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Iran Majlis to hold Syria conference

Date: 2014-05-29 16:26:28 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:163 - ID:750780

TEHRAN, May 29 (MENA) - Iran’s parliament (Majlis) is to host the second international conference on the situation of human rights and measures to further empower resistance movements in Syria, Press TV reported on Thursday. Hossein Sheikholeslam, ....

9 Daash elements killed in northern Babil

Date: 2014-05-29 16:17:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:750738

BAGHDAD, May 29 (MENA) – Iraqi Security forces killed nine Daash elements including Saudis and Chechens in Babil province, a security source said on Thursday. The source said the nine gunmen were killed during clashes which broke out with Iraqi ....

Arab parliaments org. praises high voter turnout in Egypt presidential polls

Date: 2014-05-29 15:50:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:750532

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) - The Organization of Arab Parliaments and Peoples, headed by Dr. Abdul Aziz Abdullah, praised the Egyptian people, who came out in millions in a great democratic demonstration that amazed the world, to choose a president who ....

Mansour receives Saudi ambassador

Date: 2014-05-29 15:21:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:750700

CAIRO, May 29 (MENA) – Interim President Adli Mansour received Thursday at the presidential headquarters in Heliopolis Ahmad Abdul-Aziz Kattan, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Egypt, permanent representative to the Arab League and the Dean of the Arab ....

14 Daash elements killed, 5 armored vehicles destroyed

Date: 2014-05-29 13:44:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:750115

BAGHDAD, May 29 (MENA) – Tigris operations command has announced that 14 operatives of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, known as Daash were killed and five armored cars carrying weapons and explosive devices were destroyed in a ....

FM leaves Algeria

Date: 2014-05-29 13:04:03 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:121 - ID:750483

ALGIERS, May 29 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi left here Thursday after heading Egypt's delegation to the 17th ministerial conference for foreign ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement countries hosted by Algeria from May 26 till ....

NAM ministerial meeting resumes in Algiers

Date: 2014-05-29 11:43:56 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:750179

ALGIERS, May 29 (MENA) - The 17th ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) resumed on Thursday here to approve the final communique. The participants will continue discussions on agenda subjects and will approve a statement on ....

Qatar donates 10 mln dollars to Palestine to buy fuel - official

Date: 2014-05-29 11:40:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:750119

GAZA, May 29 (MENA) - Qatar donated ten million dollars to the Ramallah Government's Finance Ministry to buy fuel needed for operating the electricity station, said Deputy Director of the Energy Authority in the Palestinian territory Fathi al-Sheikh ....

Livni to leave government that annexes land in West Bank

Date: 2014-05-29 09:55:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:750046

GAZA CITY, May 29 (MENA) - Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday that she would not be part of a government that annexes land in Area C of the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Livni told Israel Radio that although ....

Russia, Egypt say Arab League, neighbors have role in settling Libyan crisis

Date: 2014-05-29 09:42:27 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:749853

MOSCOW, May 29 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov underlined the importance that the Arab League and Libya's neighbors would play a role in settling the crisis there. They, on the ....