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Sisi, Fahmy in official visit to Russia
Egypt
February 12, 2014
Sisi, Fahmy in official visit to Russia
Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Ministerr Nabil Fahmy left to Moscow on Wednesday for an official visit, according…
70,000 rally in Kiev in fresh show of force
World
February 9, 2014
70,000 rally in Kiev in fresh show of force
An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev on Sunday vowing never to give up their drive to…
Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast
World
February 9, 2014
Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast
A gunman opened fire on Sunday in a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the island of Sakhalin, off Russia's eastern coast,…
Turkey F-16 forces down hijacked airliner told to fly to Sochi
World
February 7, 2014
Turkey F-16 forces down hijacked airliner told to fly to Sochi
Turkey scrambled a jet fighter Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine after a would-be hijacker on board brandishing…
KSA, UAE to finance Russian arms deal with Egypt
Egypt
February 7, 2014
KSA, UAE to finance Russian arms deal with Egypt
Egypt has concluded a UAE- and Saudi Arabia-financed arms deal with Russia worth of US$2 billion, a senior official source…
Syria can meet June 30 chemical weapons deadline: UN chief
World
February 6, 2014
Syria can meet June 30 chemical weapons deadline: UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was confident Syria would meet a June 30 deadline to eliminate…
Student detained after killing two in Moscow school shooting
World
February 3, 2014
Student detained after killing two in Moscow school shooting
A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage…
Russia says identifies bombers, arrests two in Volgograd blasts
World
January 30, 2014
Russia says identifies bombers, arrests two in Volgograd blasts
Russia has identified two suicide bombers responsible for attacks that killed 34 people in the city of Volgograd last month…
NATO’s Rasmussen criticizes Russian pressure on Ukraine
World
January 29, 2014
NATO’s Rasmussen criticizes Russian pressure on Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen criticized Russia on Wednesday for pressuring Kiev not to sign a free trade pact…
Egypt to take part in Russia’s Intourmarket to attract tourists
Business
January 26, 2014
Egypt to take part in Russia’s Intourmarket to attract tourists
Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said his ministry and the general authority for tourism promotion will take part in the International…