Arab world

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  • Egypt embassy in Riyadh invites Egyptians to invest in New Suez Canal project

    Date: 2014-08-26 21:35:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:892991

    RIYADH, Aug 26 (MENA) – Egypt's embassy in Riyadh has called on Egyptians in Saudi Arabia to invest in the New Suez Canal development project. In a statement Tuesday, the embassy asserted the investment vehicles provided by the government for ....

  • KSA: 8 people arrested, 18 sentenced to jail over terror charges

    Date: 2014-08-26 20:54:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:892917

    RIYADH, Aug 26 (MENA) – The Saudi Security forces arrested eight citizens over luring youngsters in Tamir Province to join extremist organizations abroad. According to a statement by the Kingdom Interior Ministry, the eight persons face charges ....

  • Qassam fires rockets on Israel minutes before ceasefire

    Date: 2014-08-26 20:04:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:892922

    GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) – The Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has fired rockets on Tel Aviv, Israeli cities and settlements minutes before the ceasefire came into effect. In a statement, the Qassam said it fired a rocket on ....

  • Egyp, Ethiopia, Sudan issue joint statement on Renaisance dam talks

    Date: 2014-08-26 18:25:25 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:892792

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - The water resources and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia issued on Tuesday a joint statement at the close of their meetings in the Sudanese capital. The statement asserted that the three ministers met in ....

  • US ambassador to Tripoli denies existing in Libya

    Date: 2014-08-26 18:19:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:892708

    TRIPOLI, Aug 26 (MENA) – US ambassador to Tripoli Deborah Jones dismissed Tuesday news reported about her existence in Libya. Writing on her Twitter account, Jones pointed out she neither in Misrata, Tobruk, nor any where else in Libya, stressing ....

  • Libya terminates broadcast of 9 TV stations

    Date: 2014-08-26 18:12:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:892548

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) – The Cairo based Nilesat authority had accepted requests from Libya's interim government to halt transmission of nine satellite channels. The channels shut down are Libya Al-Watanya 1, Libya Al-Watanya 2, Libya Sport 1, ....

  • Gazans celebrate end of war

    Date: 2014-08-26 17:56:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:892791

    GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) – Residents of the Gaza Strip have celebrated the durable ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestine. After the announcement of the truce late Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets and fired volleys of ....

  • Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia agree on mechanism to carry out dam recommendations

    Date: 2014-08-26 17:45:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:892763

    KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have agreed on a mechanism to carry out the recommendations of an international expert committee on the controversial Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sudanese Irrigation Minister Moataz Moussa ....

  • FM: Libyan delegates' visit chance to show our support .. 2 Cairo

    Date: 2014-08-26 14:21:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:892488

    Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdel Aziz hailed Egypt's strategic and political role at the regional and international levels. He also expressed his happiness after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, noting that the talks ....

  • FM: Libyan delegates' visit chance to show our support to Libya legitimacy

    Date: 2014-08-26 13:56:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:892415

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Libyan delegates' visit to Egypt is a chance to show our support for legitimacy in Libya, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday. During a press conference with Libyan parliament speaker Aguila Saleh, ....

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