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  • Palestinian young man killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Khan Younis

    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 ....

  • Lavrov: US wants to sign 'deal of century' on Israeli-Palestinian settlement

    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. ....

  • Al Azhar grand imam calls on AL, OIC to stop moving US embassy to Jerusalem

    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 ....

  • Tillerson: Jerusalem embassy move not this year or next

    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, ....

  • 15 Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli occupation in Gaza

    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 ....

  • UN says 1.25 million S. Sudanese are one step from famine

    UN says 1.25 million S. Sudanese are one step from famine

    Date: 2017-12-08 15:22:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:7130617

    Over 1.25 million people in war-torn South Sudan are one step away from famine, twice as many as at the same time last year. In early 2018 half the country's population will be reliant on emergency food aid, the UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock ....

  • Protests in Malaysia, Singapore against Trump's decision on Al Quds

    Protests in Malaysia, Singapore against Trump's decision on Al Quds

    Date: 2017-12-08 14:23:00 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:15 - ID:7130559

    Muslim protesters rallied outside US embassies in the capital cities of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday to voice their anger over a controversial decision by US President Donald Trump to reverse a longstanding policy to recognize Al Quds as the ....

  • Lebanon PM calls US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “provocative”

    Lebanon PM calls US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “provocative”

    Date: 2017-12-08 14:17:35 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:7130544

    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has described as provocative the US administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying it will further complicate the Middle East peace process and pose an additional challenge to ....

  • Africa 2017 forum: Guinea president urges observing minute of silence for terror attacks’ victims

    Africa 2017 forum: Guinea president urges observing minute of silence for terror attacks’ victims

    Date: 2017-12-08 14:17:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:13 - ID:7130538

    Guinea President Alpha Conde has called on the attendees at the Africa 2017 forum in Sharm el Sheikh to observe a minute of silence for the victims who were killed in terror attacks in Egypt and different parts of the world. The good gesture ....

  • WB CEO: Gov’t policies helped Egypt become favored hub for investment

    WB CEO: Gov’t policies helped Egypt become favored hub for investment

    Date: 2017-12-08 14:15:40 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:12 - ID:7130453

    Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank (WB) Kristalina Georgieva asserted on Friday that the Egyptian government's successful policies have helped the country to become a favored hub for investment. Speaking at a session on the fourth ....

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