Islamic World News

RAFAH, Egypt, June 13 (Reuters) – About 40 Palestinian security men affiliated to Fatah fled to Egypt on Wednesday to escape violence in the Gaza Strip while dozens of Palestinians massed at the closed border, Egyptian officials said.

GAZA, June 13 (Xinhua) — Egyptian security mediators started a meeting with Hamas officials in Gaza city on Wednesday afternoon as the movement continued battles against rival Fatah.

GAZA, June 13 (Xinhua) — A peaceful rally held in Gaza City under the call of an Egyptian mediating delegation was under fire on Wednesday afternoon, left two Palestinian civilians dead and 17 others wounded, witnesses and paramedics said.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has signed a contract for the recruitment of 2,000 Egyptians as part of its plan to train 20 per cent of all doctors in the GCC states as specialists in family medicine over the next 10 years.

President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has won a majority of seats in Egypt’s upper house of parliament in elections marred by violence.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday held a session of talks with visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II at the presidential palace on the latest developments in the regional and bilateral relations.

An alarming series of arrests by the FBI alerted everyone wondering how far the arms of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its subordinate Quds Force can extend.

CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt may soon execute three men sentenced to die for bombings that killed at least 34 people in the Sinai resort town of Taba in 2004, human rights activists said on Tuesday.

AMMAN (JT) — Jordan and Egypt on Tuesday urged Palestinian factions to end infighting and work on enhancing their unity.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced legislation aimed at pressuring Egypt to improve its human rights record by withholding some military aid until progress is made.