something that is going to happen this year, probably not next year," CNN reported. Speaking in Paris with his French counterpart, ....
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15 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation in Gaza
Date: 2017-12-08 15:29:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:7130632
At least 15 Palestinians were wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in eastern the Gaza Strip. A medical source said that a Palestinian was seriously wounded and were rushed to hospital to receive medical treatment. The clashes ....
