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Nasr, WB officials discuss support offered to sewage, education, transport projects
Date: 2017-10-14 10:10:53 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:9 - ID:7038720
Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr on Saturday discussed with World Bank officials support offered by the bank for the second phase of the sewage system project, which is co-funded by the Asian Infrastructure Investment ....
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Iran attacks 9,000 email accounts in parliament -- The Times
Date: 2017-10-14 10:01:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:7038699
Iran carried out a “brute force” cyberattack on the UK parliament that hit dozens of MPs this summer, The Times said Saturday according to a secret intelligence assessment. Some 9,000 email accounts, including those belonging to Theresa May and ....
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Iraq: Six PMF elements killed in clashes with Peshmerga in Kirkuk
Date: 2017-10-14 09:31:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:7038634
Six elements of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed and four others injured in sporadic clashes with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Sky News channel quoted local sources as saying. The clashes, which also resulted in wounding an ....
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UN chief hopes Iran nuclear deal remains in place
Date: 2017-10-14 09:10:27 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:6 - ID:7038607
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly hopes the Iran nuclear deal will remain in place, after US President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the accord and said he might pull the US out. Guterres has repeatedly said ....
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Khattab back home after UNESCO election
Date: 2017-10-14 09:09:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:7038602
Egypt's candidate for UNESCO presidency Moushira Khattab returned home on Saturday coming from Paris after running for election to pick a new chief for the UN education agency. Audrey Azoulay, former French culture minister, became UNESCO's new ....
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Eight SDF elements killed in Daesh attack in Deir Ezzor
Date: 2017-10-14 09:01:35 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:7038583
Eight elements affiliated to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were killed in an attack launched by Daesh terrorist group on the SDF outposts in the outskirts of Deir Ezzor, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on ....
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Al Jazeera insists on publishing misleading news: Foreign Ministry
Date: 2017-10-14 08:51:53 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7038562
The Doha-based al Jazeera channel insists on the dissemination of fake and misleading news, Egypt's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Saturday. A video published by the Qatari channel is not for an Egyptian diplomat or a member of ....
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Coalition airstrikes kill, injure Houthis western Taiz : Sources
Date: 2017-10-14 08:50:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:7038561
Several Houthi militants were killed and injured in bombardment by the Arab coalition against their sites and reinforcements in western Taiz, Yemeni military sources said on Saturday. The Arab coalition air raids destroyed military equipment ....
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Army thwarts terror attack on Arish checkpoint: Spokesman
Date: 2017-10-14 08:48:52 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:7038559
Law enforcement forces of the Second Field Army on Saturday foiled a terror attack by takfiri elements against a security checkpoint in Arish, Military Spokesman Colonel Tamer el Refaee said. The army-clad terrorists were wearing explosive belts ....
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House delegation leaves for Russia to participate in IPU meetings
Date: 2017-10-13 09:00:02 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7037120
A parliamentary delegation left Cairo on Friday for Russia's Saint Petersburg to participate in the 137th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), due to be held on Saturday. Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal arrived in Saint Petersburg on ....